JOURNALISM:
Manchester Metropolitan University Journalist of the Year
Anushka Asthana – Deputy Political Editor, ITN ITV News
Sadiya Chowdhury – Correspondent, Sky News
Ashish Joshi – Health Correspondent, Sky News
Sejal Karia – Home Affairs Correspondent, ITN
Dr Manisha Ganguly – Visual Forensics Lead & Investigations Correspondent, The Guardian
Noor Nanji – Culture Reporter, BBC News
Best Investigation
Care Workers Under Pressure
Balakrishnan Balagopal for BBC Panorama; Producer/Director: Seamus Miroda;, Assistant Producer: Ghazal Abassi; Executive Producer: Leo Telling; Editor: Karen Wightman
McDonald’s Workers
Noor Nanji, Zoe Conway & Ellie Layhe for BBC News
People Smugglers in Pakistan
Reha Kansara for BBC News
Undercover Inside Reform’s Campaign
Channel 4 News Investigations Unit and reported by Darshna Soni for Channel 4 News
Evacuation of Critically Ill Children In Gaza
Reported by Rachel Younger & produced by Roohi Hasan for ITN ITV News
Sudiksha: ‘Condemned to Die in Secret’
Inderdeep Bains for The Daily Mail
Regional Journalist of the Year
Shehnaz Khan – Journalist, BBC West Midlands
Ushma Mistry – Broadcast Journalist, BBC CWR
Ravneet Nandra – Reporter, ITV News Anglia & ITV News Central
Mahatir Pasha – Reporter, ITV London
Rajiv Popat – Reporter, ITV News Central
Sophia Seth – Reporter, BBC South
Outstanding Young Journalist
Saywah Mahmood – Data Journalist, Sky News
Amrit Singh Mann – Journalist, Sky News
Harshini Mehta – Assistant Producer, Sky Sports
Aadam Patel – Sports Journalist & Content Creator for Mail Sport
Megan Samrai – Production Journalist, ITV Meridian
Piriyanga Thirunimalan – Journalist, Daily Mail
Sports Journalist of the Year
Amar Mehta – Deputy News Editor, Sky Sports
Nikesh Rughani – Cricket & Football Correspondent
Kal Sajad – Boxing Reporter, BBC Sport
Miriam Walker-Khan – Diversity & Inclusion Reporter, Sky Sports
Naz Premji – Sports Broadcaster
Dev Trehan – Journalist, Sky Sports
Report of the Year
British Sikh Activist Fears for Life After Being Named on Indian ‘Hit List’
Tom Cheshire, Amrit Singh Mann and Maz Poynter for Sky News
Culture Crisis in West Midlands Police
Darshna Soni for Channel 4 News
Disabled Scuba Diving Duo
Mohammed Salim Patel for BBC North West
The Spy Princess
Produced by Derek Johnson and reported by Sangeeta Bhabra for ITV News Meridian
Radioactive Chapatis
Ushma Mistry/Kevin Reide/David Gregory-Kumar/Susie Rack/Shehnaz Khan for BBC CWR/Midlands Today/BBC West Midlands Online
Riots and Fear. The impact of the Violence on the UK’s Ethnic Minority Communities
Shehab Khan for ITN ITV News
RADIO:
Radio Presenter of the Year
Asad Ahmad
Raj Baddhan
Vallisa Chauhan
Rupa Mooker
Best Radio Show
Brasco on Brekkie
Lyca Radio
Radiowalli’s Rollercoaster
Lyca Radio
The Breakfast Show with Paul Shah
Sunrise Radio
The Shruti Show
BBC Radio Leicester, BBC Nottingham & BBC Derby
Rena Annobil
BBC Radio Berkshire, BBC Radio Oxford, BBC Radio Kent, BBC Radio Solent, BBC Radio Surrey & BBC Radio Sussex
Radio Station of the Year
Awaaz FM
Asian Star Radio
Lyca Radio
Panjab Radio
Sunrise Radio
TV:
Best TV Character
Jimmi Harkishin as Dev Alahan in Coronation Street
Navin Chowdhry as Nish Panesar in Eastenders
Chris Bisson as Jai Sharma in Emmerdale
Mawaan Rizwan as Jamma in Juice
Banita Sandhu as Miss Sita Malhotra in Bridgerton
Best Programme / Show
Defiance: Fighting the Far Right
Rogan Productions for Channel 4
Football’s Hidden Talent
Sky Sports
Ramadan: A Journey Across Britain
ITN ITV News for ITV1, ITVX
Stranger in My Family
Sunny Kang/Nine Lives Media for BBC Three
The Bradford Aunties
ClockWork Films for BBC Three
The Push: Murder on the Cliff
Candour Productions for Channel 4
TV Channel of the Year
ARY Digital
Geo TV
Sony Entertainment Television
Ustav Plus
MARKETING & PR:
Creative Media Award
Ramadan Campaign
Islamic Relief
Soho Theatre India
Soho Theatre
#ArtOfTheDetail Sobha Realty X Arsenal
Ethnic Reach / PRUK
Women Warriors
Anisha Vasani Creates
Media Agency of the Year
Curzon PR
House of Advertising
Media House Global
Ethnic Reach / PRUK
Podlounge
LIVE PRODUCTIONS:
Best Stage Production
Frankie Goes To Bollywood
A Rifco Theatre Company, Watford Palace Theatre and HOME Manchester co-production
Directed by Pravesh Kumar
Blue Mist
Royal Court Theatre
By Mohamed-Zain Dada; Directed by Millie Bhatia
Great Expectations
Tamasha Theatre Company
Adapted by Tanika Gupta; Directed by Pooja Ghai
Mrs Kapoor’s Daughter’s Wedding 2 Mauritius
AK Productions
Writer, Director, and Producer Archana Kumar; Technical Director Hiten Kumar
Silence
Tara Theatre
Original production directed and developed for tour by Abdul Shayek; Directed by Iqbal Khan
Passing
Want the Moon Theatre
Written & produced by Dan Sareen; Produced by Ellen Harris; Directed by Imy Wyatt Corner
The Accountants
Commissioned and produced by Factory International
Directed by Keith Khan; Choreographed by Xie Xin, Terence Lewis, Mahrukh Dumasia
Testmatch
Octagon Theatre Bolton, Orange Tree Theatre & English Theatre
By Kate Attwell; Directed by Diane Page
Outstanding Stage Performance
Amy Leigh Hickman as Rachel in Passing
Laila Zaidi as Frankie in Frankie Goes to Bollywood
Lucca Chadwick-Patel as Omar in My Beautiful Laundrette
Rakesh Boury as Mr Wormwood in Matilda the Musical
Nadia Nadarajah as Cleopatra in Antony and Cleopatra at The Globe
Hiran Abeysekera as Nathuram Godse in The Father and the Assassin
Best Live Event
Going South Festival
Pali and Jay’s Ultimate Asian Wedding DJ Roadshow
Pioneers: A Renaissance in South Asian Creativity
Tribe Talks: Partition @ 75
World Halal Food Festival 2023
PRINT & ONLINE:
Best Blog / Website
BizAsia Live
DESIblitz
FemAsia Magazine
Nanak Naam
The Curious Pixie
Best Podcast
A Muslim & A Jew Go There
Cancer – Taboos and Stigmas
Empire
Mission Curry
The Mixed Grill
SPECIAL AWARDS:
Best Video Channel
Winner to be announced at the AMA ceremony
Best Newcomer
Winner to be announced at the AMA ceremony
Diversity In Media Award
Winner to be announced at the AMA ceremony
The Sophiya Haque Services to British Television, Film & Theatre Award
Winner to be announced at the AMA ceremony
Media Personality of the Year
Winner to be announced at the AMA ceremony
Outstanding Contribution to Media Award
Winner to be announced at the AMA ceremony
This year’s Asian Media Awards return to the Hilton Manchester Deansgate on Friday October 25.
Previous recipients of an Asian Media Award include Krishnan Guru-Murthy, Waris Hussein, Art Malik, Mehdi Hasan, Nina Wadia, Anita Rani, Shobna Gulati, Faisal Islam, Kulvinder Ghir, Adil Ray, Lisa Aziz, Meera Syal, Sanjeev Bhaskar, Tina Daheley & Mihir Bose.
The University of Salford are Premier Partners to the Asian Media Awards.
Partners to the awards include ITV, EssenceMediacom, Reach PLC & Women In Journalism.
The awards are also supported by Manchester Metropolitan University, AMT Lawyers, DKR Accountants, Opus Broadband, Hilton Manchester Deansgate, Fritz AV, Payal Events & Cleartwo.
