Mark Chapman, Kelly Cates and Gabby Logan – who will be BBC Match of the Day anchors from next season – all competing for Presenter crown at #SJA2024; 19 more Broadcast section category shortlists announced; book tickets now for Awards Night in London on Monday 24 March…
Mark Chapman has the chance to win the SJA Presenter of the Year Award for a third consecutive year, but he faces a challenge from his BBC Match of the Day colleagues.
Kelly Cates and Gabby Logan, who will share the main MOTD role with Chapman from next season, are also shortlisted in the Presenter category at the SJA British Sports Journalism Awards 2024.
Logan was runner-up last year to her Sports Agents podcast co-host Chapman, who also claimed the SJA Presenter prize in 2017.
BBC Sport’s Clare Balding is another former winner, having taken the trophy after London 2012, while Adrian Durham and Ade Oladipo retain their shortlist spots from last year. Orla Chennaoui completes the line-up.
Presenter is one of 20 category shortlists announced in the Broadcast section ahead of Awards Night in London on March 24.
Reflecting on the shortlists as a whole, chair of judges Andrew Spence said: “The level and quality of entries remain exceptional this year, as it does every year, and it’s great to see that reflected in our new categories, such as Content Creator and YouTube Show.
“This highlights the strong state of both the sports journalism industry and the SJA.”
Breaking News Coverage, Content Creator, and Content Creator Exclusive are all new awards, while a trio of YouTube trophies are up for grabs – Channel, Newcomer, and Show.
The Overlap won the SJA’s last YouTube category in 2021, and appears in the Channel category this year alongside AFTV, founded by presenter Robbie Lyle, which was also shortlisted three years ago. Both have entries in contention for the Content Creator Exclusive award as well.
The YT Newcomer and Show lists are also packed with talent, ranging from Cristiano Ronaldo’s “UR” project to the Goal Diggers UK football podcast.
Meanwhile, Mark Chapman is not the only one chasing three in a row. The Athletic bids for the same in Audio Documentary, while it’s a familiar fight between holders talkSPORT and the BBC in Audio Live Event Coverage.
White & Jordan will aim to keep their Audio Show crown but face competition from station stablemates GameDay and a quartet of BBC productions.
In Broadcast Journalist, the BBC’s Dan Roan is the only returning winner and is alongside three others who were also shortlisted 12 months ago – Amanda Davies, Patrick Davison, and Rob Harris. Craig Slater and first-time shortlistee Alex Aljoe are contenders here too.
Alistair Bruce-Ball, Chris Jones and Gigi Salmon make their debuts in the Commentator category, which includes previous winners John Murray and Peter Drury; the Pundit winner from the 2022 Awards, Ally McCoist; and BBC Sport’s Andrew Cotter, who has been shortlisted twice before.
Another talented bunch of young broadcasters are split into ‘On Air’ and ‘Off Air’ categories. talkSPORT’s Olly Clink was in the latter pool four years ago but now moves in front of the mic, as does Mail Sport duo Aadam Patel – also shortlisted in ‘Ones to Watch – Writing’ – and Charlotte Daly, who won an SJA Social Media Journalist Award last year.
Meanwhile, Global’s Sophie Penney is shortlisted for a second consecutive year in ‘Off Air’. She works on The Sports Agents, which is in the running for Podcast. Entries produced by the BBC have taken gold medals in that category for the last two years, and they have three on the shortlist this time.
Ian Wright is the reigning Pundit of the Year and is one of 10 experts who SJA members will deliberate over in their annual vote. He’s up against another former winner in McCoist, while Jamie Carragher, Karen Carney, Nasser Hussain and Roy Keane are all shortlisted again.
Sports Content Organisation enters its third year with BBC Sport, Guardian Sport, Mail Sport, Telegraph Sport and The Athletic all vying to take the mantle over from two-time winners Sky Sports.
In 2022, BBC Breakfast won the TV Documentary Award with ‘Rob Burrow: Living With MND’. This year, they bring us ‘There’s Only One Rob Burrow’ while another much-missed sporting figure is also remembered in this category in the shape of ‘Sven’, produced by Whisper, while there are four more fantastic docs listed.
ITV Sport’s World Cup football feasts have won TV Live Event Coverage in each of the last two years. This time, their hopes rest with the Cheltenham Festival. Sky Sports will want their England Test coverage to follow on from four previous cricket-related wins in this category.
Finally, Monday Night Football are the holders of the TV Show Award and could snap up the silverware once more on a shortlist of six.
Join us on Monday 24 March, when the awards will be handed out at the Park Plaza Westminster Bridge. Tickets and tables are available to purchase now.
SJA BRITISH SPORTS JOURNALISM AWARDS 2024 – BROADCAST CATEGORY SHORTLISTS
(Breaking News Coverage and Sports Content Organisation categories also open to written media)
AUDIO DOCUMENTARY
Dangerous Games: Red Bull’s Killer PR – Tortoise Media
Iconic: The Rise of the Women in Red – BBC Radio Wales
Olympics out of Cobb – BBC Sport for BBC World Service
Sport’s Strangest Crimes: Confessions of a Match Fixer – BBC Scotland
The English Disease – Stak
The Quiet Place – BBC Radio 5 live
The Story of the Guinea Stadium Disaster – The Athletic
AUDIO LIVE EVENT COVERAGE
2024 England tour of India – talkSPORT
Anthony Joshua vs Daniel Dubois – Left Peg Media for BBC Radio 5 live
Olympic Games Paris 2024 – BBC Radio 5 live
Olympic Games Paris 2024 – talkSPORT
UEFA Euro 2024 – talkSPORT
UEFA Euro 2024 – BBC Radio 5 live
AUDIO SHOW
GameDay – talkSPORT
Monday Night Club – BBC Radio 5 live
Saturday 5 Live Sport – BBC Radio 5 live
Sportshour – BBC Sport for BBC World Service
Test Match Special – BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
White & Jordan – talkSPORT
BREAKING NEWS COVERAGE
Copa America final chaos – The Athletic
Euro 2024 crowd issues – Sky News
Gary Lineker leaving MOTD – Sky News
Jurgen Klopp to leave Liverpool – The Telegraph
Klopp Announces Shock Liverpool Exit – talkSPORT (White & Jordan)
Sky Sports News
BROADCAST JOURNALIST
Alex Aljoe – Sunset+Vine for Prime Video
Amanda Davies – CNN
Craig Slater – Sky Sports News
Dan Roan – BBC Sport
Patrick Davison – Sky Sports
Rob Harris – Sky News
COMMENTATOR
Alistair Bruce-Ball – BBC Radio 5 live
Ally McCoist – ITV Sport
Andrew Cotter – BBC Sport
Gigi Salmon – BBC Radio 5 live
John Murray – BBC Radio 5 live
Chris Jones – BBC Radio 5 live
Peter Drury – Sky Sports
CONTENT CREATOR
Aadam Patel – Mail Sport
Charlotte Daly – Mail Sport
Jon Mackenzie – The Athletic
Miles Addy – The Content Club
Sanny Rudravajhala – Freelance
Sirayah-Shiraz Koraltan – Freelance
CONTENT CREATOR EXCLUSIVE
AFTV – Keir Starmer interview
Ben Heath Podcast – Premier League Footballer Opens Up About Cocaine Addiction
Counter Attack (Dapo Abitogun) – Victor Osimhen
Harry Pinero & Culture Cams – Rudiger talking about Jude on “The Inside Scoop”
Rio Ferdinand Presents – Mourinho Exclusive: How To Manage Cristiano Ronaldo
The Overlap – Schweinsteiger On United & Mourinho: “They Kicked Me Out”
Up Front with Simon Jordan – John Terry
ONES TO WATCH – OFF AIR
Alex Biddle – Mail Sport
Harshini Mehta – Sky Sports News
Jack Winstanley – IMG
Nathanael Hutchinson – BBC Sport
Nicky Anderson – Stak
Sophie Penney – Global
ONES TO WATCH – ON AIR
Aadam Patel – Mail Sport
Charlotte Daly – Mail Sport
Elizabeth Conway – BBC Sport
Jamie Ward – Matchroom Boxing
Olly Clink – talkSPORT
Sam Harris – BBC Sport
Sioned Dafydd – Rondo Media (S4C)
The winner of the Ones to Watch categories will be announced on the SJA website on March 10. All those shortlisted in this category will be contacted shortly and invited to attend the awards as a guest of the SJA.
PODCAST
5 Live Football Daily At The Euros – BBC Radio 5 live
F1: Chequered Flag – BBC 5 Live / IMG
Sky Sports: Real Talk – Sky Sports
Sporting Giants – BBC Sport/BBC Sounds
The English Disease – Stak
The Sports Agents – Global
PRESENTER
Ade Oladipo – Freelance
Adrian Durham – talkSPORT
Clare Balding – BBC Sport
Gabby Logan – BBC Sport
Kelly Cates – BBC Radio 5 live / Sky Sports
Mark Chapman – BBC
Orla Chennaoui – Eurosport / TNT Sports
PUNDIT
Ally McCoist – talkSPORT
Ian Wright – ITV Sport
Jamie Carragher – Sky Sports
Jason Bell – Sky Sports
Karen Carney – ITV Sport
Micah Richards – BBC Sport, Sky Sports, CBS Sport
Michael Johnson – BBC Sport
Nasser Hussain – Sky Sports
Roy Keane – Sky Sports / ITV Sport
Victoria Pendleton – BBC Radio 5 live
The Pundit winner will be decided by a vote of SJA members – access the voting form here
SPORTS CONTENT ORGANISATION
BBC Sport
Guardian Sport
Mail Sport
Sky Sports
Telegraph Sport
The Athletic
TELEVISION DOCUMENTARY
Finding Hope: Sir Chris Hoy – BBC Breakfast
Sir Alex – BBC Sport
Sven – Whisper
The Club That George Built – whynow Studios & TNT Sports
There’s Only One Rob Burrow – BBC Breakfast
Unbreakable: England 2003 – TNT Sports & Buzz 16
TELEVISION LIVE EVENT COVERAGE
Channel 4 Paralympics – Whisper
Cheltenham Festival – ITV Sport
England Test Cricket – Sky Sports
Olympic Games Paris 2024 – BBC Sport
Olympic Games Paris 2024 – CNN
Rob Burrow Tribute Match – Sky Sports
The Boat Race 2024 – FilmNova
TELEVISION SHOW
CNN World Sport – CNN
Deadline Day – Sky Sports News
Match of the Day – BBC Sport
Monday Night Football – Sky Sports
MOTD: UEFA Champions League Highlights – BBC Sport
Super Sunday – Sky Sports
YOUTUBE CHANNEL
AFTV
Sky Sports Premier League
Stephen Hendry’s Cue Tips
talkSPORT Boxing
The Overlap
United View
YOUTUBE NEWCOMER
Courtney-Jamal Needham – Freelance
Eurosport Cycling YouTube
Jordan Macauley – The Long Play
Mail Sport
Mina Ibrahim – Freelance
UR RONALDO – Whisper, Dentsu and CR7
YOUTUBE SHOW
Goal Diggers UK
I’m Game – Sky Sports
Stick to Football – The Overlap
The Athletic’s Week In Football
The Long Play
The Sticker Book – Sky Sports