The Comment Awards 2011 - Category Shortlists
Commentariat of the Year – Sponsored by Jaguar Land Rover
Shortlist:
Matthew d’Ancona – The Daily Telegraph
Suzanne Moore – The Guardian
Peter Oborne – The Daily Telegraph
Best Comment Pages
Shortlist:
Financial Times
The Guardian
The Times
Best Online Comment Site
Shortlist:
Mumsnet
Reuters Breakingviews
Coffee House @ The Spectator
Columnist of the Year
Shortlist:
Peter Hitchens – Mail on Sunday
Sam Leith – London Evening Standard
Hugo Rifkind – The Times
Peter Wilby – New Statesman
Cultural Commentator
Shortlist:
Simon Kuper – Financial Times
Ben Macintyre – The Times
Suzanne Moore – The Guardian & Mail on Sunday
Economics Commentator
Shortlist:
Anthony Hilton – London Evening Standard
Irwin Stelzer – The Sunday Times
Martin Wolff – Financial Times
Business Commentator – Sponsored by Vodafone
Shortlist:
Alex Brummer – Daily Mail
John Gapper – Financial Times
Jeff Randall – The Daily Telegraph
Foreign Commentator
Shortlist:
Peter David – The Economist
David Pilling – Financial Times
Gideon Rachman – Financial Times
Amir Taheri – The Times
Media Commentator – Sponsored by Vodafone
Shortlist:
Roy Greenslade – The Guardian
Gideon Spanier – London Evening Standard
Peter Wilby – New Statesman
Independent Blogger
Shortlist:
Guido Fawkes
Sunny Hundal
Tim Montgomerie
Mainstream Media Blogger
Shortlist:
David Allen Green – New Statesman
Robert Peston – BBC
David Rennie – The Economist
Political Commentator – Sponsored by Weber Shandwick
Shortlist:
Daniel Finkelstein – The Times
Catherine Mayer - TIME
Andrew Rawnsley – The Guardian
Sketch Commentator
Shortlist:
Simon Hoggart – The Guardian
Quentin Letts – Daily Mail
Ann Treneman – The Times
Sports Commentator
Shortlist:
Mike Atherton - The Times
Matthew Syed - The Times
Richard Williams – The Guardian
Twitter Commentator – Sponsored by Wardour
Shortlist:
David Aaronovitch
Martin Bright
Paul Mason
Stefan Stern