Record of the Day Awards for Music Journalism and PR 2008
The full list of 2008 Record of The Day Award winners is as follows:
Live Reviews: writer of the year
Winner: Kitty Empire – The Observer
Best PR campaign for a breakthrough UK Act
Winner: Tony Linkin at Coalition PR for Glasvegas
Best PR campaign for an established UK Act
Winner: Lewis Jamieson at Hall or Nothing PR for Elbow
Record Reviews Writer of the Year
Winner: Alexis Petridis – The Guardian
Best Music Coverage in a Newspaper
Winner: The Guardian
Business and Technology Writer of the Year
Winner: Ben Cardew – Music Week
Best PR campaign for an established non-UK Act
Winner: James Hopkins at Columbia Records for Kings of Leon
Best PR Campaign for a Breakthrough Non-UK Act
Winner: Ash Collins at Toast PR for MGMT
Best Podcast:
Winner: Guardian Music Weekly
Best Editor
Winner: Caspar Llewellyn Smith – Observer Music Monthly
Best Independent PR Company
Winner: Dog Day Press
Best Independent PR individual
Winner: Nathan Beazer at Dog Day Press
Best Digital Publication
Winner: NME.com
Best in-house PR person
Winner: Andy Prevezer at Warner Bros Records
Best In-House PR department
Winner: Polydor Records
Artist and Music Features: Writer of The Year
Winner: Simon Cosyns and Jacqui Swift – The Sun, Something for the Weekend
Breaking Music Writer
Winner: Paul Lester
Magazine of the Year
Winner: Word
Best Blog
Winner: 20 Jazz Funk Greats
Best Online PR:
Winner: Scruffy Bird
Outstanding contribution to music journalism:
Jon Savage
Outstanding contribution to PR:
Barbara Charone – MBC PR
Outstanding contribution to music photography:
Pennie Smith