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Kent Press & Broadcast Awards secure 140 entries

April, 2025

The determination of the local media to showcase the work they do is alive and well in the county after this year’s Kent Press & Broadcast Awards (KPBA) received 140 entries.

In business, being able to describe yourself as ‘award-winning’ is important and the same applies to Kent’s press, whether they are in print, online, on the radio or television, or increasingly a combination of all of them.

Launched in 2015 and designed to celebrate local journalism, the not-for-profit awards scheme is organised by Maxim, the Tunbridge Wells-based PR, marketing and public affairs agency.

The entries were received across 16 categories:

Andrew Metcalf, Managing Director of Maxim, said: “Once again we have seen a fantastic response from the local press, each of them eager to showcase their skills and be recognised for the quality of what they do to keep our communities informed.”

A darkened room that appears to be filled with tables laid for dinner. At the far end, well lit, are the letters: KPBA.

To ensure the awards retain their reputation, every entry is reviewed by an independent judging panel that comprises: Susie Boniface, a national journalist known as Fleet Street Fox; Elaine Bruce, a former BBC News journalist and editor; Sian Elvin, a national journalist and editor; Anthony France, crime correspondent for the Evening Standard; Rebecca Smith, former senior editor for Kent Regional News and Media; John Warnett, a retired radio journalist with more than 30 years’ experience; Leo Whitlock, a former local newspaper journalist for more than 20 years, much of which was spent at the KM Media Group; and Adrian Wills, a former newspaper and ITV broadcast journalist. 

This year’s award ceremony will be hosted by Maryam Moshiri, a chief presenter at BBC News, and will take place at the Spitfire Ground, Canterbury, on Friday, 20 June. Maryam’s show, The World Today on the BBC’s news channel, broadcasts to more than 100 million viewers around the world, and she is one of the few chief presenters at BBC News who also presents the national news bulletins on BBC One. 

For more information about the awards visit www.kpbawards.co.uk.  

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