News Release

7 April 2004

LOCAL REPORTING AWARDS WINNERS
TO INTERVIEW TV PRESENTER GABBY LOGAN

An interview with TV sports presenter and Prince's Trust Ambassador Gabby Logan will be the prize for the winners of this year's Local Reporting Awards. The winner of each category (professional and non-professional) will meet Gabby at The Prince's Trust in London to conduct the interview. The interviews will then run in the winners' regional newspapers. Gabby will also provide a message of support for exclusive use by regional newspapers during Local Newspaper Week.

These prestigious awards are run by The Prince's Trust and the Newspaper Society. They recognise excellence in local reporting among people aged 14-30, who write about the valuable work carried out by young people in their communities through The Prince's Trust, the UK's leading charity for young people.

Newspapers wanting to enter the awards can contact their regional Prince's Trust office for help in sourcing local stories. All entries should be run in a regional newspaper during Local Newspaper Week (3-9 May).

The awards were launched by HRH The Prince of Wales during Local Newspaper Week 1999. They aim to give regional and local newspapers recognition for their work, and highlight the positive contribution that young people make in their local community - anything from running a community centre to fundraising for a local charity.

The awards are a great opportunity to promote local newspapers, as well as for the development of young journalists and aspiring young writers. The 2003 awards were supported by Prince's Trust ambassador Cat Deeley, and attracted a wide response from regional press, resulting in a strong collection of entries.

Emma Snodgrass, from the Coventry Evening Telegraph and Christian Allsworth, from the Bradford Telegraph and Argus were the winners of the 2003 awards. Emma, in the professional category, wrote about Jigsaw, a youth club in Coventry. Christian, the non-professional winner, wrote about the Chantalle Bleau Memorial Fund, set up to raise awareness of volatile substance abuse.

More information about the Awards & how to enter

Photographs and examples of previously shortlisted articles

For information on entering the awards, please see the Local Newspaper Week pack.

Newspapers looking for stories to enter into the awards should contact their regional Prince's Trust communications contact:

Scotland	Euan Davidson	0141 204 4409
Wales	Richard Newton	029 20 437019
Northern Ireland	Siobhan Craig	028 9075 8102
East	Rachel Neame	020 7543 7321
North West	Natasha Starsiak	01925 442074
North East	Trish Hurst	0191 478 8488
South East	Rachel Neame	020 7543 7321
South West	Rachel Neame	020 7543 7321
London	Rachel Neame	020 7543 7321
West Midlands	Jacqueline Bunce	07766 417340
East Midlands	Sue Fletcher	0116 248 8172
Yorks & Humber	Charlotte Wheat	01977 698024

For further details please contact Martha Leary-Tanner on 020 7636 7014 or e-mail martha_lt@newspapersoc.org.uk.

The Prince's Trust
The Prince's Trust exists to help young people to overcome their barriers and get their lives working. Through practical support including training, mentoring and financial assistance, it helps 14-30 year-olds, focusing on young people who have struggled at school, have been in care, are long-term unemployed or have been in trouble with the law. Since the charity was founded by HRH The Prince of Wales in 1976, it has helped nearly half a million young people.

Further information about The Prince's Trust is available at www.princes-trust.org.uk or on 0800 842 842.

The Newspaper Society, the voice of Britain's regional and local press, represents around 1,300 daily and weekly, paid-for and free, newspaper titles in the UK.

The Newspaper Society is a member of UK Publishing Media: an £18 billion alliance of newspapers, magazines and books, which collectively represent one of the largest investors in the rapidly-expanding information society.