Sky News nominated for nine RTS television journalism awards
Our coverage from the scene of the Southport stabbings - fronted by Sarah-Jane Mee - is also named in the breaking news award, alongside BBC coverage of the Trump assassination bid and Reuters' work on the Hezbollah pager explosions.
Sky's nominations span eight categories - with a number of correspondents and presenters in the running for awards.
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Beth Rigby and Sam Coates, our political editor and deputy political editor, make up two of the three nominees in their category.
Their work over the last year included extensive coverage of July's election - with highlights including Rigby's questioning of Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer in Grimsby.
The World With Yalda Hakim also goes up against Channel 4 News and ITV News for network daily news programme of the year.
The show's leading interviews have included several exclusives with the Qatari prime minister - a key mediator in Gaza ceasefire talks - in which he warned January's deal was "the last chance for peace".
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Sky News' coverage of the Sudan war, by Africa correspondent Yousra Elbagir and her team, has also been recognised in the international news category alongside work by CNN and ITV on Gaza.
Chief correspondent Stuart Ramsay - who won an international Emmy in September for coverage of the Myanmar war - is nominated for network TV journalist of the year.
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Ramsay's work has included an exclusive with President Zelenskyy in which he suggested a ceasefire could be agreed if Ukrainian territory went "under the NATO umbrella" and boarding "The Beast" train carrying migrants towards America.
Sophy Ridge, Sky News' lead political presenter who presents a weeknight show from 7-8pm, and data and forensics correspondent Tom Cheshire are also nominated for best network presenter and specialist journalist respectively.
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The RTS journalism awards, hosted by ITV's Tom Bradby, take place on 5 March at London's Park Lane Hilton.
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Adrian Wells, chair of the RTS awards, said: "In a globally tumultuous year, our nominees exemplify the vital work that journalists carry out in the news media industry, especially within a time where accuracy, transparency and compassion in reporting is so important.
"We look forward to recognising the high calibre of expertise and celebrating the achievements of the journalists at our awards ceremony next month."
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