CAMBRIAN News reporters scooped no less than four trophies in the glittering Wales Media Awards 2016 ceremony in Cardiff.

Our reporter Chris Betteley was named political journalist of the year, print news reporter of the year and won the top accolade of journalist of the year.

And reporter Caleb Spencer was named student journalist of the year.

The Cambrian News was also runner-up for the weekly newspaper of the year award.

The winners were announced at a dinner at the Mercure Holland House Hotel in Cardiff last Friday, run by and in aid of the Journalists’ Charity.

The event was hosted by BBC news presenter Huw Edwards and brought together the top names in the media in Wales to celebrate the country’s journalistic excellence.

For the political journalist award, the judges said that Chris’s work – which included his general election coverage - showed what local newspapers could achieve when a reporter was tenacious and paid attention to detail. They were strong, well-written pieces, with balanced quotes, they said. Good investigative, locally-accountable journalism – the judges thought it important such work continued.

That award was presented to him by Beti George, on behalf of The Journalists’ Charity.

Judges said that Chris was named print news reporter of the year because his trio of stories illustrated reporting at its best. Tenacity, the willingness to tackle authority and expert presentation of the facts made his a standout entry.

The top award of journalist of the year was presented to Chris by Vincent Kane OBE. Chris received glowing comments from all the judges. They said Chris was a role model for the classic reporting that is the hallmark of great Welsh journalism.

Winning the student journalist of the year, Caleb’s entries for the Cardiff student newspaper the Cardiffian showed the wide range of his abilities both at writing and at investigating his subjects, the judges said.

They were impressed with his excellent initiative and the way he digs deep into the story behind the story, honing in on the required angle to make each story interesting and strong.

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