Shafta Awards (journalism)

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The Shafta Awards are British awards given annually for "the very worst in tabloid journalism". [1] They were established in 1987 following a Daily Star story "Princess Margaret to appear in Crossroads" by Geoff Baker and Pat Codd, in honour of which they are also known as the "Princess Margaret Awards". [2] The Guardian wrote in 2008 that "Shaftas host Johnny Vaughan often sums up the awards' ethos by quoting a tabloid journalist who once told a colleague: 'Fuck the facts, just quote a friend - the pub's open in 10 minutes.'" [2] Piers Morgan, winner of a lifetime achievement Shafta in 2005, described the awards as "celebrat[ing] what I believe to be the very essence of Fleet Street: the regular ability of adult, intelligent, well-educated, street-smart journalists to behave like complete and utter numbskulls." [2] The awards were originally little more than a meeting in a pub, and were not held between 1997 and 2001, when they were revived by The People 's showbiz editor Sean O'Brien. [2]

Winners include Sean Hoare and Piers Morgan, winning lifetime achievement Shaftas in 2004 and 2005 respectively. [3] [2] James Desborough also won the ""can we hear the tape?" award for verbatim quotes" in 2002 [4] for an interview with George Martin that Salon.com alleged included a fabricated quote. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ The Guardian , 26 April 2006, Monkey goes to the Shaftas
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 The Guardian , 5 May 2008, And the winner is ...
  3. ↑ The Guardian , 28 April 2004, Shaftas honour best of the worst
  4. ↑ Jessica Hodgson (1 May 2002). "The Shaftas: full list of awards". Guardian. Retrieved 18 August 2011.
  5. ↑ Martin Lewis (3 August 2001). "The art of lying". Salon.com. Retrieved 18 August 2011.
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