Every year the Bad Press Awards will seek nominations for some of the most transparently inaccurate and inflammatory newspaper stories, sponsored content on news sites, and self serving conflicts of interest in the media. After a call for nominations to end in April 2017, a team of judges will then select a shortlist, with the winners in each category to be announced in early June at the Byline Fe
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For all the fun, this prize giving is a serious campaign to out the worst of the press, raise standards and keep the media honest by holding them to account. For this reason, the Bad Press Awards is being registered as a not-for-profit community interest company dedicated to acknowledging and rewarding whistle-blowers in the media, and investing in newcomers to journalism
