The Active Travel Academy\u2019s inaugural Media Awards recognises excellent work by journalists and reporters covering issues around active transport and road safety. We would like to thank everyone who submitted their own or others’ work. Narrowing entries down to a shortlist (let alone then choosing winners!) was challenging and inevitably we’ve had to leave out some excellent pieces along the way.<\/p>\n
Our expert panel of judges was co-chaired by journalist Laura Laker and Director of the Active Travel Academy Dr. Rachel Aldred, with academics Professor Guy Osborn and Dr. Pieter Verdegem, Victoria Hazael (Cycling UK), and Tanya Braun (Living Streets).<\/p>\n
Winners were announced at the ATA Media Awards in Central London on November 25th. Congratulations to all our nominees, shortlistees, and winners: we look forward to running the awards again next year.<\/p>\n
You can read our blog on the event here<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Shortlist<\/strong> 2. News (broadcast) 3. Features (written) 4. Features (broadcast) 5. Local media 6. Investigation\/Long-term follow-up The Active Travel Academy\u2019s inaugural Media Awards recognises excellent work by journalists and reporters covering issues around active transport and road safety. We would like to thank everyone who submitted their own or others’ work. Narrowing entries down to a…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":317,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-201","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/ata\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/201","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/ata\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/ata\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/ata\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/ata\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=201"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/ata\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/201\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/ata\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n1. News (written word)
\nCarlton Reid, Historic And Wonderful Cyclist And Pedestrian Tunnel Under River Tyne Re-Opens<\/a>, Forbes
\nFeargus O’Sullivan, In Car-Choked Brussels, the Pedestrians Are Winning<\/a>, CityLab – Winner<\/strong>
\nKali Lindsay, Why parking on the pavement causes major problems for disabled people<\/a>, Newcastle Chronicle<\/p>\n
\nTom Edwards, What do you breathe in on a commute?<\/a> BBC London – Winner
\nStacey Foster and Bob Warman, Family By Cycle Thumbs Up<\/a>, ITV Central
\nNick Van Mead and colleagues, London’s toxic school runs: how polluted is the air children breathe?<\/a> Guardian Cities – Highly Commended<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nCarlton Reid, Bicyclists May Use Full Lane<\/a>, Forbes
\nDave Walker, A Cyclist’s Guide to Biking the City<\/a>, Guardian Cities – Winner<\/strong>
\nMark Alker, Verbier by Train<\/a>, Singletrack Magazine (paywall)
\nNjogu Morgan, How Apartheid Killed Johannesburg’s Cycling Culture<\/a>, Guardian Cities – Highly Commended<\/strong>
\nStephen Burgen, ‘For me, this is paradise’: life in the Spanish city that banned cars’<\/a>, Guardian Cities – Winner<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nPeter Walker, Why forcing cyclists to wear helmets will not save lives<\/a>, The Guardian – Winner<\/strong>
\nElodie Harper, Barton Hills Ramble, ITV local (no longer available online) – Highly Commended<\/strong>
\nEnvironmental Transport Association, Stop Killing Our Children<\/a>
\nAlex Davis & Jenni Gwiazdowski, Mind the Cycling Gender Gap<\/a>, Wheelsuckers podcast with Tiffany Lam<\/p>\n
\nLewis Mason Show, Music and conversation for your Thursday night, with a focus on health and wellbeing (episode focused on walking and mental health)<\/a>, BBC Sussex and Surrey (no longer available online) – Highly Commended<\/strong>
\nAndy Veale, interview with Roxanne de Beaux (Cambridge Cycling Campaign), Cambridge Independent (read here<\/a>)
\nAndrea Sandor, After the Climate Declaration Manchester City Council Faces Its First Test<\/a>, Manchester Confidential – Winner<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nRoss Lydall, reporting on the death of Professor Maria Bitner-Glindzicz (three<\/a> pieces<\/a> submitted<\/a>), Evening Standard – Winner<\/strong>
\nCharles Critchell, Burning Bridges – Hammersmith Bridge: why our dependency on cars must end<\/a>, FareCity – Winner<\/strong>
\nRoad.cc, Near Miss of the Day<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"