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I'll just mention some of my ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ colleagues in the shortlist. Darragh McIntyre of Spotlight fame and David Gordon, formerly political editor of the Belfast Telegraph and now a producer on the Nolan Show, are facing off in the Investigative Journalism category, alongside Suzanne Breen. Mark Devenport is up against the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ's former security editor Brian Rowan for the award of political journalist of the year, alongside Eamonn Mallie. And yours truly has been nominated in the Thinker and Explainer category, alongside a University of Ulster showcase and Disability Action.

You can follow the awards ceremony on Twitter (hashtag: #slugger11). And if I can get my phone to work inside the Black Box, I'll send a few updates myself on @williamcrawley.

Update
Congratulations to all the winners, and especially to my colleagues Mark Devenport and Darragh McIntyre, who wont their categories. Bizarrely, I was given the award for Thinker and Explainer of the Year.