Ms Dynamite continued her award-winning streak when she was named Media Personality of the Year at the Commission for Racial Equality’s 11th annual Race in the Media Awards today. Receiving her award, the outspoken urban artist, aka Niomi McLean-Daley said: “I'm really happy that I’ve won this award. It means a lot that people are noticing that I'm fighting for something positive through my music.”

BBC London, the capital's local broadcaster, won a quartet of awards across television and radio, news and entertainment. Its coverage of the Notting Hill Carnival, 'I Love Carnival' picked up the Radio Entertainment/Music award, while The Eddie Nestor Show won Radio News. Both programmes were produced by the BBC's Community Affairs Unit. Dippy Chaudhury picked up the Children and Youth award for BBC London with the television production "Inside Out: Peckham Boys," while Kurt Barling was joint winner of the Television News award, which he shares with Channel 4 News.

Granada Television won two awards. Television Drama went to 'The Jury', while actress Shobna Gulati won the Serial Drama award for her portrayal of ‘Sunita’ in 'Coronation Street.' GMTV won Broadcaster of the Year and ITN/Libra Television won The Leadership in Sport award for the Channel 4 programme 'First Edition: Racism in Football'. Camden Council and EBB & FLOW won the Advertising category with their joint work on Black History Month, the Website award went to everygeneration.co.uk and RIMA's newest award category, Recruitment Advertising, was won by Lancashire Constabulary for work completed by Jupiter Advertising.

CRE Chair, Trevor Phillips, said “The CRE’s Race in the Media Awards were established in 1992 at a time when whole communities were being left out of the national portrait. Eleven years on, there is no doubt that ethnic minorities are increasingly better reflected on the front page and the small screen. Our next task is to ensure that the industry’s top dogs and decision-makers also mirror the diverse make-up of society.

The results were announced at a gala luncheon at the Savoy Hotel in London attended by judges, nominees and a host of celebrities and leading players in the UK media. Channel 4 News anchorman, Jon Snow, and Sky News presenter, Lisa Aziz, hosted the awards.

RIMA 2003 – Winners

• National Newspaper: Anne Karpf, Guardian Weekend: We’ve Been Here Before
• Regional and Local Newspaper: Paul Barry, Coventry Evening Telegraph: Asylum Seekers in Coventry
• Specialist Magazine: Personnel Today: Refugees In Employment Campaign
• Consumer Magazine: Time Out: Body of Work
• Television News (joint Winners): Kurt Barling, BBC London News: Body of Work, and Channel 4 News: Body of Work
• Television Factual: Fatima Salaria: Blood And Fire
• Television Entertainment: Hat Trick Productions Ltd: The Kumars At No 42 with Stephen Fry/Lesley Garret
• Television Drama: Granada Television: The Jury
• Serial Drama (Soaps): Shobna Gulati: Coronation Street
• Radio News: (BBC Community Affairs Unit) BBC London 94.9: The Eddie Nestor Show
• Radio Factual: Sandra Herbet, BBC Leicester: Myths about Muslims
• Radio Entertainment Music: BBC Community Affairs Unit, BBC London 94.9: I Love Carnival
• Radio Drama: David Farr/Toby Swift/Marc Beeby/Rachel Stanton: Crime And Punishment in Dalston
• Advertising: Camden Council/Ebb & Flow: Making Black History Campaign
• Recruitment Advertising: Lancashire Constabulary, Police Officer Recruitment Campaign
• Children/ Youth: Dippy Chaudhary, BBC London: Inside Out: Peckham Boys
• Website: Patrick Vernon/Pamela Adjei: everygeneration.co.uk
• Leadership in Sport: ITN/Libra Television for Channel 4: First Edition: Racism In Football.
• Broadcaster of the Year: GMTV
• Media Personality of the Year: ‘Ms Dynamite’

ABOUT RIMA

RIMA is an established part of the media landscape attracting hundreds of entries from television, radio, advertising, print and online. Created by the Commission for Racial Equality (CRE) in 1992 to encourage informed coverage of race relations, diversity and multiculturalism, RIMA is self-supporting with extensive sponsorship. The awards are independently judged by celebrities and specialists from throughout the media industry. Celebrity judges attending this year’s awards included the journalists Moira Stuart, Krishnan Guru-Murthy and Claire Rayner; the actors Nichola McAuliffe and David Yip; the broadcaster Floella Benjamin and the ice skater Robin Cousins.

ABOUT THE CRE

The Race Relations Act makes it unlawful to discriminate against anyone on grounds of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins. The Commission for Racial Equality was established under the Act to work for the elimination of discrimination, the promotion of equality of opportunity and good race relations generally.

The Commission can advise or assist people with cases before courts and employment tribunals and can conduct its own investigations when it has grounds to believe discrimination may be taking place.

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