Mature Times shortlisted for Roses Media Award

Friday, 12 October 2012

We are absolutely thrilled that our article ‘Granny is Dating – Get Over It, By Patricia Vine’ has been shortlisted for a Roses Media Award. 

The Roses Awards - are a celebration of the best examples of coverage across all media concerning older people's issues, from news reporting, through to photojournalism and the best portrayals of older people in films or TV drama.  They are sponsored by the charity Independent Age and Barchester Healthcare.

 We have been shortlisted for category 'Best provision of advice and information through the media to older people'.

There were hundreds of entries for this year’s awards, so making the shortlist is a fantastic achievement for us.  

We'll find out if we have won an award at the ceremony in central London on the evening of 8 November.

The ceremony will be hosted by journalist and broadcaster, Janet Street-Porter who said, “Older people are not a homogenous group. They have widely differing needs, interests and aspirations. We need to celebrate and recognise this huge section of our society in a meaningful and positive way."

"These awards are very important - they not only recognise and reward good journalism, but they will help offset the casual ageism that sadly is all too common throughout the media.”

You can read the article 'Granny is Dating – Get Over It' here.

To find out more about the other awards visit the Independent Age website.