Sky News wins best News Channel at Royal Television Awards as Yalda Hakim named Presenter of the Year | UK News

Sky News has won News Channel of the Year and Yalda Hakim has been named Presenter of the Year at the Royal Television Society (RTS) Awards.

Home news correspondent Mollie Malone was also named Emerging Talent of the Year, Africa correspondent Yousra Elbagir won Television Journalist of the Year and 24 Hours In The Kill Zone by international news correspondent John Sparks won in the Digital Journalism category.

It is the ninth year in a row Sky News has won the Channel of the Year award.

Hakim, who hosts international news show The World With Yalda Hakim, has reported from Israel and Ukraine and has interviewed numerous world leaders.

Among her interviews was one with Pakistan’s defence minister who, when Hakim asked him about funding and training terrorists, he said his country had been “doing this dirty work for the United States for about three decades”.

Elbagir has reported extensively on the war in Sudan over the last year, including an investigation into the “killing fields” where thousands have been targeted.

Malone has covered growing issues with safety in UK prisons including how drones are being used to transport contraband inside as well as criticism of the government’s violence against women and girls (VAWG) strategy.

Sparks’ digital journalism award follows his coverage after he joined Ukrainian troops in an area targeted by explosive-carrying drones.

The network also had nominations for deputy political editor Sam Coates in the political journalist of the year category; data and forensic correspondent Tom Cheshire was nominated for specialist journalist of the year, special correspondent Alex Crawford was also nominated in the television journalist of the year category.

And Sky News’ coverage of Syria: After Assad was also nominated in the News Coverage – International category.