Newstalk has received four nominations across three categories on this year's shortlist for Headline’s Mental Health Media Awards - including three nominations for Lunchtime Live.
There are two nominations for Newstalk in the 'Mental Health Broadcasting - Current Affairs Programme' category: ‘Alan Quinlan opens up about his mental health’ on Newstalk Breakfast, and ‘Living with Depression’ on Lunchtime Live.
Earlier this year Alan Quinlan spoke to me about the mental health challenges he’s faced over the years. The interview aired on #NewstalkBreakfast in March & I still get messages about it. Delighted to see it shortlisted today for a @HeadlineIreland Media Award 📻 #MHMA2019 pic.twitter.com/0XV2o8LvdM
— Susan Keogh (@susankeoghnews) November 4, 2019
Lunchtime Live has also been nominated in two other categories: the 'Headline Voice Media Award in partnership with See Change', and the 'Headline Impact Award'.
The 'Voice Media' category covers broadcasters and publishers who have "demonstrated excellence in the quality and quantity of coverage given to people with self-experience of mental ill health".
Meanwhile, the 'Impact' category recognises a "broadcaster, publisher or individual working in any platform who has made an exceptional contribution to the national conversation around mental ill health".
The nominations follow the show's coverage of subjects such as loneliness and isolation, as well as its series on issues related to fertility.
This year's winners will be announced at an awards ceremony on December 4th, and you can find the full shortlist on the Headline website.
You can listen to selections from some of the nominated Newstalk shows below:
Lunchtime Live - Elderly experiences of loneliness:
Newstalk Breakfast - Alan Quinlan opens up about his mental health:
Lunchtime Live - Fertility Week: Involuntary Childlessness:
