Winkler (pictured), best known as Arthur ‘The Fonz’ Fonzarelli in Happy Days, took the stage at the Grosvenor House Hotel on Mayfair’s Park Lane to speak of his own struggle with dyslexia and to highlight the importance of magazines in promoting literacy among children.
He helped encourage the audience to donate to the event’s two chosen industry charities: MagAid and the NewstrAid Benevolent Fund.
Hosted by comedian Kevin Bridges, the PPA Awards brought together more than 1,000 guests from the UK’s leading consumer and business media companies to celebrate editorial and publishing excellence. A total of 22 awards were handed out on the night following two rounds of judging by 142 independent judges.
Barry McIlheney, chief executive of the PPA, said: “Congratulations to all the winners of this year’s PPA Awards, who can be proud of being singled out among a very strong field for their innovation and commitment to excellence.
“Every year the PPA Awards reminds us that the talent within our sector is truly world-class and we are proud to represent this vital part of the UK’s Creative Industries.”
Full list of winners of The PPA Awards 2011:
Consumer Magazine of the Year
WINNER – Red - Hachette Filipacchi UK
Specialist Consumer Magazine of the Year
WINNER – ELLE Decoration - Hachette Filipacchi UK
International Consumer Magazine of the Year
WINNER – Time Out - Time Out
HIGHLY COMMENDED – FourFourTwo – Haymarket Consumer Media
Digital Product of the Year (Consumer Media)
WINNER - BBCGoodFood.com - BBC Magazines
Digital Product of the Year (Business Media)
WINNER - Times Educational Supplement (TES.co.uk) - TSL Education
Consumer Media Brand of the Year
WINNER - Cosmopolitan - National Magazine Company
Business Media Brand of the Year
WINNER - Times Higher Education) - TSL Education
Weekly Business Magazine of the Year
WINNER - Times Higher Education - TSL Education
Monthly Business Magazine of the Year
WINNER - Windpower Monthly - Haymarket Media Group
Customer Magazine of the Year
WINNER - John Lewis Edition - John Brown
Editorial Campaign of the Year
WINNER - Backing Britain's Professional Farmers - Farmers Guardian - United Business Media
Publisher/Manager of the Year (Consumer Media)
WINNER - Alun Williams - Men's Health – NatMag-Rodale
Publisher/Manager of the Year (Business Media)
WINNER - Conor Dignam - Screen International - Emap
Publisher/Manager of the Year (Annual Turnover Under £10 Million)
WINNER - Alex Martinez - Procurement Leaders - Sigaria
Editor of the Year (Consumer Media)
WINNER - Gill Hudson - Reader's Digest – Vivat Direct
HIGHLY COMMENDED - Michelle Ogundehin - ELLE Decoration - Hachette Filipacchi UK
Editor of the Year (Business Media)
WINNER - Gerard Kelly - Times Educational Supplement - TSL Education
Writer of the Year (Consumer Media)
WINNER - Nick Redman - Sunday Times Travel Magazine – News International
Writer of the Year (Business Media)
WINNER - Stefan Chomka - Restaurant - William Reed Business Media
Columnist of the Year (Consumer Media)
WINNER - Danny Wallace - ShortList - ShortList Media
Columnist of the Year (Business Media)
WINNER - Helen Edwards - Marketing - Haymarket Media Group
HIGHLY COMMENDED - Ann Thrope - Times Educational Supplement (TES) - TSL Education
Designer of the Year (Consumer Media)
WINNER - Marissa Bourke - ELLE Collections - Hachette Filipacchi UK
HIGHLY COMMENDED - Andrew Diprose - Wired - The Condé Nast Publications
Designer of the Year (Business Media)
WINNER - Finnie Finn - Fujitsu I - Redwood
