The media, analysis and networking business Editorial Intelligence (www.editorialintelligence.com), announced that The Times won five gongs and The Sunday Times, one, at The Comment Awards 2011.

In their third year, The Comment Awards celebrate the work of the finest print and online commentators and their editors over the last twelve months.

• For The Times, Danny Finkelstein took the prize for Political Commentator for the second year running, Ann Treneman won Sketch Commentator, Mike Atherton was awarded the Sports Commentator gong, Columnist of the Year was won by Hugo Rifkind and the Twitter Commentator was taken by David Aaronovitch.

• Irwin Stelzer won Economics Commentator for The Sunday Times.

The winners of the 15 categories, and the Chair’s Choice award, were announced over a special breakfast at RIBA, London this morning (October 20) in front of over 250 guests including the shortlisted candidates, category judges and key opinion formers across media, politics, business, academia and public life.

The ceremony was hosted by social commentator and ei associate Peter York and attended by Harvey Goldsmith CBE, Chair of the judges.

Category judges included Rory Cellan-Jones, Business Correspondent, BBC Economics & Business Unit; Damian Collins MP, MP for Folkestone & Hythe; Howell James CBE, Vice Chairman, Barclays Corporate Affairs; Baroness Oona King, Diversity Executive, Channel 4; Alexandra Shulman OBE, Editor, Vogue.

The ceremony was filmed and will be available on eiTV – www.commentawards.com and www.editorialintelligence.com.

The Comment Awards were held in association with lead partners Barclays and Jaguar Land Rover, as well as the category sponsors as listed below.

See www.commentawards.com for further information on our category judges and sponsors.