"This double accolade is uniquely deserved, " said Sir Peter Stothard, chairman of the judging panel and editor of the Times Literary Supplement.
"He's observing a self-denying ordinance, " noted panel chairman, Spectator editor Fraser Nelson dryly.
In addition to Richardson, this year's judging panel includes journalist and former editor of The Lady Rachel Johnson, author Jojo Moyes and writer Natasha Walter.
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She asked a panel that included Lisa Ling, HuffPo tech editor Bianca Bosker, author Susan Orlean and Tiffany Shlain, who founded the Webby Awards, a single leading question: are you the same woman online and off?
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My colleague Tim Ferguson, editor of Forbes Asia, led a panel on leadership on the final day.
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The BBC's political editor Andrew Marr will head the judging panel of one of the UK's leading non-fiction book awards.
Jonathan Ruppin, web editor for booksellers Foyles, said the panel had "come up with a staggeringly strong shortlist.... dominated by writers who have honed their craft through many acclaimed novels".
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At a just-wrapped panel this afternoon at South By Southwest, moderated by HuffPo Women editor Margaret Wheeler Johnson took a deep dive into the multiple personality disorder of women in the digital age.
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This year, our own Editor-in-chief, Joshua Topolsky, will be moderating a panel on gadget recycling called "Closing the Loop In Cradle to Cradle, " so if you needed some added incentive to attend, you've got it.
The finalists were select by a panel of judges of art professionals and Departures staff members, including Richard David Story, Departures editor-in-chief.
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