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February 12, 2004updated 17 May 2007 11:30am

Shortlists announced for this year’s British Press Awards

By Press Gazette

INTERVIEWER OF THE YEAR:

Nigel Farndale, The Sunday Telegraph; Robert Crampton, The Times; Rebecca Hardy, freelance (Daily Mail); Simon Hattenstone, The Guardian; Emma Brockes, The Guardian; Catherine Deveney, Scotland on Sunday

YOUNG JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR:

Emma Cox, Sunday Mirror; Stephanie Kirchgaessner, Financial Times; Elizabeth Day, The Sunday Telegraph; Ryan Parry, Daily Mirror; Emine Saner, Evening Standard; Anushka Asthana, The Observer FOREIGN REPORTER OF THE YEAR: Sarah Oliver, The Mail on Sunday; Mark Franchetti, The Sunday Times; James Meek, The Guardian; Ross Benson, freelance (Daily Mail); David Blair, The Daily Telegraph; Chris Ayres, The Times

SHOWBUSINESS REPORTER OF THE YEAR:

Victoria Newton, The Sun; Rav Singh, News of the World; Fiona Cummins, Daily Mirror; Jessica Callan, Daily Mirror; Phil Taylor, News of the World; Sean O’Brien, The People

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FEATURE WRITER OF THE YEAR:

Bryan Appleyard, The Sunday Times; Tim Adams, The Observer; Carol Midgley, The Times; Oliver Harvey, The Sun; Patrick Collins, The Mail on Sunday; Decca Aitkenhead, freelance (The Observer)

SPORTS WRITER OF THE YEAR:

David Walsh, The Sunday Times; Sue Mott, The Daily Telegraph; Martin Samuel, News of the World; Richard Williams, The Guardian; Paul Ackford, The Sunday Telegraph; Des Kelly, Daily Mirror

SPORTS REPORTER OF THE YEAR:

uncan Mackay, The Guardian; Joe Melling, The Mail on Sunday; Neil Custis, The Sun; Charles Sale, Daily Mail; Stephen Jones, The Sunday Times; Owen Slot, The Times

COLUMNIST OF THE YEAR:

Boris Johnson, The Daily Telegraph; Will Self, Evening Standard; Richard Littlejohn, The Sun; Stephen Glover, Daily Mail; Deborah Orr, The Independent; Minette Marrin, The Sunday Times

TRAVEL WRITER OF THE YEAR:

 Tim Moore, freelance (The Observer); Steve Bleach, The Sunday Times; Jane Bussmann, The Mail on Sunday; Euan Ferguson, The Observer; Peter Moss, Jewish Chronicle; Richard Lapper, Financial Times

FINANCIAL JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR:

Ian Griffiths, The Guardian; Paul Durman, The Sunday Times; Simon Watkins, The Mail on Sunday; Jason Nisse, The Independent on Sunday; Anthony Hilton, Evening Standard; Alex Brummer, Daily Mail

FOOD AND DRINK WRITER OF THE YEAR:

Jan Moir, The Daily Telegraph; John Carlin, The Observer; Jancis Robinson, Financial Times; Tamasin Day-Lewis, The Daily Telegraph; Jay Rayner, The Observer; Michael Winner, The Sunday Times

REPORTER OF THE YEAR:

Sarah Oliver, The Mail on Sunday; Neil Mackay, Sunday Herald; John Kay, The Sun; Mazher Mahmood, News of the World; Rajeev Syal, The Sunday Telegraph; Gary Jones, Daily Mirror

CRITIC OF THE YEAR:

Brian Sewell, Evening Standard; Charles Spencer, The Daily Telegraph; Gillian Reynolds, The Daily Telegraph; Craig Brown, The Mail on Sunday; Ally Ross, The Sun; John Preston, The Sunday Telegraph

BUSINESS JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR:

Andrew Porter, The Sunday Times; Jeff Prestridge, The Mail on Sunday; Neil Buckley, Financial Times; Katherine Griffiths, The Independent; Nils Pratley, The Guardian; Ian King, The Sun

MOTORING WRITER OF THE YEAR:

Jeremy Clarkson, The Sunday Times; Quentin Wilson, Sunday Mirror; Giles Smith, The Guardian; Ken Gibson, The Sun; Neil Lyndon, The Sunday Telegraph; Andrew Frankel, The Sunday Times

PROPERTY WRITER OF THE YEAR:

Ross Clark, The Sunday Telegraph; Anne Spackman, The Times; Sebastian O’Kelly, The Mail on Sunday; Jon Stock, freelance (The Daily Telegraph); Fiona Fullerton, The Mail on Sunday; Hamish Scott, The Daily Telegraph

SCOOP OF THE YEAR:

Steve Dennis, Daily Mirror (Paul Burrell – His Story); David Leppard, The Sunday Times (Secrets of the Honours List); Ryan Parry, Daily Mirror (Intruder at Palace); David McGee, News of the World (Huntley prison exposé); Paul Waugh, The Independent (No 10 dismisses Kelly as a ‘Walter Mitty’); Neil Custis, The Sun (Fergie decks Becks)

SPECIALIST WRITER OF THE YEAR:

Daniel Foggo, The Sunday Telegraph; David Leppard, The Sunday Times; Ruth Gledhill, The Times; Geoffrey Dyer, Financial Times; Jo Revill, The Observer; Michael Evans, The Times

TEAM OF THE YEAR:

The Daily Telegraph, Iraq War coverage; The Independent on Sunday, Iraq War coverage; The Sun, Soham trial; Daily Mirror, Soham trial; The Sun, domestic violence campaign; Sunday Mail, Crime Inc Investigation Team

POLITICAL JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR:

Matthew D’Ancona, The Sunday Telegraph; Andrew Rawnsley, The Observer; Trevor Kavanagh, The Sun; Quentin Letts, Daily Mail; James Blitz, Financial Times; Donald MacIntyre, The Independent

 

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