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June 28, 2005updated 22 Nov 2022 3:53pm

REGIONAL PRESS AWARDS 2005 FINALISTS

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Individual Categories

BUSINESS & FINANCIAL JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR

Chris Starkie Eastern Daily Press
David Elks The Sentinel/Sentinel on Sunday
Greg Wright Yorkshire Post
Jenny Chapman Cambridge Evening News
John Fox-Clinch Western Daily Press
Naomi Canton Norwich Evening News

 

FEATURE WRITER OF THE YEAR

Angela Wintle The Argus, Brighton
Caroline Foulkes The Birmingham Post
Jenny White South Wales Evening Post
Mary Fitzgerald Belfast Telegraph
Reg Little The Oxford Times
Rod McPhee Yorkshire Evening Post

 

REPORTER OF THE YEAR

Chrissy Harris Leicester Mercury
Emily Andrews Sunday Mercury
Jon Austin Basildon Echo
Mike Hornby Liverpool Echo
Rick Lyon Hull Daily Mail
Rob Waugh Yorkshire Post

 

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SPECIALIST REPORTER OF THE YEAR

Charles Walker Nottingham Evening Post
td>Giles Sheldrick Oxford Mail
Kathie McInnes The Sentinel
Kevin Peachey Nottingham Evening Post
Sharon Edwards Lincolnshire Echo
Vicki Shaw Yorkshire Evening Post

 

COLUMNIST OF THE YEAR

Erik Petersen Nottingham Evening Post
Jayne Dawson Yorkshire Evening Post
Nicola Barry The Press & Journal, Aberdeen
Paul Taylor Manchester Evening News
Tim Power Evening Courier, Halifax
Will Batchelor Liverpool Echo

SPORTS JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR

Hyder Jawad Birmingham Post
James Corrigan Wales on Sunday
James Toney Sportsbeat
Jeremy Wilson Southern Daily Echo
Martin Smith The Star, Sheffield
Paul Dews Yorkshire Evening Post

YOUNG JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR

Daniel Cochlin The Journal, Newcastle
Emma Slee Express & Echo
Erin Dean Western Daily Press
Mark Bulstrode Ipswich Evening Star
Nick Owens Lancashire Evening Post
Richard Heath Sheffield Star

 

Team Categories

BUSINESS & FINANCIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR

Birmingham Post
Eastern Daily Press
Liverpool Daily Post
The Journal, Newcastle
Western Daily Press
Yorkshire Post

 

CAMPAIGN OF THE YEAR

Back on Track Manchester Evening News
Bile Bears Western Daily Press
Fair ‘n Square Nottingham Evening Post
Guiseppe Conlan Irish News
Street Safe Wakefield Express
The Magic Million Derby Evening Telegraph

 

SCOOP OF THE YEAR

Caroline Smith Sunday Sun 12 yr old accused of raping teacher
Jeanette Oldham Sunday Mercury Gay Dads Adopt 3 Kids
Mark Heath East Anglia Daily Times Baby Luke – MRSA Death
Miriam Wells The Brighton Argus Dave Huddie’s Letter
Sinead McCavana Sunday Life Top Cop Sex Swap
Tristan Cork Western Daily Press Rotten – Tsunami Aid left to Rot

 

TEAM OF THE YEAR

Gloucester Echo Robinson Trials
News & Star, Carlisle Floods
Nottingham Evening Post Beccan Shooting
South Wales Evening Post Farewell to the Vetch
Western Mail 6 Nations
Western Morning News Boscastle Floods

 

WEBSITE OF THE YEAR

Icliverpool.co.uk Liverpool Echo
Edp24.co.uk Eastern Daily Press
Thisiswiltshire.co.uk
Thisislocalondon.co.uk
Thisisthelakedistrict.co.uk The Westmorland Gazette
Newsandstar.co.uk News & Star Carlisle

 

SUPPLEMENT OF THE YEAR

Twenty Four Seven Belfast Telegraph
Country Week Yorkshire Post
Football Echo Liverpool Echo
Learning The Cumberland News
The Guide Croydon Advertiser
West Country Life Western Daily Press

 

Visual Categories

PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR

Brendan Murphy Irish News
David Charnley Evening Gazette, Middlesborough
Gerallt Radcliffe Wales Daily Post
Matt Austin Express & Echo, Exeter
Richard Austin Western Morning News
Shaun Curry Newsquest

 

SPORTS PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR

Andy Garbutt Telegraph & Argus
Clare Green Bath Chronicle
Jason Dawson Slough Observer
Mike Sewell Leicester Mercury
Richard Austin Western Morning News
Stuart Harrison Swindon Evening Advertiser

 

FRONT PAGE OF THE YEAR

Closure Irish News
Floods Western Morning News
R.I.P. The Journal
Tetbury Man to Wed Bristol Evening Post
The End Hull Daily Mail
The Great Escape News & Star, Carlisle

 

Newspapers

DAILY/SUNDAY NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR

Liverpool Daily Post
Sunday Mercury
Wales on Sunday
Western Daily Press
Western Morning News
Yorkshire Post

 

EVENING NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR

Evening Express, Aberdeen
Evening Gazette, Middlesborough
Evening Times, Glasgow
Gloucestershire Echo
Lincolnshire Echo
The Citizen, Gloucester

 

WEEKLY NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR

Bucks Herald
Cornish Guardian
Flintshire Chronicle
Grantham Journal
Kentish Gazette
The Cumberland News

 

FREE NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR

Barnet & Potters Bar Times
Camden New Journal
Kent on Sunday
Sutton Coldfield Observer
The Comet
Thurrock Gazette

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