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May 8, 2009

Regional Press Awards 2009: The full list of winners

By Press Gazette

Multimedia journalist of the year
Nicola Dowling, Manchester Evening News

Reporter of the year (weekly)
Peter Truman, Croydon Guardian

Reporter of the year (daily/Sunday)
Jon Austin, Basildon Echo

Columnist of the year
Winner: Erik Petersen, Nottingham Evening Post
Highly commended: Colin Drury, Halifax Evening Courier

Feature writer of the year (weekly)
Roger Lytollis, The Cumberland News

Feature writer of the year (daily/Sunday)
Lee Marlow, Leicester Mercury

Specialist reporter of the year
Claire McNeilly, Belfast Telegraph

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Business and finance journalist of the year
Winner: Sam Williams, Norwich Evening News
Highly commended: Robin Johnson, Derby Evening Telegraph

Sports journalist of the year (weekly)
Jon Colman, The Cumberland News

Sports journalist of the year (daily/Sunday)
Jon Colman, News & Star

Young journalist of the year
Anna Roberts, Reading Evening Post

Designer of the year
Ian Bond, Hull Daily Mail

Campaign of the year
Winner: “Tower Hamlets local history library”, East London Advertiser
Highly commended: “We Care”, Express & Echo, Exeter

Photographer of the year (weekly)
Tim Bradley, Rochdale Observer and Heywood Advertiser

Photographer of the year (daily/Sunday)
Simon Hulme, Yorkshire Post

Sports photographer of the year (weekly)
Christopher Whiteoak, Aldershot News

Sports photographer of the year (Daily and Sunday)
Leah McLaren, Derby Evening Telegraph

Supplement of the year
Weekend Gloucestershire Echo / Citizen

Magazine of the year
Winner: Cornwall Today
Highly commended: Cambridgeshire Journal

Front page of the year
The News, Portsmouth

Scoop of the year
“Sex film row rocks school”, Gloucestershire Echo

Multimedia publisher of the year
Winner: Hull Daily Mail
Highly commended: Henley Standard

Newspaper of the year (weekly) – above 20,000 circulation
Winner: South London Press
Highly commended: Cumberland News

Newspaper of the year (weekly) – below 20,000 circulation
Winner: East London Advertiser
Highly commended: Ham & High

Newspaper of the year (daily/Sunday) – above 40,000 circulation
Winner: Press & Journal
Highly commended: Sunday Life

Newspaper of the year (daily/Sunday) – below 40,000 circulation
Winner: News & Star, Carlisle
Highly commended: The Evening Star, Ipswich

Children’s Society Award for reporting on asylum and refugee issues
Winner: “All I want to do is help people”, Alison Campsie, The Herald
Highly commended: “Happiness is just feeling safe”, Catherine Jones, The Western Mail

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