The shortlists for the Scottish Press Awards were announced today by the Scottish Daily Newspaper Society.
The awards will be presented at a ceremony hosted by Lorraine Kelly at the Glasgow Radisson SAS Hotel on 19 April.
Charles Wilson, chair of Judging Panel, said: “Competition in the Scottish newspaper market, always the strongest in the UK, has become even more intense in recent times because of the increase in resources being spent by London-based groups on their Scottish editions. Journalistic quality thrives on such competition and this is richly reflected in this year’s near record entry for the Scottish Press Awards.”
Scoop of the Year
- Gail Cameron, The Scottish Sun – Pregnant Aged 11
- Jane Hamilton, Sunday Mail – Derek Alexander Doran
- Cara Page, Daily Record – Alan McIllwraith
- Alan Roden, Edinburgh Evening News – A Jack The Lad
- Natalie Walker, Daily Record – Lisa Norris
Reporter of the Year
- Gail Cameron, The Scottish Sun
- David Leask, Evening Times
- Neil Mackay, Sunday Herald
- Cara Page, Daily Record
- Natalie Walker, Daily Record
Financial / Business Writer of the year
- Simon Bain, The Herald
- Lesley Campbell, Daily Record
- Martin Flanagan, The Scotsman
- John Penman, The Sunday Times Scotland
- Ken Symon, Sunday Herald
Feature Writer of the Year
- Lucy Adams, The Herald
- Catherine Deveney, Scotland on Sunday – Spectrum Magazine
- Neil Mackay, Sunday Herald
- Lorna Martin, The Observer
- Peter Ross, Sunday Herald
- Michael Tierney, The Herald
Columnist of the Year
- Ian Bell, Sunday Herald
- Gillian Bowditch, The Sunday Times Scotland
- Moira Gordon, Scotland on Sunday
- Melanie Reid, The Herald
- Tom Shields, Sunday Herald
Campaign of the Year
- The Scotsman – Forth Crossing Plans
- Edinburgh Evening News – Queens Hall Closure
- Shetland Times – Free Sakachai
- News of the World – Mark’s Law
- Airdrie & Coatbridge Advertiser – Monklands Hospital
- Evening Times – Crime on Your Street
Front Page of the Year
- Daily Record – Tommy Drops His Briefs
- Evening Times – Gangs
- News of the World – Sheridan Confesses
- Scottish Daily Mail – My Torment, By Angela Donald
- Sunday Herald – Remember
- The Scottish Sun – Punch Drunk
Journalist Team of the Year
- Daily Record – Farepak
- Daily Record -Kriss Donald
- Evening Express – Dean Jamieson
- News of the World –Tommy Sheridan
- Scottish Daily Mail – Kriss Donald
Weekly Newspaper Journalist of the Year
- Jill Buchanan, Falkirk Herald
- John Hutcheson, Airdrie & Coatbridge Advertiser
- Joseph O’Brien, Wishaw Press
- Craig Robertson, Dumfries & Galloway Standard
- Fay Winter, Wishaw Press
Political Journalist of the Year
- Eddie Barnes, Scotland on Sunday
- Campbell Gunn, The Sunday Post
- Paul Hutcheon, Sunday Herald
- Stuart Nicolson, Scottish Daily Mail
- Mandy Rhodes, Holyrood Magazine
Sports Feature Writer of the Year
- Douglas Alexander, The Sunday Times Scotland
- Tom English, Scotland on Sunday
- Bill Leckie, The Scottish Sun
- Gordon Waddell, Sunday Mail
- Richard Wilson, The Sunday Times Scotland
Sports News Writer of the Year
- Chris Fitzgerald, Greenock Telegraph
- John Greechan, Scottish Daily Mail
- Keith Jackson, Daily Record
- Iain King, The Scottish Sun
- Natasha Woods, Sunday Herald
Arts / Entertainment Writer of the Year
- Catherine Deveney, Scotland on Sunday – Spectrum Magazine
- Teddy Jamieson, The Herald
- Phil Miller, The Herald
- David Robinson, The Scotsman
- Susan Swarbrick, The Herald
Cartoonist of the Year
- Brian Adcock, Scotland on Sunday
- Steven Camley, The Herald
- Harry Horse, Sunday Herald
- Ranald MacColl, Scottish Daily Mirror
- Bill McArthur, The Herald
Young Journalist of the Year
- Steve Dinneen, Sunday Mail
- Mark McLaughlin, Freelance
- Peter John Meiklem, The Big Issue in Scotland
- Rachelle Money, Freelance
- Fay Winter, Wishaw Press
- Alice Wyllie, The Scotsman
Gaelic Journalist of the Year
- Aonghas Padraig Caimbeul, An Gaidheal Ur
- Alasdair H Campbell, The Scotsman
- Alison Lang, The Scotsman
- Ruairidh MacIlleathain, Cothram
- Raghnall MacilleDhuibh, The Scotsman
News Photographer of the Year
- Derek Blair, Daily Record
- Phil Dye, Daily Record
- Danny Lawson, Scottish Press Association
- Tony Nicoletti, Daily Record
- Mark Runnacles, Daily Record
- Ian Rutherford, The Scotsman
Sports Photographer of the Year
- Tom Main, Freelance
- Henry McInnes, Sunday Mail
- Colin Mearns, The Herald
- Kenny Ramsay, The Scottish Sun
- Ian Rutherford, The Scotsman
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