THE nominations for this year’s Scottish Press Awards have just been announced.
The awards – now in their 34th year – are being hosted in Glasgow, on the 18th of next month.
It is believed this year’s awards attracted a record number of entries.
The shortlist reads:
Sports Photographer of the Year
Ian MacNicol The Scotsman and Metro Scottish edition
William Murray SNS Group
Nicky Ponty Herald & Times
Kenny Ramsay The Scottish Sun
Ian Rutherford The Scotsman Publications Ltd
News Photographer of the Year
Gordon Jack The Scotsman and Daily Record
Jeff Mitchell Getty Images
Ian Rutherford The Scotsman
Roddy Scott The Scottish Sun
Gordon Terris The Herald
Cartoonist of the Year
Brian Adcock Scotland on Sunday
Steven Camley The Herald
Scott Clissold Scottish Sunday Express
Pete Davidson The Sunday Post
Brian Petrie The Scottish Sun
Young Journalist of the Year
Niamh Anderson The Scottish Sun
Paul John Coulter Greenock Telegraph
Alasdair Gill Dundee Evening Telegraph
Paris Gourtsoyannis Holyrood Magazine
Euan McLelland Daily Record
Weekly Newspaper of the Year
Ayrshire Post
The Falkirk Herald
Hamilton Advertiser
Highland News
The Inverness Courier
Arts/Entertainment Journalist of the Year
Brian Beacom The Herald
Matt Bendoris The Scottish Sun
Alison Howard The Herald/Sunday Herald
Phil Miller The Herald
David Robinson The Scotsman
Aidan Smith Scotland on Sunday
Magazine Writer of the Year
Billy Briggs The Herald Magazine
Teddy Jamieson The Herald/Sunday Herald
Chitra Ramaswamy The Scotsman/Scotland on Sunday
David Robinson The Scotsman
Peter Ross Scotland on Sunday
Alison Rowat The Herald
Political Journalist of the Year
Mark Aitken Sunday Mail
David Clegg Daily Record
Paul Hutcheon Sunday Herald
Iain MacWhirter Sunday Herald
Alan Roden Scottish Daily Mail
Columnist of the Year
Erikka Askeland The Scotsman
Ian Bell Sunday Herald
Tam Cowan Daily Record
Bill Leckie The Scottish Sun
Iain Macwhirter Sunday Herald
Financial/Business Journalist of the Year
Simon Bain The Herald
Colin Donald Sunday Herald
Ian McConnell The Herald
Scott Mcculloch Business7
Tim Sharp The Herald
Newspaper Feature Writer of the Year
Matt Bendoris The Scottish Sun
Helen Brown The Courier
Dani Garavelli The Scotsman/Scotland on Sunday
Chitra Ramaswamy The Scotsman/Scotland on Sunday
Peter Ross Scotland on Sunday
Sports Feature Writer of the Year
Tom English The Scotsman/Scotland on Sunday
Michael Grant The Herald
Robert Grieve The Scottish Sun
Bill Leckie The Scottish Sun
Aidan Smith The Scotsman/Scotland on Sunday
Sports News Writer of the Year
Robert Grieve The Scottish Sun
Keith Jackson Daily Record
Ronnie MacKay The Scottish Sun
John McGarry Scottish Daily Mail
Derek McGregor The Scottish Sun
Front Page of the Year
Daily Record BYE BYE LIAR
Edinburgh Evening News REVENGE OF THE TRAMS
Evening Express Dear Barney
The Scotsman BEST OF THE BEST
The Scottish Sun Day that the taxman finally buried Rangers
Sunday Herald The gold rush
Journalism Team of the Year
Daily Record Rangers in Crisis
Edinburgh Evening News Mortonhall Ashes Scandal
Edinburgh Evening News Edinburgh Royal Infirmary in Crisis
The Scottish Sun Gers in Crisis
The Courier Drowning in Drugs Investigation
Campaign of the Year
Dumfries & Galloway Standard A75 – Time to Act
Evening Telegraph Dundee Born and Read
Evening Times Clear the Air
The Scottish Sun Ban Beggs Blood Money
The Sunday Post Churchcastle
Scoop of the Year
Gina Davidson Edinburgh Evening News
Dani Garavelli Scotland on Sunday
Paul Hutcheon Sunday Herald
Keith Jackson Daily Record
Allan Rennie/Chris Musson Daily Record
Reporter of the Year
Gail Cameron The Scottish Sun
Ryan Crighton The Press and Journal
Charles Gall Daily Record
David Pratt The Herald/Sunday Herald
Marion Scott Sunday Mail
Journalist of the Year
To be announced at the awards on the night.
Newspaper of the Year
To be announced at the awards on the night.
