THE Daily Record newspaper has been named the Newspaper of the Year, at the Scottish Press Awards 2016, with the Journalism of the Year accolade going to Mark Macaskill, of The Sunday Times Scotland.
The event – run by the Scottish Newspaper Society – also saw former The Scottish Sun and Daily Record editor, Bruce Waddell, pick up the Lifetime Achievement Award.
The full list of winners reads, as follows:
Sports Photographer of the Year
Jeff Holmes
Featured in the Evening Times, Scotland on Sunday and The Sunday Times
News Photographer of the Year
Jeff Mitchell
Getty Images
Cartoonist of the Year
Steven Camley
The Herald
Young Journalist of the Year
Sarah Vesty
Daily Record
Weekly Newspaper of the Year
Fife Free Press
Arts/Entertainment Journalist of the Year
Matt Bendoris
The Scottish Sun
Interviewer of the Year
Patricia Kane
Scottish Mail on Sunday
Political Journalist of the Year
David Clegg
Daily Record
Columnist of the Year
Chris Deerin
Scottish Daily Mail
Financial/Business Journalist of the Year
Erikka Askeland
The Press and Journal
Feature Writer of the Year
Jonathan Brocklebank
Scottish Daily Mail
Sports Feature Writer of the Year
Hugh MacDonald
The Herald
Sports News Writer of the Year
Keith Jackson
Daily Record
Innovation of the Year
Merry Christmas Loyal Customer
Evening Telegraph
Front Page of the Year
Mince… by the Edinburgh Evening News
Journalism Team of the Year
The Scottish Sun for the M9 Police Call Centre Scandal
Campaign of the Year
Daily Record for the ‘Refugee Crisis and The War on Terror’ hashtag, We Have Room
Scoop of the Year
The Sunday Mail for The Forgotten Suspect, by Jim Wilson and Brendan McGinty
Reporter of the Year
Mark Macaskill
The Sunday Times Scotland
Lifetime Achievement Award
Bruce Waddell
Journalist of the Year
Mark Macaskill
The Sunday Times Scotland
Newspaper of the Year
Daily Record
