THE Scots journalist, Melanie Reid, has been named Columnist of the Year (Broadsheet) at the British Press Awards.
The Times’ journalist, named Journalist of the Year at the Scottish Press Awards last year, suffered serious spinal injuries two years ago following a horseriding accident. Still in rehab, she works from home, “typing stubbornly with one finger”.
The awards – held last night – were dominated by the Daily Mail, which took the Newspaper of the Year title.
Scots journalist, Gordon Smart, editor of The Sun’s Bizarre column, missed out on Showbiz Writer of the Year prize.
The winners’ list reads:
Young Journalist of the Year
Winner – Ruth Sherlock, The Daily Telegraph
Highly Commended – Laura Pitel, The Times
Business & Finance Journalist of the Year
Winner – Harry Wilson & Philip Aldrick, The Daily and The Sunday Telegraph
Highly Commended – Alex Brummer, Daily Mail
Political Journalist of the Year
Winner – Isabel Oakeshott, The Sunday Times
Highly Commended – Rachel Sylvester, The Times
Foreign Reporter of the Year
Winner – Hala Jaber, The Sunday Times
Highly Commended – Ian Birrell, Freelance
Showbiz Reporter of the Year
Winner – Ben Todd, Daily Mail
Highly Commended – Nicola Methven, Daily Mirror
Sports Journalist of the Year
Winner – Mark Souster, The Times
Highly Commended – Martyn Ziegler, Press Association
Specialist Reporter of the Year
Winner – Jeremy Laurance, The Independent
Highly Commended – Amelia Gentleman, The Guardian
Feature Writer of the Year – Broadsheet
Winner – David James Smith, The Sunday Times Magazine
Highly Commended – John Arlidge, The Sunday Times Magazine
Feature Writer of the Year – Popular
Winner – David Jones, Daily Mail
Highly Commended – Oliver Harvey, The Sun
Interviewer of the Year – Broadsheet
Winner – Deborah Ross, The Independent
Highly Commended – Robert Chalmers, The Independent on Sunday
Interviewer of the Year – Popular
Winner – Beth Neil, Fabulous Magazine, The Sun
Highly Commended – Louise Gannon, The Mail on Sunday
Critic of the Year
Winner – Craig Brown, The Mail on Sunday
Highly Commended – Caitlin Moran, The Times
Diarist of the Year
Winner – The Londoner’s Diary, London Evening Standard
Highly Commended – Robert Shrimsley, Financial Times
Photographer of the Year
Winner – Oli Scarff, Getty Images
Highly Commended – Jack Hill, The Times
Sports Photographer of the Year
Winner – Mike Egerton, Press Association
Highly Commended – Richard Pelham, The Sun
Cartoonist of the Year
Winner – Peter Brookes, The Times
Highly Commended – Matt Pritchett, The Daily Telegraph
Campaign of the Year
Winner – Stephen Lawrence, Daily Mail
Highly Commended – Get London Reading, London Evening Standard
Website of the Year
Winner – Mail Online
Highly Commended – The Times website
Best of Humour
Winner – Craig Brown, Daily Mail
Highly Commended – Hugo Rifkind, The Times
News Reporter of the Year
Winner – David Collins, Daily Mirror
Highly Commended – Andrew Norfolk, The Times
Supplement of the Year
Winner – The Times Magazine
Highly Commended – Fabulous Magazine, The Sun
Columnist – Broadsheet
Winner – Melanie Reid, The Times
Highly Commended – Peter Oborne, The Daily Telegraph
Columnist – Popular
Winner – Craig Brown, Daily Mail
Highly Commended – Sue Carroll, Daily Mirror
Judges’ Special Award
Winner – Peter Wright, Mail on Sunday
Newspaper of the Year – Team Awards
News Team – Daily Mail
Sports Team – The Daily Telegraph
Business & Finance Team – The Times
Production & Design Team – i
Front Page of the year – Rule of the Mob, The Daily Telegraph
Scoop of the Year – Milly Dowler Phone Hacked, The Guardian
Newspaper of the Year
Daily Mail
