THE Herald’s Simon Bain is among six Scots contenders in an annual awards competiton celebrating the best of ‘regional newspaper journalism’.
Bain is nominated in the Business and Finance Journalist category of the Regional Press Awards. Also nominated is the Press and Journal’s Ashleigh Barbour (Young Journalist of the Year) and The Herald’s chief reporter, Lucy Adams (Feature Writer).
They are joined by Matthew Elder, of the Fife Free Press (Weekly Sports Journalist), Michael Gillen, of the Falkirk Herald (Weekly Photographer) and the Northern Scot (Weekly Newspaper, under 20k circulation).
The winners will be announced on the 25th of next month. The awards are organised by the Society of Editors.
The full shortlist reads:
Young Journalist of the Year
Ashleigh Barbour – Aberdeen Press and Journal
Dominic Howell – Nottingham Post
Alice Hutton – Cambridge News
Emily Koch – Bristol Evening Post
Ruth Lawson – NCJ Media
Business and Finance Journalist of the Year
Simon Bain – The Herald, Glasgow
Jenny Chapman – Cambridge News
Jon Griffin – Birmingham Mail
Robin Johnson – Derby Telegraph
Catherine Lea – Hull Daily Mail
Specialist Writer of the Year
Jon Austin – Basildon Echo
Ciaran Barnes – Sunday Life
Paul Gallagher – Manchester Evening News
Seanin Graham – Irish News
Nicky Harley – Hull Daily Mail
Feature Writer of the Year
Lucy Adams – The Herald, Glasgow
Janet King – Western Morning News
Lee Marlow – Leicester Mercury
John McGurk – Sunday Life
Adam Wakelin – Leicester Mercury
Columnist of the Year
Aled Blake – Western Mail
Carolyn Hitt – Western Mail
Ian Midgley – Hull Daily Mail
Elaine Morgan – Western Mail
Paul Taylor – Manchester Evening News
Weekly Sports Journalist of the Year
Matthew Elder – Fife Free Press
Danny Hall – Sheffield Star, Grass Roots
Mark Jenkin – North Devon Journal
Amanda Little – Cumberland News
David Powell – North Devon Journal
Daily/Sunday Sports Journalist of the Year
Steven Beacom – Belfast Telegraph
Jon Colman – Carlisle News & Star
Mark Douglas – Sunday Sun
John Gibson – Newcastle Evening Chronicle
Simon Walter – Southern Daily Echo
Weekly Photographer of the Year
Stephen Garnett – Craven Herald
Michael Gillen – Falkirk Herald
Sean Hansford – Rochdale Observer
John Jenkins – Lincolnshire Echo
Joe Lord – East London Advertiser
Daily/Sunday Photographer of the Year
Anthony Chappel-Ross – The Press, York
Rowland Hobson – Peterborough Evening Telegraph
Simon Hulme – Yorkshire Post
Gary Longbottom – Yorkshire Post
Ian Robinson – Lancashire Evening Post
Weekly Reporter of the Year
Gareth Davies – Croydon Advertiser
Stuart Greer – Oldham Advertiser
Tom Jennings – Witney Gazette
Lui Straccia – Luton on Sunday
Louise Wallace – Lincolnshire Echo
Daily/Sunday Reporter of the Year
Bimpe Archer – Irish News
Jon Austin – Basildon Echo
Ciaran Barnes – Sunday Life
John McGurk – Sunday Life
Ben Rossington – Liverpool Echo
Designer of the Year Award
Gary Beckwith – Newcastle Evening Chronicle
Ian Bond – Hull Daily Mail
Sean Collins – The Journal, Newcastle
David Lewins – Bristol Evening Post
Doug Young – Newcastle Evening Chronicle
The Digital Award
Belfasttelegraph.co.uk – Belfast Telegraph
Liverpool Post and Echo
Manchester Evening News
Pinkun.com – Norwich Evening News
The 12 Plays of Christmas – Lancashire Evening Post
Supplement of the Year
Yorkshire Post Magazine
Weekend – Belfast Telegraph
Culture – The Journal, Newcastle
NE Business Magazine – The Journal, Newcastle
Western Mail Magazine
Special Supplement of the Year
The Blitz – Hull Daily Mail
Welsh Warriors – Wales on Sunday
Skelmersdale celebrates 50 years – Skelmersdale Advertiser
Most Influential – The Journal, Newcastle
Liverpool Playhouse – Liverpool Daily Post
Front Page of the Year
Carried on a Sea of Unity – Belfast Telegraph
Help Bring These Rioters to Justice – Croydon Advertiser
The Night Fire Took Lives of My four Babies – Derby Telegraph
Wanted – Lancashire Evening Post
Is This How You Feel? – Western Mail
Scoop of the Year
Bimpe Archer – Irish News
Jon Austin – Basildon Echo
Nicky Harley – Hull Daily Mail
Neil Macfarlane – Evening Gazette, Middlesborough
Rob Waugh & John Roberts – Yorkshire Post
Campaign of the Year
Lillian’s Law – Croydon Advertiser
An Industry Betrayed – Derby Telegraph
Missing from Home – Manchester Evening News
Fighting Censorship by Killers – Sunday Life
Whistleblower – Wirral Globe
Weekly Newspaper (below 20k)
The Northern Scot
The Ulster Herald
Brentwood Gazette
Birmingham Post
Cumberland and Westmorland Herald
Weekly Newspaper (above 20k)
Essex Chronicle
Newbury Weekly News
Camden New Journal
Westmorland Gazette
Surrey Advertiser
Daily/Sunday (below 25k)
Cambridge News
Lancashire Evening Post
The Journal, Newcastle
Ipswich Evening Star
Carlisle News and Star
Daily/Sunday (above 25k)
Sunday Life
Manchester Evening News
Belfast Telegraph
Sunday Mercury
Yorkshire Post
