THE Dundee newspaper, the Evening Telegraph, has been named a winner in an annual competition celebrating the best of the regional press, across the UK.
It took the Front Page of the Year prize at the Regional Press Awards, with the Edinburgh Evening News highly commended in the same category.
There were several Scots entries highly commended in the competition: Mark Guidi, The Courier, the Evening Telegraph (again) and The Press and Journal.
The winners and high commended list reads, as follows:
YOUNG JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
Winner: Gareth Davies – The Argus. Highly commended: Isaac Crowson – Derby Telegraph and Ciaran Jones – Media Wales
BUSINESS AND FINANCE JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
Winner: Jon Griffin – Birmingham Mail. Highly commended: Bernard Ginns – The Yorkshire Post and Robin Johnson – Derby Telegraph
SPECIALIST WRITER OF THE YEAR
Winner: Jeanette Oldham – Birmingham Mail. Highly commended: Jon Austin – The Echo, Basildon
FEATURE WRITER OF THE YEAR
Winner: Lee Marlow – Leicester Mercury. Highly commended: Gemma Collins – Leicester Mercury and Chae Strathie – Sunday Post
COLUMNIST OF THE YEAR
Winner: Fred Leicester – Leicester Mercury. Highly commended: Emma Clayton – Bradford Telegraph & Argus
WEEKLY SPORTS JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
Winner: Chris Harby – Melton Times. Highly commended: Jon Colman – The Cumberland News
DAILY/SUNDAY SPORTS JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
Winner: Jon Colman – News & Star, Carlisle Highly commended: Mark Guidi – Sunday Post and Suzanne Geldard – Lancashire Telegraph
WEEKLY REPORTER OF THE YEAR
Winner: Gareth Davies – Croydon Advertiser. Highly commended: Phil Coleman – The Cumberland News and Emma Hobley – Braintree and Witham Times
DAILY/SUNDAY REPORTER OF THE YEAR
Winner: Patricia Devlin – Sunday Life. Highly commended: Jon Austin – The Echo, Basildon
WEEKLY PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR
Winner: Arwyn Parry-Jones – Cambrian News. Highly commended: Christopher Whiteoak – Aldershot News & Mail
DAILY/SUNDAY PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR
Winner: Paul Jacobs – The News, Portsmouth. Highly commended: Mike Sewell – Leicester Mercury
DESIGNER OF THE YEAR
Winner: Adam Walker – Media Wales. Highly commended: Sian David – Bath Chronicle and Kathryn Clarke-Mcleod – Western Morning News
SUPPLEMENT OF THE YEAR
Winner: Great War 100 – Liverpool Echo. Highly commended: First World War – Dundee Courier and Advertiser
FRONT PAGE OF THE YEAR
Winner: ‘Beyond Belief’ – Dundee Evening Telegraph. Highly commended: ‘End of a Dream’ – Edinburgh Evening News and ‘We Will Remember Them’ – Dorset Echo
SCOOP OF THE YEAR
Winner: Michaella: My Story, Patricia Devlin – Sunday Life. Highly commended: Beyond Belief, Darren Hamilton – Dundee Evening Telegraph
CAMPAIGN OF THE YEAR
Winner: Keep Our Streets Free – News & Star, Carlisle Highly commended: Greengate Memorial – Manchester Evening News
WEBSITE OF THE YEAR
Winner: Birmingham Mail. Highly commended: www.edp24.co.uk
THE DIGITAL AWARD
Winner: Birmingham Mail. Highly commended: The Great North Run Million – Newcastle Evening Chronicle
JOURNALISTS’ CHARITY AWARD
Winner: Robin Burgess, Chief Executive, CN Group
WEEKLY NEWSPAPER (BELOW 20,000)
Winner: Macclesfield Express. Highly commended: Keighley News and Kent Messenger
WEEKLY NEWSPAPER (ABOVE 20,000)
Winner: Essex Chronicle. Highly commended: The Cumberland News
DAILY/SUNDAY NEWSPAPER (BELOW 25,000)
Winner: The Journal, Newcastle. Highly commended: Sunday Echo
DAILY/SUNDAY NEWSPAPER (ABOVE 25,000)
Winner: Sunday Life. Highly commended: Aberdeen Press and Journal
MAKE A DIFFERENCE CAMPAIGN
Winner: Sunday Life’s Campaign to abolish illegal puppy farming
