18/04/2008

For the second year in succession, the Daily Record has been named the Scottish Newspaper of the Year.

The accolade, presented at last night’s Scottish Press Awards, was the culmination of the paper taking various other awards, including for Journalist Team of the Year and Front Page of the Year.

And the night also proved to be something of a repeat performance for the Sunday Herald’s Scottish political editor, Paul Hutcheon, who followed up his Journalist of the Year victory two years ago by taking the title once again.

The awards - the 29th, and taking place in Glasgow - also saw the Record’s ‘agony aunt’, Joan Burnie, receive a lifetime achievement award.

The 22 categories were open to journalists and photographers working for newspapers and magazines published in Scotland and Scottish-based journalists and photographers writing exclusively on Scottish affairs for non-Scottish publications.

There were 370 entries this year, with Journalist Team of Year, News Photographer of the Year and Cartoonist of the Year attracting a record number of entries. Two new categories were added to this year’s awards: Sports Scoop of the Year and Magazine Writer of the Year.

The winners, runners-up and nominated were:
 
Lifetime Achievement Award: Joan Burnie
 
Journalist of the Year: Paul Hutcheon, Sunday Herald
 
Newspaper of the Year: Daily Record

Sports Photographer of the Year: Ian Rutherford, The Scotsman; runner up: Kenny Ramsay, Scottish Sun.

Nominated: Thomas Main, Freelancer
Colin Mearns, The Herald
Kenny Ramsay, Scottish Sun
Ian Rutherford, The Scotsman
Phil Wilkinson, Scotland on Sunday
 
News Photographer of the Year: Andrew Milligan, Scottish Press Association; runner up: Ian Rutherford, The Scotsman
 
Nominated: Brian Anderson, News of the World
Peter Kelly, Scottish Sun
Alasdair Macleod, Sunday Mail
Andrew Milligan, Scottish Press Association
Ian Rutherford, The Scotsman
 
Cartoonist of the Year: Steven Camley, The Herald; runner up: Brian Adcock, Scotland on Sunday
 
Nominated: Brian Adcock, Scotland on Sunday
Frank Boyle, Edinburgh Evening News
Steven Camley, The Herald
Bill McArthur, The Herald
Nick Newman, The Sunday Times Scotland
 
Young Journalist of the Year: Ryan James Crighton, The Press & Journal; runner up: Steve Dinneen, Sunday Mail
 
Nominated: Lisa Boyle, Ayrshire Post
Ryan James Crighton, The Press & Journal
Steve Dinneen, Sunday Mail
Rachelle Money, Freelance
Richard Winton, The Herald
Alice Wyllie, The Scotsman
 
Gaelic Journalist of the Year: Murchadh MacLeoid, Scotland on Sunday; runner up: Alasdair H Caimbeul, The Scotsman
 
Nominated: Aonghas Pàdraig Caimbeul, An Gaidheal Ur
Alasdair H Caimbeul, The Scotsman
Iseabail T NicDhòmhnaill, The Scotsman
Murchadh MacLeoid, Scotland on Sunday
Neil McRae, The Scotsman
 
Weekly Newspaper of the Year: The Falkirk Herald; runner up: Dumfries & Galloway Standard
 
Nominated: Airdrie & Coatbridge Advertiser
Ayrshire Post
Dumfries & Galloway Standard
The Falkirk Herald
West Highland Free Press
 
Arts / Entertainment Journalist of the Year: Anna Burnside, The Sunday Times Scotland; runner up: Aidan Smith, Scotland on Sunday
 
Nominated: Matthew William Bendoris, Scottish Sun
Anna Burnside, The Sunday Times Scotland
Brian McIver, Daily Record
Phil Miller, The Herald
Aidan Smith, Scotland on Sunday
 
Magazine Writer of the Year: Michael Tierney, The Herald; runner up: Catherine Deveney, Scotland on Sunday
 
Nominated: Torcuil Crichton, Sunday Herald
Catherine Deveney, Scotland on Sunday
Barry Didcock, Sunday Herald
Susan Swarbrick, The Herald
Michael Tierney, The Herald
 
Political Journalist of the Year: Paul Hutcheon, Sunday Herald; runner up: Peter MacMahon, The Scotsman
 
Nominated: Paul Hutcheon, Sunday Herald
Hamish MacDonnell, The Scotsman
Peter MacMahon, The Scotsman
Gerri Peev, The Scotsman
Mandy Rhodes, Holyrood Magazine
 
Columnist of the Year: Ian Bell, Sunday Herald; runner up: John MacLeod, Scottish Daily Mail
 
Nominated: Ian Bell, Sunday Herald
Tom English, Scotland on Sunday
John MacLeod, Scottish Daily Mail
Mandy Rhodes, Holyrood Magazine
Hardeep Singh Kohli, Scotland on Sunday

Financial / Business Journalist of the Year: John Penman, The Sunday Times Scotland; runner up: Ian McConnell, The Herald
 
Nominated: Simon Bain, The Herald
Greig Cameron, Business 7
William Lyons, Scotland on Sunday
Ian McConnell, The Herald
John Penman, The Sunday Times Scotland
 
Newspaper Feature Writer of the Year: Catherine Deveney, Scotland on Sunday; runner up: Jonathan Brocklebank, Scottish Daily Mail
 
Nominated: Jonathan Brocklebank, Scottish Daily Mail
Allan Brown, The Sunday Times Scotland
John Bynorth, Sunday Herald
Maureen Culley, Scottish Daily Mail
Catherine Deveney, Scotland on Sunday
Neil Mackay, Sunday Herald

Sports Scoop of the Year: Darren Tulett, Freelance – The Real Story Behind Le Guen’s Exit from Ibrox; runner up: Gary Ralston, Daily Record – Hibs Revolt
 
Nominated: Neil Cameron, Daily Record – Back on the Bevvy
Keith Jackson, Daily Record – You’re rumbled
Gary Ralston, Daily Record – Hibs revolt
Darren Tulett, Scotland on Sunday – The real story behind Le Guen’s exit from Ibrox
 
Sports Feature Writer of the Year: Tom English, Scotland on Sunday; runner up: Hugh MacDonald, The Herald
 
Nominated: Douglas James Alexander, The Sunday Times Scotland
Richard Bath, Scotland on Sunday
Tom English, Scotland on Sunday
Hugh MacDonald, The Herald
Richard Wilson, The Sunday Times Scotland
 
Sports News Writer of the Year: Iain King, The Scottish Sun; runner up: Brian Marjoribanks, Scottish Daily Mail
 
Nominated: Roger Hannah, The Scottish Sun
Iain King, The Scottish Sun
Brian Marjoribanks, Scottish Daily Mail
Scott McDermot, Sunday Mail
Derek McGregor, The Scottish Sun
 
Front Page of the Year: Daily Record, Fadiator; runner up: Sunday Mail, The Bombers
 
Nominated: Daily Record, Fadiator
Evening Express, You Traitors
Sunday Mail, The Bombers
The Scotsman, 1707 For Better or Worse
The Scottish Sun, They'll Have My Balls for This
 
Journalist Team of the Year: Daily Record, Doctor Deaths Lethal Payload; runner up: Scottish Daily Mail, Bombs: Two Doctors Held
 
Nominated: Daily Record, Doctor Deaths Lethal Payload
Scottish Daily Mail, Bombs: Two Doctors Held
Scottish Daily Mail, Freed to Murder
Scottish Sun, Doctor Deaths/Lair of Terror
Sunday Mail, The Bombers
 
Campaign of the Year: Daily Record, Living on a Knife Edge; runner up: Evening Times, War on Litter
 
Nominated: Airdrie & Coatbridge Advertiser, Election Campaign Explodes
Daily Record, Living on a Knife Edge
Evening Express, Brain Unit Saved
Evening Times, War on Litter
The Courier, Bridge Tolls

Scoop of the Year: Paul Hutcheon Sunday Herald – Labour leader tight-lipped on tax-exile’s donation; runner up: Jack Mathieson Daily Record – Breakthrough as Vicky DNA found in Tobin House
 
Nominated: Paul Hutcheon Sunday Herald – Labour leader tight-lipped on tax-exile’s donation
Peter MacMahon The Scotsman – How a council boss cleaned up
Jack Mathieson Daily Record – Breakthrough as Vicky DNA found in Tobin House
Marcello Mega Scotland on Sunday – Not Guilty
Nicholas Sharpe Scottish Sun – A free Mone
 
Reporter of the Year: Charles Lavery, Sunday Mail; runner up: Neil Mackay, Sunday Herald
 
Nominated: Lucy Adams, The Herald
Allan Caldwell, Freelance
Michael Howie, The Scotsman
Charles Lavery, Sunday Mail
Neil Mackay, Sunday Herald

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