Writers on two Scots newspapers have been both highly commended in awards recognising the best of the UK's regional press.
Lucy Adams, on The Herald, and Matthew Elder, on the Fife Free Press, received their runners-up prizes in the Feature Writer and Weekly Sports Journalist caegories of the Regional Press Awards.
Of the publishers, Northcliffe Media took nine awards, including five for the Hull Daily Mail.
Trinity Mirror came away with four awards, Johnston Press won three and Independent News and Media won one.
Columnist of the Year was 92 year-old Elaine Morgan, of the Western Mail. Said judges: “Elaine’s is a genuinely unique voice. Her columns are beautifully crafted and laced with wit, self-knowledge and wisdom.”
The winners of the four Newspaper of the Year awards and the Editor of the Year award are to be revealed later today.
The awards are organised by the Society of Editors, in conjunction with the Newspaper Society and the Journalists’ Charity.
Winners and Highly Commended
Young Journalist
Winner: Emily Koch – Bristol Evening Post
Highly Commended: Dominic Howell – Nottingham Post
Business & Finance
Winner: Catherine Lea – Hull Daily Mail
Highly Commended: Robin Johnson – Derby Telegraph
Jon Griffin – Birmingham Mail
Specialist Writer
Winner: Nicky Harley – Hull Daily Mail
Highly Commended: Paul Gallagher – Manchester Evening News
Jon Austin – Basildon Echo
Feature Writer
Winner: Adam Wakelin – Leicester Mercury
Highly Commended: Lucy Adams – The Herald, Glasgow
Columnist
Winner: Elaine Morgan – Western Mail
Highly Commended: Ian Midgley – Hull Daily Mail
Weekly Sports Journalist
Winner: Danny Hall – Sheffield Star’s, ‘Grassroots’
Highly Commended: Matthew Elder – Fife Free Press
Daily/Sunday Sports Journalist
Winner: John Gibson – Newcastle Evening Chronicle
Highly Commended: Steven Beacom – Belfast Telegraph
Simon Walter – Southern Daily Echo
Weekly Photographer
Winner: Sean Hansford – Rochdale Observer
Highly Commended: Stephen Garnett – Craven Herald
Daily/Sunday Photographer
Winner: Rowland Hobson – Peterborough Evening Telegraph
Highly Commended: Gary Longbottom – Yorkshire Post
Anthony Chappel-Ross – The Press, York
Weekly Reporter
Winner: Gareth Davies – Croydon Advertiser
Highly Commended: Lui Straccia – Luton on Sunday
Daily/Sunday Reporter of the Year
Winner: John McGurk – Sunday Life
Highly Commended: Bimpe Archer – Irish News
Designer
Winner: Ian Bond – Hull Daily Mail
Highly Commended: Sean Collins – The Journal, Newcastle
The Digital Award
Winner: www.pinkun.com – Norwich Evening News
Highly Commended: Manchester Evening News
Supplement of the Year
Winner: Yorkshire Post Magazine
Highly Commended: Weekend – Belfast Telegraph
Special Supplement of the Year
Winner: The Blitz – Hull Daily Mail
Highly Commended: Welsh Warriors – Wales on Sunday
Front Page
Winner: Is This How You Feel? – Western Mail
Highly Commended: The Night Fire Took The Lives of My Four Babies – Derby Telegraph
Scoop
Winner: Nicky Harley – Hull Daily Mail
Highly Commended: Jon Austin – Basildon Echo
Campaign
Winner: An Industry Betrayed – Derby Telegraph
Highly Commended: Missing From Home – Manchester Evening News
