Nelson and McNamee named winners at editors’ awards

THE Scots editor of The Spectator magazine, Fraser Nelson, has been named the Editors’ Editor at awards celebrating the best UK magazine and web editors.

Nelson was joined, among the winners at the 2013 British Society of Magazine Editors Awards, by Glasgow-based Paul McNamee (pictured), editor-in-chief of The Big Issue magazine.

McNamee was named winner of the Lifestyle Brand category.

The winners’ list reads:

EDITORS OF THE YEAR

Business Brand – Free Circulation

William Drew – Restaurant, William Reed Business Media

Business Brand – Paid For

Damian Wild – Estates Gazette, RBI

Branded Content – Business

Richard Cree – economia (ICAEW), Progressive Customer Publishing

Branded Content – Consumer

Melissa Dick – ASOS, ASOS

Highly Commended: Donna Hardie – Completely London (KFH), August Media

Entertainment Brand

Mark Dinning – Empire, Bauer Media

Lifestyle Brand

Paul McNamee – The Big Issue, The Big Issue

Special Interest and Hobbies Brand

Jade Beer – Brides, The Condé Nast Publications Ltd

Highly Commended: David Rowan – Wired, The Condé Nast Publications Ltd

Men’s Brand

Dylan Jones – GQ, The Condé Nast Publications Ltd

Highly Commended: Matthew Todd – Attitude, Attitude Media Ltd

Women’s Brand – Monthly or Less Frequent

Trish Halpin – Marie Claire, IPC Media

Women’s Brand – Weekly or Fortnightly

Matt Warren – The Lady, The Lady Ltd

Youth Brand

Ian Foster – BBC Match of the Day, Immediate Media

Highly Commended: Andrea Turton – CBeebies Special Magazine, Immediate Media

Newspaper and Free Circulation Consumer Brand

Merope Mills – Guardian Weekend, Guardian News & Media Ltd

WEB EDITORS OF THE YEAR

Web Editor – Business

Marcus Fairs – dezeen.com, Dezeen Limited

Web Editor – Consumer

David Moynihan – digitalspy.co.uk, Hearst Magazines UK

Highly Commended: James Dyer – empireonline.com, Bauer Media

LAUNCH OF THE YEAR

Toby Skinner – n by Norwegian, Ink

THE FIONA MACPHERSON NEW EDITOR OF THE YEAR

Melinda Stevens – Condé Nast Traveller, The Condé Nast Publications Ltd

ART DIRECTORS OF THE YEAR

Art Director – Business

Christie Ferdinando – Modus (Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors), Sunday

Art Director Consumer – Paid For

Andrew Diprose – Wired, The Condé Nast Publications Ltd

Highly Commended: Graham Black – Intelligent Life, The Economist Group

Art Director Consumer – Free Circulation

Chris Deacon – Metropolitan (Eurostar), Ink

COLUMNIST OF THE YEAR

Columnist – Business

Sally Donovan – Community Care, RBI

Highly Commended: Dr Phil Peverley – Pulse, Briefing Media

Columnist – Consumer

Caitlin Moran – The Saturday Times Magazine, News UK

EXCLUSIVE / SCOOP OF THE YEAR

Nick Whitten – Estates Gazette, RBI, for Estates Gazette Question Time

Highly Commended: Raymond Bonner and Christine Spolar – FT Weekend, Financial Times, for Death in Singapore

CAMPAIGN OF THE YEAR

Fiona Cowood, Suzy Cox, Jacqui Meddings and Joan Tinney – Cosmopolitan, Hearst Magazines UK, for Coppafeel! Breast Cancer awareness

INNOVATION / BRAND-BUILDING INITIATIVE OF THE YEAR

Emma Pritchard – Country Living, Hearst Magazines UK, for Start Your Dream Business

Highly Commended: Mandie Gower – Zest, Hearst Magazines UK, for the Zest Challenge

THE MARK BOXER AWARD

Nicola Jeal – The Saturday Times Magazine, News UK

2013 EDITORS’ EDITOR OF THE YEAR

Fraser Nelson –The Spectator, The Spectator (1828) Ltd