THE Sunday Mail has been named Newspaper of the Year at the Scottish Press Awards, which were held last night in Glasgow.
Also at the awards ceremony, the Sunday Herald’s Paul Hutcheon was named Journalist of the Year, with former Scottish Daily Mail editor, Chris Williams, awarded the Lifetime Achievement accolade.
This was the 35th Scottish Press Awards, which are organised by the Scottish Newspaper Society.
The winners’ list reads:
Sports Photographer of the Year
Winner: Ian MacNicol
Runner-up: Russell Cheyne
News Photographer of the Year
Winner: Alan Simpson
Runner-up: Robert Perry
Cartoonist of the Year
Winner: Brian Adcock, The Scotsman/Scotland on Sunday
Runner-up: Steven Camley, The Herald
Young Journalist of the Year
Winner: Anthony Joseph, Evening Express
Runner-up: Ben Riley-Smith, The Herald and Sunday Herald
Weekly Newspaper of the Year
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Winner: Ayrshire Post
Runner-up: Highland News
Arts/Entertainment Journalist of the Year
Winner: Aidan Smith, The Scotsman
Runner-up: Neil Mackay, Sunday Herald
Interviewer of the Year
Winner: Patricia Kane, Scottish Mail on Sunday
Runner-up: Claire Black, The Scotsman/Scotland on Sunday
Political Journalist of the Year
Winner: Paul Hutcheon, Sunday Herald
Runner-up: Andrew Picken, The Sunday Post
Columnist of the Year
Winner: Bill Leckie, The Scottish Sun
Runner-up: Ian Bell, Sunday Herald
Financial/Business Journalist of the Year
Winner: Ryan Crighton, The Press & Journal
Runner-up: Steven Vass, Sunday Herald
Feature Writer of the Year
Winner: David Pratt, The Herald and Sunday Herald
Runner-up: Peter Ross, Scotland on Sunday
Sports Feature Writer of the Year
Winner: Tom English, The Scotsman/Scotland on Sunday
Runner-up: Susan Swarbrick, The Herald and Sunday Herald
Sports News Writer of the Year
Winner: Keith Jackson, Daily Record
Runner-up: David Ferguson, The Scotsman
Innovation of the Year
Winner: The Scotsman Rugby Show
Runner-up: Sunday Herald Life App
Front Page of the Year
Winner: The Scottish Sun, Nats Unveil Vision for a Free Scotland
Runner-up: The Courier, Andy Murray
Journalism Team of the Year
Winner: The Scottish Sun, Clutha
Runner-up: Edinburgh Evening News, Edinburgh’s Sex Trade
Campaign of the Year
Winner: Daily Record, Stop the Danger Dogs
Runner-up: Daily Record, Maisie Campaign
Scoop of the Year
Winner: Russell Findlay and Billy Briggs, Sunday Mail
Runner-up: Lauren Crooks and Tony Nicoletti, Sunday Mail
Reporter of the Year
Winner: Lauren Crooks, Sunday Mail
Runner-up: Gerry Braiden, The Herald
Lifetime Achievement Award
Chris Williams
Journalist of the Year
Winner: Paul Hutcheon, Sunday Herald
Newspaper of the Year
Winner: Sunday Mail
