IT was a trio of highly commended prizes for Scots nominations in an awards ceremony celebrating the best of the UK’s regional Press.
In the Young Journalist of the Year category of the Regional Press Awards, a highly commended award went to Anthony Joseph, from the Evening Express, in Aberdeen, while The Herald’s Simon Bain also featured, this time in the Business and Finance Journalist of the Year category.
Making up the trio, The Courier’s Jim Crumley was highly commended in the Columnist of the Year category.
The winners’ list reads, as follows:
YOUNG JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
Winner: Ben Leo – The Argus
Highly commended: Katy Hallam – Birmingham Mail, Anthony Joseph – Aberdeen Evening Express
BUSINESS AND FINANCE JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
Winner: Ben Woods – Eastern Daily Press
Highly commended: Simon Bain – The Herald, Glasgow, Robin Johnson – Derby Telegraph
SPECIALIST WRITER OF THE YEAR
Winner: Jon Austin – Basildon/Southend Echo
Highly commended: Ciaran Barnes – Sunday Life
FEATURE WRITER OF THE YEAR
Winner: Lee Marlow – Leicester Mercury
Highly commended: Jayne Dawson – Yorkshire Evening Post
COLUMNIST OF THE YEAR
Winner: Sadie Hasler – The Echo, Basildon
Highly commended: Jim Crumley – The Courier, Dundee
BLOG OF THE YEAR
Winner: Peter Rhodes – Express & Star, Wolverhampton
WEEKLY SPORTS JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
Winner: Chris Harby – Melton Times
Highly commended: David Powell – North Devon Journal
DAILY/SUNDAY SPORTS JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
Winner: Jon Colman – Carlisle News & Star
Highly commended: Neil Cameron – Newcastle Evening Chronicle
WEEKLY REPORTER OF THE YEAR
Winner: Gareth Davies – Croydon Advertiser
Highly commended: Adam Binnie – Watford Observer
DAILY/SUNDAY REPORTER OF THE YEAR
Winner: Ben Wilkinson – Oxford Mail
Highly commended: Aasma Day – Lancashire Evening Post
WEEKLY PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR
Winner: Anna Draper – Lincolnshire Echo
Highly commended: Stephen Garnett – Craven Herald
DAILY/SUNDAY PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR
Winner: Will Johnston – Leicester Mercury
Highly commended: Stuart Boulton – The Northern Echo
DESIGNER OF THE YEAR
Winner: Gary Beckwith – Newcastle Chronicle
Highly commended: Annette Hudson – Eastern Daily Press
SUPPLEMENT OF THE YEAR
Winner: Week End – Western Mail
Highly commended: Bullfinch Trial Special Edition – Oxford Mail
FRONT PAGE OF THE YEAR
Winner: ‘Hear Our Voices’ – North West Evening Mail
Highly commended: ‘We’ll Always Remember Her’ – The Northern Echo
SCOOP OF THE YEAR
Winner: ‘Teachers at City Muslim school ‘ordered to wear hijabs’ – Zena Hawley – Derby Telegraph
Highly commended: ‘The many lives of Basildon’s own Walter Mitty’ – Jon Austin – Basildon/Southend Echo
CAMPAIGN OF THE YEAR
Winner: ‘Save the Whittington Hospital’ – Camden New Journal
WEBSITE OF THE YEAR
Winner: www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk – Manchester Evening News
Highly commended: Kent Online – KM Group
THE DIGITAL AWARD
Winner: Liverpool Echo
Highly commended: ExpressandStar.com – Express & Star, Wolverhampton, WalesOnline – Media Wales
JOURNALISTS’ CHARITY AWARD
Winner: Peter Barron, Editor, The Northern Echo
CHAIRMAN’S SPECIAL AWARD
Winner: Deric Henderson, Press Association
WEEKLY NEWSPAPER (BELOW 20,000)
Winner: Brentwood Gazette
Highly commended: Keighley News
WEEKLY NEWSPAPER (ABOVE 20,000)
Winner: The Cumberland News
Highly commended: Cornish Guardian
DAILY/SUNDAY NEWSPAPER (BELOW 25,000)
Winner: Carlisle News & Star
Highly commended: The Journal, Newcastle
DAILY/SUNDAY NEWSPAPER (ABOVE 25,000)
Winner: Express & Star, Wolverhampton
Highly commended: Hull Daily Mail
NEWSPAPER SOCIETY MAKING A DIFFERENCE CAMPAIGN
Winner: Loneliness: The Hidden Epidemic, The Yorkshire Post
