THE Daily Record has been named Newspaper of the Year at the Scottish Press Awards.
Also at the awards ceremony, held in Glasgow earlier this evening, Marion Scott – of the Record’s sister title, the Sunday Mail – was hailed as Journalist of the Year.
And this, the 36th edition of the competition, saw Drew Cochrane, former long-time editor of the Largs & Millport Weekly News, the recipient of a Lifetime Achievement accolade.
Pics: Jeff Holmes.
The winners list reads, as follows:
Sports Photographer of the Year
Stewart Attwood, Herald & Times Group
News Photographer of the Year
Jeff Mitchell, Getty Images
Cartoonist of the Year
Brian Petrie, The Scottish Sun
Young Journalist of the Year
Darren Hamilton, Evening Telegraph
Weekly Newspaper of the Year
Fife Free Press
Arts/Entertainment Journalist of the Year
Brian Beacom, The Herald
Interviewer of the Year
Patricia Kane, Scottish Mail on Sunday
Political Journalist of the Year
David Clegg, Daily Record
Columnist of the Year
Chris Deerin, Scottish Daily Mail
Financial/Business Journalist of the Year
Erikka Askeland, The Press and Journal
Feature Writer of the Year
Emma Cowing, Scottish Daily Mail
Sports Feature Writer of the Year
Aidan Smith, The Scotsman
Sports News Writer of the Year
Keith Jackson, Daily Record
Innovation of the Year
Scotland Now
Front Page of the Year
Daily Record and THE VOW
Journalism Team of the Year
Scottish Daily Mail
Campaign of the Year
Scottish Daily Mail on Armed Police
Scoop of the Year
Murray Foote, THE VOW for the Daily Record
Reporter of the Year
Marion Scott, Sunday Mail
Lifetime Achievement Award
Drew Cochrane
Journalist of the Year
Marion Scott, Sunday Mail
Chairman’s Award for Outstanding Achievement in 2014
Richard Walker, Sunday Herald
Newspaper of the Year
Daily Record
Pictured above: all the winners, Drew Cochrane, Marion Scott and Murray Foote (editor of the Daily Record).
