The winners of the 2003 Newspaper Society Weekly Newspaper Awards are:

Paid-for weekly Newspaper of the Year
Hampstead & Highgate Express

Free weekly Newspaper of the Year
Kent on Sunday

Best news journalist – Paid-for weekly newspapers
Kelly Crane – Weston & Somerset Mercury

Best news journalist – Free weekly newspapers
Alistair Harris – Lichfield Mercury

Best feature journalist – Paid-for weekly newspapers
Reg Little – The Oxford Times

Best feature journalist – Free weekly newspapers
Shelley Whittaker – Kent on Sunday

Best photographer – Paid-for weekly newspapers
John Rifkin – The Jewish Chronicle

Best photographer – Free weekly newspapers
Miriam Balfry – Stourbridge News

Best paid-for weekly newspaper in the South East, including Greater London
Hampstead & Highgate Express

Best free weekly newspaper in the South East, including Greater London
Kent on Sunday

Best paid-for weekly newspaper in Wales & the South West
Wiltshire Times

Best free weekly newspaper in Wales & the South West
Taunton Times

Best paid-for weekly newspaper in the West and East Midlands and Eastern region
Essex Chronicle

Best free weekly newspaper in the West and East Midlands and Eastern region
Lichfield Mercury

Best paid-for weekly newspaper in the North West, North East and Yorkshire
The Westmorland Gazette

Best free weekly newspaper in the North West, North East and Yorkshire
Oldham Advertiser

Best paid-for weekly newspaper in Scotland
The Southern Reporter

Best free weekly newspaper in Scotland
Aberdeen Independent

Best paid-for weekly newspaper in Northern Ireland
Ulster Herald

Best free weekly newspaper in Northern Ireland
Belfast News

Free weekly newspaper campaigning award
Sutton Coldfield Observer – Save Sutton’s Magistrates Court

Clacksons special award for Innovative Person of the Year
Judi Kisiel – Weston & Somerset Mercury
Martin Biddle – Slough & Langley Observer

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