The Evening Times in Glasgow has been named Newspaper of the Year at the Scottish Press Awards.

It picked up the title during a ceremony at the Glasgow Radisson SAS Hotel, as judges praised its “self-confidence and self-awareness”.

The newspaper, and its journalists David Leask and John McCann, also picked up the prize for Campaign of the Year, for its Hands off Yorkhill fight to save a local hospital.

Evening Times editor Charles McGhee accepting the Newspaper of the Year award from Charles Wilson

Judges said of the paper: “It knows exactly what its job is and is completely at ease with its readership.

“It crusades for the community with purpose and pride and in doing so punches above its weight. Its awarding-winning entry was a classic textbook guide on how to conduct a newspaper campaign.”

Other winners on the night included feature writer Catherine Deveney, who picked up the prize for Arts/Entertainment Writer of the Year, along with the overall title of Journalist of the Year, for her work for Scotland on Sunday.

The Herald was also a big winner, picking up five top individual prizes as Lloyd Smith was named News Photographer of the Year, Ian McConnell was named Financial/Business Writer of the Year, Michael Tierney was named Feature Writer of the Year, Graham Spiers was named Sports Feature Writer of the Year and Bill McArthur was crowned Cartoonist of the Year.

The other category winners were:

Sports Photographer of the Year
Tom Main, News of the World/The Sunday Times/The Daily Telegraph

Political Journalist of the Year
Lindsay McGarvie, Sunday Mail

Weekly Newspaper Journalist of the Year
Robert Mitchell, Airdrie & Coatbridge Advertiser

Gaelic Journalist of the Year
Murchadh MacLeoid, Scotland on Sunday

Columnist of the Year
Ian Bell, The Sunday Herald

Young Journalist of the Year
Jacqueline McGhie, News of the World

Front Page of the Year
Scottish Daily Mail for ‘Stockline Explosion’

Journalist Team of the Year
Daily Record for ‘The Tomb’

Sports News Writer of the Year
Keith Jackson, Daily Record

Scoop of the Year
James Moncur, Daily Record for ‘Merry Christmas – Welcome to Hell’

Reporter of the Year
Annie Brown, Daily Record

Lifetime Achievement
Magnus Linklater

Organised by The Scottish Daily Newspaper Society, the awards encourage and promote standards of journalism and recognise professional talent and skills.

They are open to journalists and photographers working for newspapers and magazines published in Scotland and Scottish-based journalists and photographers writing exclusively on Scottish affairs for non-Scottish publications.

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