Nominations for the awards are as follows:

DAILY NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR
Birmingham Evening Mail
Nottingham Evening Post
Sunday Mercury

WEEKLY NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR
Evesham Journal
Hinckley Times
Loughborough Echo

NEWS / CURRENT AFFAIRS PROGRAMME OF THE YEAR
BBC Midlands Report, Ghost Train
BBC Radio Derby Breakfast Show
Carlton Broadcasting, 24 Hours – Gypsy

INTERNET WEBSITE PUBLICATION OF THE YEAR
Derby Evening Telegraph: www.businessderbyshire.co.uk
Derby Evening Telegraph: www.educationderbyshire.co.uk
Wolverhampton Express & Star: www.westmidlands.com

DAILY NEWS JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
Bob Haywood, Sunday Mercury
Edward Jarvis, Nottingham Evening Post
Alison McConkey / Paul Dale, Coventry Evening Telegraph

WEEKLY NEWS JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
Martin Fisher, Derbyshire Times
Sue Fisher, Tamworth Herald
Carolyn Henson, Hinckley Times

RADIO NEWS BROADCASTER OF THE YEAR
Stephen Beech, BBC Radio Nottingham
Maria Perry, BBC Radio Lincolnshire
Andy Whittaker, BBC Radio Derby

TELEVISION NEWS BROADCASTER OF THE YEAR
Barnie Choudhury, BBC East Midlands Today
Robin Powell, Central News West
Keith Wilkinson, Central News West

FEATURE WRITER OF THE YEAR
Maureen Messent, Birmingham Evening Mail
Louise Palfreyman, Sunday Mercury
Peter Rhodes, Wolverhampton Express & Star

NEWS PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR
Tim Easthope, Birmingham Post & Mail
John James, Birmingham Post & Mail
Steve Murphy, Birmingham Post & Mail

SPORTS JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
Keith Daniell, Central News East
Leon Hickman, Birmingham Evening Mail

BUSINESS JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
Jon Griffin, Birmingham Evening Mail
Rob Pittam, BBC East Midlands
Bob Walker, Leicester Mercury

BT / SOCIETY OF EDITORS NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR
Adam Blackmore, BBC Radio Northampton
Caroline Foulkes, Nottingham Evening Post
Mary Murtagh, The Sentinel (Stoke-on-Trent)

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