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Shortlist unveiled for Scottish newspaper awards

38th Scottish Press Awards The final shortlist has been unveiled for the 38th annual Scottish Press Awards to be held in May.

Organised by the Scottish Newspaper Society, the awards will be handed out at a Ceremony and Dinner on May 11 at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Glasgow

A judging panel of 25 leading media figures and former editors whittled down the final selections from a record number of entries.

New categories have been introduced for ‘digital team of the year’ and ‘outstanding digital journalist’ to recognise the continued expansion and development of digital news publishing on all platforms.

SNS director John McLellan said: “The judges had an incredibly difficult task to produce the list of finalists because of the quality of the submissions and the very best of Scottish media talent is represented in every category.

“It’s particularly good to see some new names on the shortlists for the digital categories added this year.

“Newspapers are at the very heart of the political and social debate in Scotland and the year ahead promises to be another in which our newspapers will play a vital role in scrutinising, questioning and interpreting the actions of politicians of all parties.”

The full shortlist is as follows:

1a.SPORTS PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR    
Darrell Benns    Evening Express
Paul Devlin    SNS Group
Michael Gillen    Johnston Press Scottish Weeklies / The Falkirk Herald
Steve MacDougall    The Courier
Ian MacNicol    Getty Images

1b.NEWS PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR    SPONSORED BY VISITSCOTLAND
Jane Barlow    Press Association
James Glossop    The Times
David Johnstone    Daily Record
Alasdair Macleod    Daily Record
Jeff Mitchell    Getty Images
                    
2.CARTOONIST OF THE YEAR
Chris Cairns    Wings Over Scotland / Bella Caledonia
Steven Camley    The Herald
Greg Moodie    The National
Rob Murray    The Press & Journal
Brian Petrie    The Scottish Sun

3.YOUNG JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR    
Cheri Burns    Daily Record
Courtney Cameron    Edinburgh Evening News
Neil Johnston    The Times
Lorraine Kelly    The Scottish Mail on Sunday
Katy Pagan    The Scottish Sun
Sarah Vesty    Daily Record

4.WEEKLY NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR    SPONSORED BY DIAGEO
Ayrshire Post
Falkirk Herald
Fife Free Press
Highland News
Inverness Courier
Kilmarnock Standard

5.INTERVIEWER OF THE YEAR    
Matt Bendoris    The Scottish Sun
Teddy Jamieson    The Herald
Patricia Kane    The Scottish Mail on Sunday
Stephen Stewart    Daily Record
Susan Swarbrick    The Herald

6.POLITICAL JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR    SPONSORED BY SCOTCH WHISKY ASSOCIATION
Jason Allardyce    The Sunday Times Scotland
Kieran Andrews    The Courier
Torcuil Crichton    Daily Record
Tom Gordon    The Herald / Sunday Herald
Chris Musson    The Scottish Sun

7.COLUMNIST OF THE YEAR    
Gordon Aikman    The Sunday Times Scotland
Dani Garavelli    Scotland on Sunday
Bill Leckie    The Scottish Sun
Iain Macwhirter    The Herald
Iain Macwhirter    The Sunday Herald
Lindsay McIntosh    The Times
Kevin McKenna    The Herald / The Observer

8.SPORTS COLUMNIST OF THE YEAR    
John Greechan    Scottish Daily Mail
Martin Hannan    The National
Bill Leckie    The Scottish Sun
David McCarthy    Daily Record
Stephen McGowan    Scottish Daily Mail

9.FINANCIAL/BUSINESS JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR    SPONSORED BY CLYDESDALE BANK
Michael Glackin    The Sunday Times
Graham Huband    The Courier
Mark Lammey    Energy Voice / The Press & Journal
Ian McConnell    The Herald
Peter Ranscombe    BQ Scotland

10.FEATURE WRITER OF THE YEAR    SPONSORED BY RADISSON BLU
Brian Beacom    The Herald
Jonathan Brocklebank    Scottish Daily Mail
Teddy Jamieson    The Herald / Sunday Herald
David Pratt    The Herald / Sunday Herald
Peter Ross    Sunday Times / The Guardian
Marianne Taylor    The Herald Magazine

11.SPORTS FEATURE WRITER OF THE YEAR  
Michael Grant    The Times
Mark Palmer    The Sunday Times
Aidan Smith    The Scotsman / Scotland on Sunday
Graham Spiers    The Times
Susan Swarbrick    The Herald

12.SPORTS NEWS WRITER OF THE YEAR    
Andy Devlin    The Scottish Sun
Keith Jackson    Daily Record
Stephen McGowan    Scottish Daily Mail
Derek McGregor    The Scottish Sun
Gary Ralston    Daily Record
Gordon Waddell    Sunday Mail

13.OUTSTANDING DIGITAL JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR    SPONSORED BY EVENT CONSULTANTS SCOTLAND
David Dick    Glasgow Live
Paul English    Daily Record
Julie Gilbert    Glasgow Live
Debbie Jackson    Daily Record
Gillian Loney    Glasgow Live
Jamie Ross    BuzzFeed News

14.SCOOP OF THE YEAR    SPONSORED BY SCOTTISH NEWSPAPER SOCIETY
Chris Clements    Daily Record    The Kitman Predator
Kirsten Johnson    The Scottish Mail on Sunday    Melissa Reid
Brendan McGinty    Sunday Mail     The superstar in super-injunction
Alan Roden    Scottish Daily Mail    Two SNP MPs in Commons Love Triangle
Douglas Walker    The Scottish Sun    Secret Clutha report clears pilot

15.FRONT PAGE OF THE YEAR    SPONSORED BY VISIONEVENTS
Daily Record    “I’m the Victim”
Evening Telegraph    “Drugs Shame at Kids’ Park”
The National    “Bye Bye Boris”
Sunday Herald    “Scotland is European”
Sunday Post    “Look me in the face and tell me why I have to die like this…”
The Sunday Times Scotland    “The baby I lost”

16.JOURNALISM TEAM OF THE YEAR    
Daily Record    The Blue Plague
Daily Record    Brexit
Daily Record    The Kitman Predator
Daily Record    Liam Fee
The Scottish Sun    Liam Fee Murder and Care Failures

17.DIGITAL TEAM OF THE YEAR    
The Conversation    Brexit Fact Check
Daily Record    dailyrecord.co.uk
Energy Voice    Energy Voice and North Sea Oil
Glasgow Live    Glasgow Live at the US Election
Glasgow Live    GlasgowLive.co.uk
The Press & Journal    Storm Frank: The floods

18.CAMPAIGN OF THE YEAR    
Daily Record    NHS in Distress
Edinburgh Evening News    Bin Watch
Greenock Telegraph    Glow Gold for Nathan
The Inverness Courier    Reach Out (and help fight loneliness)
Sunday Post    Memory Walks

19.REPORTER OF THE YEAR    
Vivienne Aitken    Daily Record
Chris Clements    Daily Record
Jane Hamilton    Daily Record
Marc Horne    The Times
James Moncur    Daily Record
David Pratt    The Herald / Sunday Herald

20.JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR     SPONSORED BY THE BIG PARTNERSHIP
The winner in this category will be announced at the Scottish Press Awards on the 11th May 2017.

21.NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR     SPONSORED BY SCOTTISH NEWSPAPER SOCIETY
The winner in this category will be announced at the Scottish Press Awards on the 11th May 2017.