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The York Evening Press scooped three major awards at this year's Newquest Editorial Conference and Awards.

As well as being voted Daily Newspaper of the Year, its chief photographer Garry Atkinson was voted Photographer of the Year, and the Evening Press website, thisisyork.co.uk, was also declared the best by its parent company, Newsquest.

Judges awarding the Newspaper of the Year title said they were looking at the content, design, quality of writing, and use of pictures in the papers they examined.

They were also looking for human interest stories, getting under the skin of the readership, and campaigning.

A winning publication

Of the Evening Press, they said: "This paper is strong, bright and focused, with a good use of pictures.

"The editions the judges saw were concentrating on special issues such as flooding and Women at War, but what they did with the papers led us to believe that the paper would have a strong, consistent approach in its day-to-day coverage. There were some show-stopping pages to judge."

Receiving the award, Evening Press editor, Liz Page, said it was a tribute to all at the paper, particularly those who had striven, often in atrocious conditions, to cover the floods crisis of last autumn.

More award winners on the next page.

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