The Daily Record has been named Newspaper of the Year at the Scottish Press Awards.

At an event where 22 awards were presented, columnist Joan Burnie was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award.

Joan has many years of experience on several of Scotland’s biggest newspapers and currently has her own column in both the Daily Record and Sunday Mail.

The Sunday Herald’s Paul Hutcheon was named Journalist of the Year.

The Falkirk Herald was named Weekly Newspaper of the Year, with the Dumfries & Galloway Standard a close runner-up.

The Press & Journal’s Ryan James Crighton won the category for Young Journalist of the Year.

The Scottish Press Awards, now in their 29th year, were established by the Editors’ Committee of the Scottish Daily Newspaper Society to highlight the excellent standard of journalism in Scotland, and to promote and encourage professionalism, talent and skills.

The 22 categories were 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.

Reporter of the Year sponsored by Weber Shandwick
Winner: Charles Lavery, Sunday Mail
Runner up: Neil Mackay, Sunday Herald

Scoop of the Year sponsored by SDNS
Winner: Paul Hutcheon Sunday Herald – Labour leader tight-lipped on tax-exile’s donation
Runner up: Jack Mathieson Daily Record – Breakthrough as Vicky DNA found in Tobin House

Weekly Newspaper of the Year sponsored by Royal Mail
Winner: The Falkirk Herald
Runner up: Dumfries & Galloway Standard

Young Journalist of the Year sponsored by Openreach
Winner: Ryan James Crighton, The Press & Journal
Runner up: Steve Dinneen, Sunday Mail

Columnist of the Year sponsored by Scottish & Newcastle
Winner: Ian Bell, Sunday Herald
Runner up: John MacLeod, Scottish Daily Mail

Front Page of the Year sponsored by MCL
Winner: Daily Record, Fadiator
Runner up: Sunday Mail, The Bombers

Journalist Team of the Year sponsored by Concept Group
Winner: Daily Record, Doctor Deaths Lethal Payload
Runner up: Scottish Daily Mail, Bombs: Two Doctors Held

Campaign of the Year sponsored by Redpath
Winner: Daily Record, Living on a Knife Edge
Runner up: Evening Times, War on Litter

Sports Photographer of the Year sponsored by Highland Spring
Winner: Ian Rutherford, The Scotsman
Runner up: Kenny Ramsay, Scottish Sun

News Photographer of the Year
Winner: Andrew Milligan, Scottish Press Association
Runner up: Ian Rutherford, The Scotsman

Cartoonist of the Year
Winner: Steven Camley, The Herald
Runner up: Brian Adcock, Scotland on Sunday

Arts/Entertainment Journalist of the Year sponsored by Events Consultants Scotland
Winner: Anna Burnside, The Sunday Times Scotland
Runner up: Aidan Smith, Scotland on Sunday

Magazine Writer of the Year sponsored by Radisson SAS Hotel Glasgow
Winner: Michael Tierney, The Herald
Runner up: Catherine Deveney, Scotland on Sunday

Political Journalist of the Year sponsored by Standard Life
Winner: Paul Hutcheon, Sunday Herald
Runner up: Peter MacMahon, The Scotsman

Financial/Business Journalist of the Year sponsored by VisitScotland
Winner: John Penman, The Sunday Times Scotland
Runner up: Ian McConnell, The Herald

Newspaper Feature Writer of the Year sponsored by Glenfiddich
Winner: Catherine Deveney, Scotland on Sunday
Runner up: Jonathan Brocklebank, Scottish Daily Mail

Sports Scoop of the Year
Winner: Darren Tulett, Freelance – The Real Story Behind Le Guen’s Exit from Ibrox
Runner up: Gary Ralston, Daily Record – Hibs Revolt

Sports Feature Writer of the Year
Winner: Tom English, Scotland on Sunday
Runner up: Hugh MacDonald, The Herald

Sports News Writer of the Year sponsored by Clydesdale Bank
Winner: Iain King, The Scottish Sun
Runner up: Brian Marjoribanks, Scottish Daily Mail

Gaelic Journalist of the Year sponsored by Bòrd na Gàidhlig/Gaelic Media Service
Winner: Murchadh MacLeoid, Scotland on Sunday
Runner up: Alasdair H Caimbeul, The Scotsman

The awards ceremony and dinner, attended by over 400 people, was held in Glasgow’s Radisson SAS Hotel.

The event, hosted by Fiona Armstrong, had the support of a number of high profile sponsors, including Scottish & Newcastle, Concept Group, Clydesdale Bank, Openreach, Royal Mail, VisitScotland, Standard Life, Glenfiddich, Gaelic Media Service, Bòrd na Gàidhlig, Radisson SAS Hotel Glasgow, MCL, Highland Spring, Redpath, Event Consultants Scotland and Weber Shandwick.