Sister newspapers the Yorkshire Post and Yorkshire Evening Post feature heavily in this year’s Yorkshire Press Awards.
The Johnston Press morning and evening titles have been nominated a 19 times altogether across the 18 prize categories.
Also in with a great chance of picking up a trophy are the Hull Daily Mail (eight) and the Doncaster Free Press (six).
The Hull Daily Mail has won four of the last five Newspaper of the Year (Daily) crowns and is shortlisted again for the prize this year.
The award ceremony takes place on November 13 in Wakefield and will be hosted by news broadcaster Clare Frisby.
The final shortlist is:
Yorkshire Newspaper of the Year (Daily)
The Press, York
Hull Daily Mail
Yorkshire Post
The Star, Sheffield
Yorkshire Newspaper of the Year (Weekly)
Harrogate Advertiser
Craven Herald
Doncaster Free Press
Wakefield Express
News Reporter of the Year (Daily)
Sophie Hazan, Yorkshire Evening Post
Richard Marsden, Sheffield Star
Rob Waugh, Yorkshire Post
Tom Smithard, Yorkshire Post
News Reporter of the Year (Weekly)
John Edwards, Bridlington Free Press
Julie Bartram, Dewsbury Reporter
Deborah Wain, Doncaster Free Press
Headline Writer of the Year
Dennis Sissons, Driffield Times
Doug Akroyd, Telegraph & Argus
Dennis Sissons, Driffield Post
Kate Wobschall, Dewsbury Reporter/Spenborough Guardian
Blake Richardson, Telegraph & Argus
Chris Page, Selby Times
Breaking News Story of the Year
Kevin Booth, The Press, York
Hannah Ridgeway, Dewsbury Reporter
Damian Holmes, Whitby Gazette
Steve Hartley, Scarborough Evening News
Best multi platform news package
Ben Nolan, Scarborough Evening News
John Meehan, Hull Daily Mail
Campaign of the Year
Jean MacQuarrie, Harrogate Advertiser
Adrian Sudbury/Katie Campling, Huddersfield Examiner
John Edwards, Bridlington Free Press
John Meehan, Hull Daily Mail
Business Writer of the Year
Nigel Reed Scott, Yorkshire Evening Post
Greg Wright, Yorkshire Post
Jenni Moulson, Harrogate Advertiser
Leader Writer of the Year
Tom Richmond, Yorkshire Post
‘Paperclip’, Bridlington Free Press
Tom Hay, Wetherby News
Jean MacQuarrie, Harrogate Advertiser
Ed Asquith, Scarborough Evening News
Peter Greenwood, Craven Herald
Columnist of the Year
Rod McPhee, Yorkshire Evening Post
Tom Richmond, Yorkshire Post
Jane Cartledge, Sheffield Star
Jayne Dawson, Yorkshire Evening Post
Barry Gibson, Huddersfield Daily Examiner
Feature Writer of the Year (Daily)
Jayne Dawson, Yorkshire Evening Post
Tom Richmond, Yorkshire Post
Nick Ahad, Yorkshire Post
Sally Clifford, Telegraph & Argus
Allison Coggan, Hull Daily Mail
Feature Writer of the Year (Weekly)
Deborah Wain, Doncaster Free Press
John Edwards, Bridlington Free Press
Kate Mason, Doncaster Free Press
Photographer of the Year (Daily)
Sarah Washbourn, Yorkshire Evening Post
Anthony Chappel-Ross, The Press, York
Simon Hulme, Yorkshire Post
Garry Atkinson, The Press, York
Photographer of the Year (Weekly)
Stephen Garnett, Craven Herald
Graham Schofield, Ackrill Media Group
Diane Allen, Dewsbury Reporter
Sports Writer of the Year
Phil Hay, Yorkshire Evening Post
Tom Richmond, Yorkshire Post
Phil Buckingham, Hull Daily Mail
James Smailes, Hull Daily Mail
Jonathan Jurejko, Doncaster Free Press
Front Page of the Year
Yorkshire Evening Post, “Farewell to Jane”
Hull Daily Mail, “The Proof: A city swamped”
Yorkshire Evening Post, “This is how much it hurts”
Trainee Journalist of the Year
Claire Armstrong, Dewsbury Reporter
Paul Goodwin, Doncaster Free Press
Olivia Midgley, Spenborough Guardian
Adrian Lovell, Hull Daily Mail
Comments
The Observer (24/10/2008 09:09:05)
Johnston Press dailies dominate REDUNDANCIES shortlist
commentator (25/10/2008 00:35:42)
More t***rs per square inch of web page than ever imaginable. The future of newpsapers in Yorkshire is undoubtedly screwed if the leading lights above are anything to go by. If this is the best God help it