The Yorkshire Post is heading the shortlist in this year’s O2 Media Awards for Yorkshire and The Humber with nine nominations.
Editorial staff from the Johnston Press-owned daily have been shortlisted in seven of the 14 award categories, including newspaper of the year, features journalist of the year and photographer of the year.
The Press, York, also features in the line-up for the awards, after being shortlisted for four categories.
The winners will be announced at a ceremony on 22 July at The Loft in Leeds.
The Sheffield Star, Hull Daily Mail and Bradford Telegraph and Argus are also nominated for awards.
Just two newspapers will fight for the weekly newspaper of the year title, the Keighley News and the South Yorkshire Times, after judges criticised several of the entries for ‘lacklustre design’ and poor headline writing.
Ann McCracken, O2 communications manager in the north, said there had been a record number of entries this year.
She said: “We are delighted to celebrate the huge service local and regional journalists provide to communities across Yorkshire and The Humber.”
Judges included Richard Catlow, chairman of the Society of Editors, and Maria McGeoghan, editor of the Manchester Evening News.
The full shortlist is:
Digital Journalist of the Year
Nick Westby, Yorkshire Post
David Behrens, Yorkshire Post
Rick Burin, Harrogate Advertiser
Feature Writer of the Year
Stephen Lewis, The Press, York
Tom Richmond, Yorkshire Post
Ian Midgley, Hull Daily Mail
Photographer of the Year
Anthony Chappel-Ross, The Press, York
Stephen Garnett, Craven Herald
Simon Hulme, The Yorkshire Post
Sports Journalist of the Year
Paul Walker, BBC Radio Sheffield
Martin Smith, The Star Sheffield
Tom Richmond, Yorkshire Post
Young Journalist of the Year – Dailies
Emma Blackburn, BBC Look North
Laura Bowyer, Yorkshire Evening Post
Jennifer Bell, The Press, York
Young Journalist of the Year – Weeklies
Kate Mason, Doncaster Free Press
Rick Burin, Harrogate Advertiser
Kate Liptrot, Doncaster Free Press
Reporter of the Year
David Roberts, Northern Echo
Louise Eccles, Hull Daily Mail
Gavin Aitchison, The Press, York
Business Journalist of the Year
Chris Holland, Telegraph and Argus
Greg Wright, Yorkshire Post
Bernard Ginns, Yorkshire Post
Scoop of the Year
The Star, Sheffield
Radio York
Yorkshire Post
Editorial Team of the Year
Rotherham Advertiser
BBC Radio Leeds
Newspaper of the Year – Weekly
South Yorkshire Times
Keighley News
Newspaper of the Year – Daily
Yorkshire Post
The Star, Sheffield
Hull Daily Mail