Outgoing Scotsman editor John McLellan last night accepted Scotland’s newspaper of the year prize – a week after it was announced his position is being axed.

The Johnston Press owned title scooped the top accolade at last night’s Scottish Press Awards.

John, who was sacked as editor of The Scotsman last week and whose other role as editor-in-chief of Scotsman Publications is disappearing in a restructure, picked up the award on behalf of the newspaper.

However, reports AllMediaScotland, he made no mention of his own situation in a brief acceptance speech.

Former Scotsman editor John McLellan accepts the Newspaper of the Year prize from presenters Dame Elishi Angliolini and Des Clark.

Another departing Scotsman journalist, executive editor Bill Jameson, was honoured with the Lifetime Achievement award.

Bill, who paid tribute to John in his own acceptance speech, announced in January that he was stepping down from the role.

The top individual award of Journalist of the year was won by David Pratt, foreign editor of The Herald/Sunday Herald.

The full list of category winners and runners up was as follows:

SPORTS PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR

Winner: Lynne Cameron, Press Association
Runner-up: Craig Williamson, SNS Group

NEWS PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR

Winner: Wattie Cheung, Freelance
Runner-up: James Glossop, The Times

CARTOONIST OF THE YEAR

Winner: Steven Camley, The Herald
Runner-up: Frank Boyle, Edinburgh Evening News

YOUNG JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR

Winner: Matthew Holehouse, The Herald/Sunday Herald
Runner-up: Kieran Andrews, Evening Telegraph

WEBSITE/DIGITAL PRODUCT OF THE YEAR

Winner: Ewan Watt, Daily Record
Runner-up: Stephen Emerson, The Scotsman

WEEKLY NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR

Winner: The Northern Scot
Runner-up: The Inverness Courier

ARTS/ENTERTAINMENT JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR

Winner: Aidan Smith, Scotland on Sunday
Runner-up: Ali Howard, The Herald

MAGAZINE WRITER OF THE YEAR

Winner: Peter Ross, Scotland on Sunday
Runner-up: Claire Black, The Scotsman

POLITICAL JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR

Winner: Alan Roden, Scottish Daily Mail
Runner-up: Simon Johnson, Daily Telegraph

COLUMNIST OF THE YEAR

Winner: Ian Bell, Sunday Herald
Runner-up: Kenny Farquharson, Scotland on Sunday

FINANCIAL/BUSINESS JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR

Winner: Simon Bain, The Herald
Runner-up: Colin Dunlop Donald, Sunday Herald

NEWSPAPER FEATURE WRITER OF THE YEAR

Winner: Jonathan Brocklebank, Scottish Daily Mail
Runner-up: David Pratt, The Herald/Sunday Herald

SPORTS FEATURE WRITER OF THE YEAR

Winner: Aidan Smith, The Scotsman/Scotland on Sunday
Runner-up: Susan Swarbrick, The Herald

SPORTS NEWS WRITER OF THE YEAR

Winner: Keith Jackson, Daily Record
Runner-up: John McGarry, Scottish Daily Mail

FRONT PAGE OF THE YEAR

Winner: Sunday Herald, Censored
Runner-up: The Scotsman, Revenge

JOURNALIST TEAM OF THE YEAR

Winner: Edinburgh Evening News, Edinburgh Trams Project
Runner-up: Scottish Daily Mail, Malcolm Webster

CAMPAIGN OF THE YEAR

Winner: Evening Times, Streets Ahead
Runner-up: Evening Times, Opt for Life

SCOOP OF THE YEAR

Winner: Richard Walker, Sunday Herald, Censored – The Madness of Privacy Laws
Runner-up: Craig McDonald, Daily Record, Busted – Chris & Mary Gorman

REPORTER OF THE YEAR

Winner: David Pratt, The Herald/Sunday Herald
Runner-up: Craig McDonald, Daily Record