The regional press has provided the bulk of nominations for an award celebrating the best news websites.

The digital and business category nominations have been revealed for the newsawards 2021, following the announcement of the print section shortlists last week.

In the News Website of the Year category for all news websites, three Reach plc regional titles appear – Newcastle’s Chronicle Live, the Liverpool Echo and Yorkshire Live.

They are joined by the Belfast Telegraph, Kent Online and the Irish News, as well as the Republic of Ireland’s Independent.ie.

Yorkshire Live is among the shortlisted titles

The Echo also features in the International Digital Innovation of the Year category, alongside Reach’s hyperlocal news service In Your Area and Archant’s Local Recall project.

Archant daily the Eastern Daily Press is also nominated for Most Creative Use of Data Journalism, alongside JPIMedia’s NationalWorld title.

JPIMedia’s Portsmouth daily The News has made the shortlist too, winning a joint nomination with the National Museum of the Royal Navy for Brand Partnerhsip of the Year, while Newsquest is up for Best Use of Advertising Technology.

The battle for the ICNN Independent Community Website of the Year title will be fought out by Cornwall Reports, Dorset Biz News, Hackney Citizen, Island Echo, Lyme Online and Thurrock Nub News.

The winners will be announced at a black tie gala dinner on 11 November at the Royal Lancaster London.

The full list of print nominations is as follows:

International Digital Innovation of the Year
Archant – Local Recall
Liverpool Echo
Reach – In Your Area
The Ozone Project
The Telegraph – App
The Telegraph – Twitter Moments and Spaces

The ICNN Independent Community Website of the Year
Cornwall Reports
Dorset Biz News
Hackney Citizen
Island Echo
Lyme Online
Thurrock Nub News

Brand Partnership of the Year
Mail Metro Media/eBay/MediaCom
Mail Metro Media/M&S/Mindshare UK
Mail Metro Media/Tesco/MediaCom
News UK/Dell/MediaCom
News UK/Sports Women of the Year/Vitality
The News, Portsmouth/National Museum of the Royal Navy (NMRN)
The Sun/Barclaycard

Best Use of Advertising Technology
for all suppliers and users of Advertising Technology
News UK – PADN (Publisher Advertising Data Network)
Newsquest Digital Media – LOCALiQ
Ozone Marketplace

News Website of the Year
Belfast Telegraph
Chronicle Live
Independent.ie
Kent Online
Liverpool Echo
The Irish News
YorkshireLive

Most Creative Use of Data Journalism
EDP/Archant
NationalWorld
The New Statesman Media Group
The Telegraph
The Times and The Sunday Times