Thirteen regional news titles are in the running for an award designed to honour the top local media campaign over the past year.

The annual Making a Difference award sees members of the public vote for their favourite campaign from the past year to mark Journalism Matters week.

Industry trade body the News Media Association, which organises the award, has published a shortlist of 13 campaigns to choose from.

They include agenda-setting investigations, campaigns and scoops from regional and local news brands, demonstrating the power of original news content.

To vote, go to https://newsmediauk.org/making-a-difference/ and browse the shortlisted campaigns, clicking on ‘Read more’ to find out more.

When you have selected your favourite campaigns, highlight them in orange by clicking on them and go to ‘Submit your vote.’   Voting closes at 5pm on 1 November.

The full shortlist is as follows:

•  Inverness Courier, Vape Free Youth
•  Northern Scot, Moray Maternity
•  Inverness Courier, Dual the A9
•  Northern Echo, Put In A Pound For Poverty
•  Bolton News, Help Save Our Hospice
•  Newsquest North West, No Hungry Kids This Summer
•  Oban Times, Invest in the West
•  Yorkshire Evening Post, United Against Abuse
•  KentLive, More Safe Routes For Refugees Petition
•  The Chronicle (Newcastle), Stop Knives Taking Lives
•  Camden New Journal, In Our Own Words
•  Corby Telegraph, Save Corby Community Centres
•  Express and Star and Shropshire Star, Our NHS Crisis

Below are front page or homepage images from each of the campaigns in the running.

Inverness Courier, Vape Free Youth

Northern Scot, Moray Maternity

 Inverness Courier, Dual the A9

Northern Echo, Put In A Pound For Poverty

 Bolton News, Help Save Our Hospice

 Newsquest North West, No Hungry Kids This Summer

 Oban Times, Invest in the West

 Yorkshire Evening Post, United Against Abuse

 KentLive, More Safe Routes For Refugees Petition

 The Chronicle (Newcastle), Stop Knives Taking Lives

 Camden New Journal, In Our Own Words

 Corby Telegraph, Save Corby Community Centres

 Express and Star and Shropshire Star, Our NHS Crisis