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Weekly to vie for fifth consecutive title at industry awards

Two regional newspapers are set to defend their titles at a forthcoming industry awards ceremony.

The shortlist has been unveiled ahead of the Newspaper Awards, with the Irish News and Cambridge Independent among the candidates for Regional Daily Newspaper of the Year and Local Weekly Newspaper of the Year respectively.

The News won Regional Daily Newspaper of the Year the last time the awards were held, while the Independent will be bidding for its fifth consecutive category in the category in which it is competing.

The awards, previously known as the newsawards, relaunched last year with a fresh focus on “production and innovation” in printed newspapers.

Cambridge Indy

The move upset some editors of independent and hyperlocal titles, but eight papers will nevertheless compete for this year’s ICNN Independent Community Newspaper of the Year prize.

Gary Cullum, director of The Newspaper Awards, says: “Our panel of 16 expert judges has scrutinised the best printed newspapers and magazine supplement products from the UK, Republic of Ireland and around the world.

“The overall verdict is that the printed newspaper remains integral to the success of the industry and the quality of many of the entries was outstanding.”

All the winners will be announced at a black-tie gala dinner on 28 March at the London Hilton Bankside.

The full shortlist is as follows:

National Newspaper Printer of the Year – The Fujifilm Premier Award for all printers of national newspapers printed by flexo or coldset web offset
Associated Print Holdings, Dinnington (Daily Mail)
Harmsworth Printing, Thurrock (Daily Mail)
Newsprinters Broxbourne & Knowsley (The Sunday Times, The Times)
Reach Printing Services, Oldham (Daily Express, The Guardian)
The Irish Times (The Guardian)
Webprint CityWest (Irish Daily Mail, The Irish Sun)

Newspaper Employee/Team of the Year – The UPM Premier Award
Nominations to be announced shortly

International Newspaper of the Year – The Resolute Forest Products Premier Award for all international daily and weekly newspapers published overseas
Borneavisen (Denmark)
China Daily (Global edition)
El Diario Vasco (Spain)
Financial Times
Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung (Germany)
Heraldo de Aragon (Spain)
The Telegraph (India)

Regional Newspaper Printer of the Year – The Agfa Award for all printers of regional newspapers printed by flexo or coldset web offset
DC Thomson Discovery Print (The Courier, The Press and Journal)
Iliffe Print (Hackney Citizen, Hailsham News, The Voice, The Weekly Gleaner)
Interpress NI (The Irish News)
Mortons Print (Cage & Aviary Birds, Driffield & Wolds Weekly, Motorsport News, Teesdale Mercury)
Newsquest Oxford (Bucks Free Press, The Oxford Times, Watford Observer, Western Telegraph)
Newsquest Scotland (The Herald)

National Newspaper of the Year – The Aktrion Atalian Servest Award for all national daily newspapers
Daily Mirror
Financial Times
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Irish Independent
The Daily Telegraph
The Guardian
The Times

Regional Newspaper of the Year – The Newsprinters Award for all regional daily newspapers
Liverpool Echo
Oxford Mail
The Courier, Dundee
The Irish News
The Press & Journal, Aberdeen
The Yorkshire Post

Weekend Newspaper of the Year – The Associated Print Holdings/Harmsworth Printing Award for all weekend newspapers
FT Weekend
iWeekend
The Observer
The Sunday Telegraph
The Sunday Times
The Times (Saturday)

Local Weekly Newspaper of the Year – The Papermule Award for all local weekly newspapers
Bridgnorth Journal
Cambridge Independent
Isle of Wight County Press
New Milton Advertiser & Lymington Times
Newbury Weekly News
The Oxford Times

The ICNN Independent Community Newspaper of the Year – The S&S Inks Award for independent community newspapers
Enfield Dispatch
Hackney Citizen
Hailsham News
The Ambler
The Bristol Cable
The Peckham Peculiar
Wells Voice
West Leeds Dispatch

National Colour Supplement/Magazine of the Year (weekly) – The Paragon Customer Communications Award for all national newspaper supplements and magazines printed any method
ES (Evening Standard)
Fabulous (The Sun on Sunday)
FT Weekend Magazine
Saturday (The Guardian)
The Sunday Times Magazine
The Times Magazine

National Colour Supplement (non-weekly) – The Paragon Customer Communications Award for all national newspaper supplements and magazines printed any method
HTSI (Financial Times)
Luxury (The Telegraph)
LUXX (The Times)

Regional Supplement/Magazine of the Year – The Walstead UK Award for all regional newspaper supplements and regional magazines printed any method
Cheshire Life (Newsquest)
Devon Life (Archant/Newsquest)
Greater Govanhill Community Magazine
Out & About (Newbury News & Media)
Shropshire Magazine (Midland News Association)
Velvet (Iliffe Media)

The Collection Pot Award for all niche market newspapers
Cage & Aviary Birds
Eastern Eye
First News
The Stage
The Voice
TLS