Achi news desk-
Shortlists for the Scottish News Brand of the Year, Journalist of the Year and Lifetime Achievement Award have not been revealed as the winners will be announced on the night of the ceremony. The News Weekly Brand of the Year shortlist will be revealed in May.
Teddy Jamieson and Neil Mackay have both been nominated for Arts and Entertainment Journalist of the Year and Feature Writer of the Year.
From the Herald’s business team, Scott Wright and Martin Williams have been nominated in the Financial/Business Journalist of the Year category.
Kevin McKenna is nominated for Columnist of the Year and Ron Mackenna for Food and Drink Writer of the Year, with David Bol and Andrew Learmonth nominated in the politics category.
In the Reporter of the Year category David Pratt and Martin Williams have been nominated, with the latter also in the Scoop of the Year category alongside Neil Mackay.
Vicky Allan has been nominated for Specialist Reporter of the Year, and Susan Egelstaff for Sports Feature Writer of the Year.
Graeme McGarry is nominated for Sports News Writer of the Year and there are also nominations for photographers Colin Mearns and Gordon Terris, both nominated for Sports Photographer of the Year with the former also for News Photographer the Year.
The Herald as a whole has been nominated for Best Live Event Coverage and Journalism Team of the Year.
Editor Catherine Salmond said: “The talent, energy, passion and creativity of my team is shown to me every day in our newsroom. I am extremely proud of all the achievements of the Herald and the dedication of my staff.
“However, it is of course very satisfying for us to be recognized by the wider industry and for the team to be publicly celebrated. Huge congratulations to our nominees and I wish them all the best on the night itself .”
This year’s judging panel was chaired by Richard Neville, former Head of News Brands at DC Thomson, and current Director of Neville Robertson Communications.
Richard Neville, chair of Scottish Press Awards judges, said: “It’s been fantastic to see the standard of entries for this year’s awards. The talent in this industry spans the spectrum of digital and print publishing and across all regions of the country.
“The need for incisive, challenging journalism grows every year and Scottish journalists have risen to the task in the last 12 months.
“Good storytelling will always be at the heart of what the industry does but holding the rich, powerful and opportunistic chancers to account is just as important. It is clear from this year’s shortlist that Scotland is not a place to come to avoid scrutiny.”
45th Scottish Press Awards shortlist
Arts and Entertainment Journalist of the Year
Matt Bendoris (Scottish Sun)
Janet Christie (The Scotsman)
Teddy Jamieson (The Herald/Herald on Sunday)
Neil Mackay (The Herald/Herald on Sunday)
Mike Wade (The Sunday Times Scotland)
Best Live Event Broadcast
The Courier Newsroom The Courier (Storm Babet)
The Herald Team The Herald (Honor of Scotland)
Abbi Garton-Crosbie The National (By-election Results)
The Scotsman/Scotland on Sunday The Scotsman/Scotland on Sunday (Coronation)
Kris Gilmartin Scottish Sun (Sturgeon House Raid)
Kris Gilmartin Scottish Sun (Storm Babet)
Campaign of the Year
The Courier (Eljamel Investigation)
The Glasgow Times (Don’t be afraid of the spread)
The Inverness Courier (A9 Dual)
The Scottish Sun (Sorting School Debt)
The Sunday Post (Forced Adoption)
Columnist of the Year
Gabriella Bennett (The Times Media)
Stephen Daisley (Scottish Daily Mail)
John MacLeod (Scottish Daily Mail)
Euan McColm (Scotland on Sunday)
Kevin McKenna (The Herald)
Mandy Rhodes (Holyrood)
Feature Writer of the Year
Janet Christie (The Scot/Scotland on Sunday)
Emma Cowing (Scottish Daily Mail)
Teddy Jamieson (Herald Magazine)
Magnus Linklater (The Times Scotland)
Neil Mackay (The Herald/Herald on Sunday)
Gayle Ritchie (The Courier)
Financial/Business Journalist of the Year
Greig Cameron (The Times/Sunday Times)
Martyn McLaughlin (The Scotsman)
Emma Newlands (The Scotsman)
Martin Williams (The Herald/Herald on Sunday)
Scott Wright (The Herald)
Food and Drink Writer of the Year
Rosalind Erskine (The Scotsman)
Ron McKenna (The Herald)
Chitra Ramaswamy (The Times Media)
Peter Ranscombe (Decanter)
Catriona Thomson (Scottish Field / Edinburgh Inquirer)
Front Page of the Year
Scottish Daily Mail
Scottish Mail on Sunday
The Courier
The Inverness Courier
The Scotsman
The National on Sunday
Journalism Team of the Year
Scottish Daily Mail – iPad Gate
The Courier – Eljamel
The Ferret – Secret Owners of Scotland
The Herald – Banksy
The Scottish Sun – SNP Police Investigation
News Photographer of the Year
Jane Barlow (Press Association)
Wattie Cheung (Freelancer)
Colin Mearns (Herald and Times Group)
Andrew Milligan (PA Media)
Jeff Mitchell (Getty Images)
Nicola Barry Award
Heather Dewar (Scottish Daily Mail)
Karin Goodwin (The Ferret)
Helen Puttick (The Times Scotland/Sunday Times Scotland)
Marion Scott (The Sunday Post)
Margaret Taylor (Holyrood)
Podcast of the Year
Murder Without End (Yfory.is)
Murder in the Granite City (The Scottish Sun)
Scran (The Scotsman)
Sheku Bayoh: The Investigation (The Ferret)
The Stooshie (The Courier)
Political Journalist of the Year
Kieran Andrews (The Times Scotland)
Michael Blackley (Scottish Daily Mail)
David Bol (The Herald)
Georgia Edkins (Scottish Mail on Sunday)
Andrew Learmonth (The Herald)
Regional Journalist of the Year
Justin Bowie (The Courier)
Alasdair Clark (The Courier)
Dale Haslam (Press and Journal)
Amanda Keenan (The Glasgow Times)
Bryan Rutherford (Press and Journal)
Reporter of the Year
Georgia Edkins (Scottish Mail on Sunday)
Graham Grant (Scottish Daily Mail)
Graham Mann (The Scottish Sun)
David Pratt (The Herald on Sunday/National Sunday)
Marion Scott (The Sunday Post)
Martin Williams (The Herald/The Herald on Sunday)
Scoop of the Year
Georgia Edkins (Scottish Mail on Sunday)
Michael Blackley (Scottish Daily Mail)
Neil Mackay (The Herald/The Herald on Sunday)
Graham Mann (The Scottish Sun)
Martin Williams (The Herald)
Specialist Reporter of the Year
Vicky Allan (The Herald)
Graham Grant (Scottish Daily Mail)
Martyn McLaughlin (The Scotsman)
Cheryl Peebles (The Courier)
Calum Ross (The Scotsman)
Sports Columnist of the Year
Heather Dewar Scottish Daily Mail
Michael Grant The Times Scotland Gary Keown Scottish Mail on Sunday Bill Leckie The Scottish Sun Aidan Smith The Scotsman
Sports Feature Writer of the Year
Heather Dewar (Scottish Daily Mail)
Susan Egelstaff (The Herald)
Michael Grant (The Times Scotland)
Hugh MacDonald (Scottish Daily Mail)
Alan Pattullo (The Scotsman)
Sports News Writer of the Year
Craig Christie (Northern Scot/Huntly Express)
Heather Dewar (Scottish Daily Mail)
Robert Grieve (The Scottish Sun)
Graeme McGarry (The Herald)
Stephen McGowan (Scottish Daily Mail)
Sports Photographer of the Year
James Gunn (North of Scotland Freelance Newspapers)
Ian MacNicol (Getty Images)
Colin Mearns (Herald and Times Group)
Mark Scates SNS Group
Gordon Terris (Herald/Sunday Herald/National)
Allan Wilson (East Lothian Courier/Border Telegraph/Peeblesshire News)
Weekly Journalist of the Year
Alan Hendry (John O’Groats Journal/Caithness Courier)
Scott Maclennan (The Inverness Courier)
Lewis McBlane (Northern Scot/Huntly Express/Banffshire Herald)
Tristan Stewart-Robertson (Helensburgh Advertiser/Clydebank Post)
Ava Whyte (Clydebank Post)
Young Journalist of the Year
Chris Faulds (Alloa and Hillfoots Advertiser)
Ethan Flett (The Orcadian)
Rory Gilmour (Holyrood)
Ema Sabljak (The Courier)
Emma Taggart (The Times Scotland)
