The Irish News named Regional Newspaper of the Year
The Regional Newspaper Award winners have been announced with The Irish Times being named Regional Newspaper of the Year.
Winner of Daily/Sunday Newspaper (above 25,000) was The Irish News, with the Yorkshire Post receiving a Highlight Commended accolade.
The full list of winners can be viewed below.
YOUNG JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
WINNER: Dan Warburton, NCJ Media
Highly Commended: Ryan Crighton, The Press and Journal
BUSINESS AND FINANCE JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
WINNER: Jon Griffin, Birmingham Mail
Highly Commended: Simon Bain, The Herald, Glasgow
SPECIALIST WRITER OF THE YEAR
WINNER: Ciaran Barnes, Sunday Life
FEATURE WRITER OF THE YEAR
WINNER: Adam Wakelin, Leicester Mercury
Highly Commended: Gail Walker, Belfast Telegraph
COLUMNIST OF THE YEAR
WINNER: Colin Drury, The Star, Sheffield
Highly Commended: John Connery, News Letter, Ulster
WEEKLY SPORTS JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
WINNER: David Powell, North Devon Journal
Highly Commended: Jon Colman, Cumberland News
DAILY/SUNDAY SPORTS JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
WINNER: Jon Colman, News & Star
Highly Commended: John Gibson, Newcastle Evening Chronicle
WEEKLY PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR
WINNER: Chris Gleave, Manchester Evening News Weekly Group
DAILY/SUNDAY PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR
WINNER: Mark McCormick, Sunday Life
Highly Commended: Matthew Horwood, Media Wales
DESIGNER OF THE YEAR
WINNER: Ian Bond, Hull Daily Mail
Highly Commended: Alan Formby-Jackson, Evening Gazette, Middlesbrough
DIGITAL INNOVATION OF THE YEAR
WINNER: Manchester Evening News, Police 24
Highly Commended: NCJ Media, The Hunt for Raoul Moat
SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT OF THE YEAR
WINNER: Farewell To The Ark, The News, Portsmouth
SUPPLEMENT OF THE YEAR
WINNER: Banter, Bristol Evening Post
WEEKLY REPORTER OF THE YEAR
WINNER: Paul Francis, Kent Messenger
Highly Commended: Lui Straccia, Luton and Dunstable Express
DAILY/SUNDAY REPORTER OF THE YEAR
WINNER: Allison Morris, The Irish News
Highly Commended: Ben Kendall, Eastern Daily Press
FRONT PAGE OF THE YEAR
WINNER: Help Us Grow, Bristol Evening Post
SCOOP OF THE YEAR
WINNER: Jeanette Oldham, Sunday Mercury
Highly Commended: Lui Straccia, Luton and Dunstable Express
CAMPAIGN OF THE YEAR
WINNER: End the Indignity, Norwich Evening News
Highly Commended: You Saved Tea Bar, Greenock Telegraph
Highly Commended: Jet Set NHS, The Irish News
WEEKLY NEWSPAPER (BELOW 20,000)
WINNER: Derry News
Highly Commended: Ham & High
WEEKLY NEWSPAPER (ABOVE 20,000)
WINNER: Essex Chronicle
DAILY/SUNDAY NEWSPAPER (BELOW 25,000)
WINNER: News & Star, Carlisle
DAILY/SUNDAY NEWSPAPER (ABOVE 25,000)
WINNER: The Irish News
Highly Commended: Yorkshire Post
REGIONAL NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR
WINNER: The Irish News