Press Awards 2012: Times leads the way with 24 nominations

The Times leads the nominations league table at this year’s Press Awards – followed by the Daily Telegraph and Daily Mail.

The Times has 24 nominations, The Daily Telegraph has 20 and the Daily Mail has 19, followed by The Sunday Times (17), The Guardian (16), The Daily Mirror (11) and The Independent (11).

There are 29 categories at The Press Awards and winners will be announced at a dinner at the Lancaster London Hotel, Lancaster Gate, on Thursday 7 March, 2013.

The awards are organised on behalf of the industry by the Society of Editors. Proceeds will help to fund the Society of Editors’ campaigning for press freedom and the Journalists’ Charity.

Chairman of the judges Bob Satchwell, executive director of the Society of Editors said: “These really are the best of the best. The judges have faced a huge task studying the rich output from the whole range of Britain’s diverse national newspapers.

"It is also a wonderful privilege because few people can see it all every day or every week. I defy anyone to find a greater range or higher standards of journalism.”

Here is the full shortlist:

Young Journalist of the Year

Charlie Cooper, The Independent
Andrew Dagnall, Sunday Mirror
Rachel Dale, The Sun
Katherine Faulkner, Daily Mail
Joshi Herrmann, London Evening Standard
Courtney Weaver, Financial Times

Business and Finance Journalist of the Year

Tim Bergin, Reuters
Alex Brummer, Daily Mail
Simon Duke, The Sunday Times
FT Team Libor, Financial Times
Jonathan Guthrie, Financial Times
Graeme Wearden, The Guardian

Political Journalist of the Year

James Lyons, Daily Mirror
Jane Merrick, The Independent on Sunday
Charles Moore, The Daily Telegraph
Andrew Pierce, Daily Mail
Andrew Sparrow, The Guardian
Simon Walters, The Mail on Sunday

Foreign Reporter of the Year

Ghaith Abdul-Ahad, The Guardian
Jamil Anderlini, Financial Times
David Blair, The Daily Telegraph
Marie Colvin, The Sunday Times
Hala Jaber, The Sunday Times
Barbara Jones, The Mail on Sunday

Showbiz Reporter of the Year

Matthew Garrahan, Financial Times
Mark Jefferies, Daily Mirror
Clemmie Moody, Daily Mirror
Will Payne, Sunday Mirror
Gordon Smart, The Sun
Richard White, The Sun

Sports Journalist of the Year

Neil Ashton, Daily Mail
Mike Atherton, The Times
Simon Barnes, The Times
Ian Herbert, The Independent
David Walsh, The Sunday Times
Richard Williams, The Guardian

Specialist Journalist of the Year

Simon Calder, The Independent
Richard Garner, The Independent
Robert Hardman, Daily Mail
Sean Rayment, The Sunday Telegraph
Robert Verkaik, The Mail on Sunday
Gaby Wood, The Daily Telegraph

Feature Writer of the Year – BROADSHEET

John Arlidge, The Sunday Times
Mick Brown, The Daily Telegraph
Elizabeth Day, The Observer
Tanya Gold, The Sunday Times
Simon Hattenstone, The Guardian
David James Smith, The Sunday Times

Feature Writer of the Year – POP

Paul Bracchi, Daily Mail
Robert Hardman, Daily Mail
David Jones, Daily Mail
Andrew Malone, Daily Mail
Tom Parry, Daily Mirror
David Rose, The Mail on Sunday

Interviewer of the Year – BROADSHEET

Timothy Adams, The Observer
Decca Aitkenhead, The Guardian
Bryan Appleyard, The Sunday Times
Lynn Barber, The Sunday Times
Camilla Long, The Sunday Times
Alice Thomson and Rachel Sylvester, The Times

Interviewer of the Year – POP

Nick Curtis, London Evening Standard
Andrew Dagnall, The Sunday Mirror
Jenny Johnston, Daily Mail
David Lowe, The Sun
Alun Palmer, Daily Mirror
Elizabeth Sanderson, The Mail on Sunday

Columnist of the Year- BROADSHEET

David Aaronovitch, The Times
Camilla Cavendish, The Times
Dominic Lawson, The Independent
Caitlin Moran, The Times
Peter Oborne, The Daily Telegraph
Allison Pearson, The Daily Telegraph

Columnist of the Year – POP

Craig Brown, Daily Mail
Jeremy Clarkson, The Sun
Trevor Kavanagh, The Sun
Richard Littlejohn, Daily Mail
Jane Moore, The Sun
Tony Parsons, Daily Mirror

Critic of the Year

Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian
Craig Brown, The Mail on Sunday
Grace Dent, The Independent
A A Gill, The Sunday Times
Will Hodgkinson, The Times
Clive James, The Daily Telegraph

Photographer of the Year

Andy Hooper, Daily Mail
Toby Melville, Reuters
Phil Noble, Reuters
Heathcliff O’Malley, The Daily Telegraph
Tom Pilston, The Times
Stefan Rousseau, PA

Sports Photographer of the Year

David Davies, PA
Andy Hooper, Daily Mail
Owen Humphreys, PA
Tom Jenkins, The Guardian
Mark Pain, The Mail on Sunday
Richard Pelham, The Sun

Cartoonist of the Year

Steve Bell, The Guardian
Peter Brookes, The Times
Dave Brown, The Independent
Charles Peattie and Russell Taylor, The Daily Telegraph
Matt Pritchett, The Daily Telegraph
Chris Riddell, The Observer

Supplement of the Year

Daily Telegraph Review, The Daily Telegraph
FT Weekend Magazine, Financial Times
Independent Magazine, The Independent
Observer Food Monthly, The Observer
The Times Magazine, The Times
YOU Magazine, The Mail on Sunday

The Digital Award

Mail Online
FT.com
Guardian Interactive Team
Guardian.co.uk
The Daily Telegraph Sports Team
The Times

Best of Humour

Craig Brown, Daily Mail
Giles Coren, The Times
Victoria Coren, The Observer
Caitlin Moran, The Times
Hugo Rifkind, The Times
Ann Treneman, The Times

Scoop of the Year

PM left his daughter, 8, down pub – Emily Ashton, The Sun
Cash for Cameron – Insight, The Sunday Times
Foster couple lose children for being members of UKIP-Sam Marsden, The Daily Telegraph
The Tax Avoiders – Alexi Mostrous and Fay Schlesinger, The Times
Baby girls aborted, no questions asked – Claire Newell and Holly Watt, The Daily Telegraph
Plebgate – Tom Newton Dunn, The Sun

Front Page of the Year