February 28, 2014

Sunday Times leads the way as nominations announced for Society of Editors Press Awards

The Sunday Times leads the nominations league table for this year's Society of Editors Press Awards with 21 finalists.

The Daily Mail has the next highest number of nominations with 18, followed by The Guardian on 17 and The Times and Daily Telegraph on 16. The Mail on Sunday is the highest-placed popular paper with 15 followed by the Daily Mirror on 13. The UK's top selling daily newspaper, The Sun, only has seven nominations this year.

The winners will be announced at the awards dinner on 1 April. The Press Awards are for UK national newspaper journalism and help fund the Society of Editors and the Journalists' Charity.

Chairman of judges Bob Satchwell, executive director of the Society of Editors, said: "Yet again the judges were astounded and delighted by the range and diversity of the output of national newspapers. Their combined qualities are unparalleled in the world.”

Full list of finalists:

Young Journalist of the Year

Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett – The Guardian
Lucy Holden – The Times
Patrick Kingsley – The Guardian
Sarah Morrison – The Independent on Sunday
Simon Murphy – The Mail on Sunday
Lee Price – The Sun

Business and Finance Journalist of the Year

John Arlidge – The Sunday Times
Alex Brummer – Daily Mail
James Dean – The Times
Iain Dey – The Sunday Times
Andrew Hill – Financial Times
Sarah O’Connor – Financial Times

Political Journalist of the Year

Ian Birrell – Freelance
Matthew d’Ancona – London Evening Standard
Dan Hodges – The Daily Telegraph
Fraser Nelson – The Daily Telegraph
Glen Owen – The Mail on Sunday
Simon Walters – The Mail on Sunday

Foreign Reporter of the Year

Ian Birrell- The Mail on Sunday
AA Gill – The Sunday Times
Roula Khalaf – Financial Times
Anthony Loyd – The Times
Ruth Sherlock – The Daily Telegraph
David Smith – The Guardian

Science and Health Journalist of the Year

Steve Connor – The Independent on Sunday
Clive Cookson – Financial Times
Laura Donnelly – The Daily Telegraph
Jonathan Leake – The Sunday Times
Robin McKie – The Observer
Sarah-Kate Templeton – The Sunday Times

Specialist Journalist of the Year

John Bingham – The Daily Telegraph
Richard Brooks – The Sunday Times
Michael Gillard – The Sunday Times
Leslie Hook – Financial Times
Chris Hughes – Daily Mirror
Jay Rayner – The Observer

Sports Journalist of the Year

Andy Bull – The Guardian
Paul Hayward – The Daily Telegraph
Oliver Holt – Daily Mirror
Donald McRae – The Guardian
Martin Samuel – Daily Mail
Matthew Syed – The Times

Feature Writer of the Year – BROADSHEET

Elizabeth Day – The Observer
Amelia Gentleman – The Guardian
AA Gill – The Sunday Times
Allison Pearson – The Daily Telegraph
Matt Rudd – The Sunday Times
David James Smith – The Sunday Times

Feature Writer of the Year – POP

Ian Birrell – The Mail on Sunday
David Cohen – London Evening Standard
Oliver Harvey – The Sun
David Jones – Daily Mail
Andrew Malone – Daily Mail
Tom Parry – Daily Mirror

Interviewer of the Year – BROADSHEET

Bryan Appleyard – The Sunday Times
Simon Hattenstone – The Guardian
Camilla Long – The Sunday Times
Cole Moreton – The Sunday Telegraph
Matthew Syed – The Times
Janice Turner – The Times

Interviewer of the Year – POP

Chris Bucktin – Daily Mirror
Louise Gannon – The Mail on Sunday
Chris Hughes – Daily Mirror
Jenny Johnston – Daily Mail
Jan Moir – Daily Mail
Sue Reid – Daily Mail

Columnist of the Year- BROADSHEET

Michael Deacon – The Daily Telegraph
Ian Jack – The Guardian
Boris Johnson – The Daily Telegraph
Charles Moore – The Daily Telegraph
Caitlin Moran – The Times
Gillian Tett – Financial Times

Columnist of the Year – POP

Susie Boniface – Daily Mirror
Craig Brown – Daily Mail
Oliver Holt – Daily Mirror
Liz Jones – The Mail on Sunday
Trevor Kavanagh – The Sun
Dominic Lawson – Daily Mail

Critic of the Year

Peter Bradshaw – The Guardian
Craig Brown – The Mail on Sunday
AA Gill – The Sunday Times
Ian Hyland – Daily Mirror
Rowan Moore – The Observer
Jay Rayner – The Observer

Showbiz Reporter of the Year

Laura Armstrong – The Sun
Katie Hind – Sunday People
Mark Jefferies – Daily Mirror
Nicola Methven- Daily Mirror
Colin Robertson – The Sun
Dan Wootton – The Sun

Photographer of the Year

Jack Hill – The Times
Andy Hooper – Daily Mail
Roland Leon – Sunday Mirror
Eddie Mulholland – The Daily Telegraph
Dave Thompson – Press Association
Muir Vidler – The Sunday Times

Sports Photographer of the Year

Marc Aspland – The Times
Graham Chadwick – Daily Mail
Mike Egerton – Press Association
Ian MacNicol – Freelance
Andrew Matthews – Press Association
Darren Staples – Reuters

Cartoonist of the Year

Peter Brookes – The Times
Ingram Pinn – Financial Times
Matt Pritchett – The Daily and Sunday Telegraphs
Jonathan Pugh – Daily Mail
Chris Riddell – The Observer
Gerry Scarfe – The Sunday Times

Front Page of the Year

‘Assad’s snipers target unborn babies in wombs’– The Times
‘Blood on his hands, hatred in his eyes’ – Daily Mail
‘Boiling Point’ – Sunday People
‘Crystal Meth Shame of Bank Chief’ – The Mail on Sunday
‘Revealed: how US secretly collects private data from&hellip’– The Guardian
‘The Son’ – The Sun

Supplement of the Year

Culture – The Sunday Times
FT Weekend Magazine – Financial Times
G2 – The Guardian
The New Review – The Observer
The Observer Tech Monthly – The Observer
You Magazine – The Mail on Sunday

The Digital Award

FT Interactive – Financial Times
Meet the settlers – The Daily Telegraph
Mirror.co.uk – Daily Mirror
Telegraph Wonder Women – The Daily Telegraph
theguardian.com – The Guardian
The Times – The Times

Scoop of the Year

Boiling Point: Nigella – Sunday People
Corporate Hacking – Tom Harper – The Independent
Crystal Meth Shame of Bank Chief – Nick Craven and Ross Slater – The Mail on Sunday
Edward Snowden Files – The Guardian
UK's top cardinal accused of 'inappropriate acts' by priests – Catherine Deveney – The Observer
Victimised for blowing whistle on NHS chiefs – Claire Ellicott – Daily Mail

News Reporter of the Year