The Herald was the big winner at last night’s Scottish Press Awards as it collected four prizes including the coveted title of newspaper of the year.
Judges praised the Herald as a ‘trustworthy, strong from front to back and a very important observer of the Scottish scene”.
It was also praised for its ‘lively look, good photography, clean layout and clear headings”.
Lucy Adams, a reporter with the Herald newspaper, was named reporter and overall journalist of the year at the awards in Glasgow. Judges said Adams stood out for her delivery of great stories.
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The Glasgow-based Herald’s fourth award came as Phil Miller was named arts/entertainment writer of the year.
In a good night for the Herald Group reporters from its sister paper, the Sunday Herald, collected the awards for feature writer and financial/business journalist of the year.
The Daily Record collected three awards, including scoop of the year for Donna Watson’s piece ‘Honeymoon Scots Catch Swine Flu in Mexico’.
The Record also collected the prize for sports news writer of the year and columnist which was won posthumously by Reg McKay for his Cancer Diaries series.
Journalists working on Scotland on Sunday were named magazine writer, sports feature writer and cartoonist of the year while sister title, The Scotsman collect two prizes.
Full winners list: The 31st Scottish Press Awards
Scoop of the Year
Winner = Donna Watson, Daily Record
Runner up = Victoria Raimes, Edinburgh Evening News
Reporter of the Year
Winner = Lucy Adams, The Herald
Runner up = Lynn Davidson, Daily Record
Financial/Business Journalist of the Year
Winner = Kenny Kemp, Sunday Herald
Runner up = Steven Vass, Sunday Herald
Newspaper Feature Writer of the Year
Winner = Iain MacWhirter, Sunday Herald
Runner up = Jonathan Brocklebank, Scottish Daily Mai
Magazine Writer of the Year
Winner = Catherine Deveney, Scotland on Sunday
Runner up = David Pratt, The Herald
Columnist of the Year
Winner = Reg McKay, Daily Record
Runner up = Ian Bell, Sunday Herald
Campaign of the Year
Winner = Greenock Telegraph, ‘Stop Knives Save Lives’
Runner up = Evening Times, ‘Ripped Off Glasgow’
Front Page of the Year
Winner = Scottish Daily Mail ‘For My Daddy, The Hero’
Runner up = Aberdeen Evening Express ‘12.30am – And the Last Victims of Flight 85N Come Home.
Journalist Team of the Year
Winner = Aberdeen Evening Express, North Sea ‘Copter Tragedy
Runner up = Edinburgh Evening News, Tram Wars
Weekly Newspaper of the Year
Winner = Dumfries & Galloway Standard
Runner up = The Falkirk Herald
Political Journalist of the Year
Winner = Jason Allardyce, Sunday Times
Runner up = Paul Hutcheon, Sunday Herald
Sports Feature Writer of the Year
Winner = Tom English, Scotland on Sunday
Runner up = Stephen McGowan, Scottish Daily Mail
Sports News Writer of the Year
Winner = Keith Jackson, Daily Record
Runner up = Roger Hannah, Scottish Sun
Arts/Entertainment Writer of the Year
Winner = Phil Miller, The Herald
Runner up = Aidan Gordon Smith, Scotland on Sunday
Cartoonist of the Year
Winner = Brian Adcock, Scotland on Sunday
Runner up = Frank Boyle, Edinburgh Evening News
Young Journalist of the Year
Winner = Victoria Raimes, Edinburgh Evening News
Runner up = Alice Wyllie, The Scotsman
News Photographer of the Year
Winner = Jane Barlow, The Scotsman
Runner up = James Glossop, The Times
Sports Photographer of the Year
Winner = Tom Main, freelance
Runner up = James Gunn, John O’Groat Journal
Multi-Media Journalist of the Year
Winner = Nick Mitchell, Scotsman/scotsman.com
Runner up = John Dingwall, Daily Record
Journalist of the Year
Winner = Lucy Adams, The Herald
Lifetime Achievement
Winner = Tom Brown
Newspaper of the Year
Winner = The Herald
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