Gary Cullum, director of Newspaper Awards, says: “The 2014 panel of judges really had their work cut out this year. Not only were they presented with around 1,000 newspapers, both print and digital, the quality of entry was tremendous. The shortlist once again provides a showcase for all that is excellent in the newspaper industry both from this country and around the world.”
Battling to win National Newspaper of the Year are The Daily Telegraph, Financial Times, ‘I’, The Independent, The Sun, The Guardian and The Times. In the Weekend category the Eastern Daily Press and Sunday Herald are up against national titles like The Sunday Times and FT Weekend.
2014 is also the year of hyperlocal entries with the Kentishtowner, Hackney Citizen Peckham Peculiar and Lincolnite shortlisted in several digital and print categories.
There is a particularly strong showing in both the under and over 25K circulation Regional Newspaper of the Year categories with some major titles nominated including the Hull Daily Mail, Western Morning News, Daily Echo and The Journal.
The Newspaper Awards features 16 categories designed to showcase the best in both printed and digital media. All the winners will be announced at a gala dinner on Tuesday 1 April at the London Hilton.
The 2014 Newspaper Awards nominations:
NEWSPAPER PRINTER OF THE YEAR – SPONSORED BY AGFA
Archant Print - (MCN, Classic Car Weekly, Angling Times)
Guardian Print Centre (The Guardian, The Observer)
Interpress NI - (The Irish News, Down Recorder, The Impartial Reporter)
Newsprinters - (The Daily Telegraph, Financial Times, The Times)
St Clements Press ( Financial Times, Insurance Day, The Epoch Times)
West Ferry Printers (Sunday Express, Daily Express, Daily Star)
INTERNATIONAL NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR – SPONSORED BY RESOLUTE FOREST PRODUCTS
Abendzeitung (Germany)
China Daily European Weekly
Donaukurier (Germany)
Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung (Germany)
Heilbronner Stimme (Germany)
The Telegraph Weekly
NATIONAL NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR – SPONSORED BY MANROLAND WEB SYSTEMS
Financial Times
'i'
The Daily Telegraph
The Guardian
The Independent
The Sun
The Times
REGIONAL NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR – SPONSORED BY GOSS INTERNATIONAL
Over 25,000 circulation
Belfast Telegraph
Eastern Daily Press
Hull Daily Mail
The Irish News
The News (Portsmouth)
The Press and Journal
Western Morning News
Under 25,000 circulation
Cambridge News
Daily Echo
Dorset Echo
Gloucester Citizen
News & Star
The Herald (Plymouth)
The Journal
WEEKEND NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR – SPONSORED BY AKTRION GROUP
Eastern Daily Press
FT Weekend
The Daily Telegraph
The Guardian
The Independent on Sunday
The Sunday Times
Sunday Herald
PRINTED INNOVATION OF THE YEAR– SPONSORED BY UPM
Caerphilly Observer - print edition
Express & Echo - XXXL poster
Freiburger Druck – varnished newspaper products
Guardian Print Centre - 6 colour printing
Lincolnshire Media - Past to Present supplement
Peckham Peculiar - hyperlocal newspaper
The Daily Telegraph – Cascade Creative
WEEKLY NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR – SPONSORED BY WRH MARKETING/FERAG
Express & Echo (Exeter)
Ham & High
MK News
The Hunts Post
The Impartial Reporter
The Oxford Times
NATIONAL COLOUR SUPPLEMENT OF THE YEAR – SPONSORED BY PRECISION COLOUR PRINTING
Event (The Mail on Sunday)
Fashion (The Sunday Telegraph)
How to Spend It (Financial Times)
Stella (The Sunday Telegraph)
Style (The Sunday Times)
Ultra Travel (The Daily Telegraph)
You Magazine (The Mail on Sunday)
REGIONAL SUPPLEMENT/MAGAZINE OF THE YEAR – SPONSORED BY PRECISION COLOUR PRINTING
Cambridge Magazine (Cambridge Newspapers)
Cornwall Today (Cornwall & Devon Media)
Norfolk (Archant East)
ES Magazine (Evening Standard)
The Journal (Lincolnshire Media)
Tynedale Life (Hexham Courant)
Weekend (Gloucestershire Media)
COLDSET COLOUR SUPPLEMENT OF THE YEAR – SPONSORED BY SUN CHEMICAL
Best of Liverpool (Liverpool Echo)
Life (The Sunday Telegraph)
Tech Monthly (The Observer)
Travel (The Daily Telegraph)
TV Magazine (The Sun)
Weekend (The Daily Telegraph)
NICHE MARKET NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR – SPONSORED BY NEWSPRINTERS
Farmers Guardian
Farm Week
First News
Hackney Citizen
Kentishtowner
MCN
The Catholic Herald
DIGITAL INNOVATION OF THE YEAR – SPONSORED BY CANON
Cornwall Today - website
Financial Times fastFT - market-moving news and views
Guardian Witness - digital journalism tool
MNA Star Witness - online reader platform
Sun+ - digital entertainment package
The Tab - university websites
Worldcrunch Impact - Solutions without borders
DIGITAL NEWS SERVICE OF THE YEAR – SPONSORED BY DRAG+DROP
belfasttelegraph.co.uk
ft.com/fastft
guardian.co.uk
ibtimes.co.uk
independent.co.uk
thelincolnite.co.uk
worldcrunch.com
NEWSPAPER APP OF THE YEAR – SPONSORED BY PCS
Financial Times web app
Mail Plus
Newsquest Wales & Gloucestershire apps
Sun+
Sunday Herald Life app
The Times and Sunday Times tablet app
DIGITALLY PRINTED NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR – SPONSORED BY KODAK
China Daily European edition (Stroma, London)
Corriere dello Sport (Stroma, London)
The Columbia Chronicle (Topweb, Chicago)
The Daily Telegraph (Newsprint Impresion Digital, Tenerife)
The Daily Telegraph (Miller Newsprint, Malta)
The Times (Miller Newsprint, Malta)
Tutto Sport (Stroma, London)
