The Regional Press Awards celebrate the best of British regional and local newspaper journalism in 2016 in print, online and any other news platform.
The awards will be handed out at a ceremony over lunch to be held at the Marriott Grosvenor Square Hotel on Friday 19 May 2017. Tickets and tables can now be booked.
The Society of Editors, supported by Camelot since 2001, organises the awards on behalf of the industry. The awards are made possible by the key sponsorship of UK Power Networks and United Utilities and continuing partner sponsorship from JTI, IP Group, ASDA, PCS, Gorkana, Google and Foot Anstey. The Press Association, Hold the Front Page, News Media Association and the Journalists Charity support the Awards.
The event will also see the awarding of the Making a Difference ~ People’s Choice public vote organised by Local Media Works, part of News Media UK, for Local Newspaper Week.
The awards ceremony will be hosted by LBC radio presenter Nick Ferrari.
Chairman of the judges Paul Horrocks said: “Looking at the entries this year, the judges were incredibly impressed by the standard of campaigning undertaken in the newsrooms of the regional and local press. The sheer scale of newspaper teams bringing communities together was a genuine pleasure to see.
“The Society of Editors is delighted to be hosting the awards once again and we look forward to raising a glass with the best of the regional and local media at the lunchtime ceremony in May.”
Society of Editors Regional Press Awards for 2016 Shortlist
YOUNG JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
Sponsored by HoldTheFrontPage
Esme Ashcroft, Bristol Post
Jack Averty, Express & Star, Wolverhampton
Nick Carding, Eastern Daily Press
Jack Maguire, Jersey Evening Post
Hannah Somerville, Oxford Mail
Keiran Southern, The Chronicle, Newcastle
BUSINESS AND FINANCE JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
Sponsored by Foot Anstey
Coreena Ford, The Journal, Newcastle
Graham Huband, The Courier, Dundee
Robin Johnson, Derby Telegraph
Lizzie Murphy, The Yorkshire Post
Gill Oliver, Oxford Mail
Les Reid, Coventry Observer
ENVIRONMENT JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
Sponsored by United Utilities
Maureen Hodges, News & Star, Carlisle and The Cumberland News
Pete Hughes, Oxford Mail
Alex Kirby, Cambridge Independent
Gemma Mackenzie, Aberdeen Press and Journal
Paula Thelwell, Jersey Evening Post
SPECIALIST WRITER OF THE YEAR
Ciaran Barnes, Sunday Life
Nick Carding, Eastern Daily Press
Aasma Day, Lancashire Evening Post
Pam McGowan, News & Star, Carlisle
Jeanette Oldham, Birmingham Mail
Jennifer Williams, Manchester Evening News
SCIENCE AND EDUCATION JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
Sponsored by IP Group
Martin George, Eastern Daily Press
Emily Pearce, Isle of Wight County Press
Tim Radford, Cambridge Independent
Luke Sproule, Oxford Mail
Michael Yong, Bristol Post
FEATURE WRITER OF THE YEAR
Tristan Cork, Bristol Post
Aasma Day, Lancashire Evening Post
Louis Emanuel, Bristol24/7
Sarah Freeman, The Yorkshire Post
Trevor Heaton, Eastern Daily Press
Tom Richmond, The Yorkshire Post
COLUMNIST OF THE YEAR
Sponsored by Asda
Robert Campbell, Western Daily Press
Emma Clayton, Bradford Telegraph & Argus
Tristan Cork, Bristol Post
Jarlath Kearney, The Irish News
Allison Morris, The Irish News
Gail Walker, Belfast Telegraph
WEEKLY SPORTS JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
Jon Colman, The Cumberland News
Daniel Evans, Bath Chronicle
Chris Harby, Melton Times
Les Reid, Coventry Observer
Paul Rogers, Hereford Times
Mark Taylor, Cambridge Independent
DAILY/SUNDAY SPORTS JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
Jon Colman, News & Star, Carlisle
Mark Douglas, The Journal, Newcastle
Danny Hall, The Star, Sheffield
Neil Loughran, The Irish News
James Sharpe, Leicester Mercury
Andy Watters, The Irish News
WEEKLY REPORTER OF THE YEAR
Sponsored by UK Power Networks
Phil Coleman, The Cumberland News
Ben Comber, Cambridge Independent
Gareth Davies, Croydon Advertiser
Pam McGowan, The Cumberland News
Charles Thomson, Yellow Advertiser
Emma Youle, Archant Investigations Unit
DAILY/SUNDAY REPORTER OF THE YEAR
Sponsored by UK Power Networks
Isaac Crowson, Derby Telegraph
Rob Golledge, Express & Star, Wolverhampton
Ali Gordon, Sunday Life
Allison Morris, The Irish News
Andy Richards, Birmingham Mail
John Scheerhout, Manchester Evening News
WEEKLY PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR
Phil Cannings, Newbury Weekly News
Sonya Duncan, Diss Mercury
Michael Gillen, The Falkirk Herald
Matthew Walker, Kent Messenger
Stuart Walker, The Cumberland News
Mark Williamson, Stratford-upon-Avon Herald
DAILY/SUNDAY PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR
Jennie Banks, Bristol Post
Sarah Caldecott, The Northern Echo
Andrew Cawley, Sunday Post
Simon Hulme, The Yorkshire Post
Tony Johnson, The Yorkshire Post
Kris Miller, The Courier, Dundee
DESIGNER OF THE YEAR
Gary Beckwith, The Chronicle, Newcastle
Ian Bond, Hull Daily Mail
Kathryn Clarke-Mcleod, Western Morning News
David Lewins, Bristol Post
Luke Martin, Trinity Mirror Southern
Adam Walker, Media Wales
SUPPLEMENT OF THE YEAR
20 Years on from the bomb, Manchester Evening News
Scottish Government Report Card, The Courier, Dundee
The 96: In the words of their families – Liverpool Echo
The Magazine, The Yorkshire Post
Weekend, Belfast Telegraph
Week End Magazine, Western Mail
THE DIGITAL AWARD
Sponsored by JTI
aberfan.walesonline.co.uk, WalesOnline
belfasttelegraph.co.uk, Belfast Telegraph
Blood Red and Royal Blue, Liverpool Echo
Euro 2016, Wales Online
Trinity Mirror Data Unit, Trinity Mirror
yoppul.co.uk, Isle of Wight County Press
WEBSITE OF THE YEAR
Sponsored by JTI
www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk
www.birminghammail.co.uk
www.edp24.co.uk
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk
www.walesonline.co.uk
FRONT PAGE OF THE YEAR
9.13am, Western Mail
Held by her hero, Derry News
Our Jo, Yorkshire Evening Post
The Day Britain Changed, Western Daily Press
The Saddest Silence, South Wales Echo
We’re Out…And he’s out too, Manchester Evening News
SCOOP OF THE YEAR
Sponsored by Google
Amazon, The bleak reality of a Christmas contract, Craig Smith, The Courier, Dundee
Care workers face sack for ‘taunting dementia patients’, Todd Fitzgerald, Manchester Evening News
Horrors of Aston Hall, Isaac Crowson, Derby Telegraph
Links revealed between police ‘cover-ups’ five years apart, Rob Parsons, The Yorkshire Post
Pennine Acute: The Shocking Trust, Jennifer Williams, Manchester Evening News
Unmasked: Isis Terror Queen, Ali Gordon, Sunday Life
CAMPAIGN OF THE YEAR
Sponsored by Asda
Amelia Scott, The Chronicle, Newscastle
Birmingham Pub Bombing, Birmingham Mail
Can It, The Courier, Dundee
Cancer scanner campaign, The Echo, Basildon
Drive for Justice, Johnston Press
The Horrors of Aston Hall Hospital, Derby Telegraph
WEEKLY NEWSPAPER (BELOW 15,000)
Cambridge Independent
Derry News
Great Yarmouth Mercury
Herald Series
Kentish Gazette
The Oxford Times
WEEKLY NEWSPAPER (ABOVE 15,000)
Camden New Journal
Hereford Times
Isle of Wight County Press
Kent Messenger
Maidenhead Advertiser
The Cumberland News
DAILY/SUNDAY NEWSPAPER (BELOW 20,000)
Bradford Telegraph & Argus
Derby Telegraph
Dundee Evening Telegraph
Oxford Mail
Sunday Mercury
Western Mail
DAILY/SUNDAY NEWSPAPER (ABOVE 20,000)
Eastern Daily Press
Hull Daily Mail
Sunday Life
Sunday Post
The Irish News
The Yorkshire Post
