Scottish Press Awards reveals shortlist

The Scottish Press Awards says, with 34 categories this year, the judges have received many entries, representing some of the finest talent from across the industry, with 145 finalists hoping to scoop an award in a range of categories including politics, business, sport and the arts.

The categories are as follows:

• Arts and Entertainment Journalist of the Year
• Best Coverage of a Live Event
• Campaign of the Year
• Columnist of the Year
• Feature Writer of the Year
• Financial/Business Journalist of the Year
• Food and Drink Writer of the Year
• Front Page of the Year
• Interviewer of the Year
• Journalism Team of the Year
• Local Campaign of the Year
• Local Feature Writer of the Year
• Local Reporter of the Year
• News Photographer of the Year
• News Website of the Year
• Nicola Barry award
• Podcast of the Year
• Political Journalist of the Year
• Regional Feature Writer of the Year
• Regional Reporter of the Year
• Reporter of the Year
• Scoop of the Year
• Specialist Reporter of the Year
• Sports Columnist of the Year
• Sports Feature Writer of the Year
• Sports News Writer of the Year
• Sports Photographer of the Year
• Student of the Year
• Young Journalist of the Year
• Weekly Newspaper of the year
• Daily Newspaper of the Year
• Sunday Newspaper of the Year
• Journalist of the Year
• Chairperson’s Award

Shortlists for the Daily Newspaper of the Year, Sunday Newspaper of the Year, Journalist of the Year and Chairperson’s Award have not been announced, as the winners will be announced on the night of the ceremony.

The shortlist for the Weekly Newspaper of the Year will be revealed in May.

The Scottish Press Awards added that this year’s judging panel was led by Richard Neville, former head of news brands at DC Thomson and current director of Neville Robertson Communications.

Richard Neville, chair of the Scottish Press Awards judges, said: “The pressure on journalists and news organisations continues to grow every year and, despite the incredible challenges the industry faces, the quality of entries to The Scottish Press Awards continues unabated.

“This year has been one of further diversification with digital content becoming the central feature of many newsrooms. At the heart of every entry, however, is simple good storytelling, digital or otherwise.

While selecting the winners has been as difficult as ever, it has been clear throughout the process that Scotland is being well served because of the value our journalists and editors are placing on telling great stories, in every format.”

The 44th Scottish Press Awards are sponsored by Royal Bank of Scotland, Diageo, VisitScotland, Edrington, Openreach, Glenmorangie, The Law Society of Scotland, Muckle Media, Women in Journalism Scotland, BIG Partnership, Registrars of Scotland. Event Consultants Scotland and Scottish Newspaper Society.

The awards ceremony and dinner will take place at the DoubleTree by Hilton Glasgow Central on Wednesday 7 June 2023.

The full shortlist can be found here.