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Scottish Press Awards – winners announced

The Daily Record was the big winner at the 38th annual Scottish Press Awards held at Glasgow’s Radisson Blue Hotel last night.

The Glasgow-based title won the Newspaper of the Year award, while Daily Record sports writer Keith Jackson was named Journalist of the Year. Front Page of the Year also went to the Daily Record and the publication was awarded Digital Team of the Year.

Journalism Team of the Year went to the Scottish Sun and Campaign of the Year was won by the Edinburgh Evening News. Alan Roden and Neil Sears from the Scottish Daily Mail were awarded Scoop of the Year.

Winners of individual awards included Vivienne Aitken of the Daily Record, who was named Reporter of the Year, and Jim Lawson received the Lifetime Achievement Award.

Gordon Aikman of the Sunday Times Scotland was posthumously awarded Columnist of the Year. Gordon, who died in February, used his column to document his battle against motor neurone disease and campaign for more funding to find a cure for the degenerative condition.

Winners of individual awards also include Michael Glackin from the Sunday Times Scotland, who was named Financial/Business Journalist of the Year, and Courtney Cameron from the Edinburgh Evening News, who was awarded Young Journalist of the Year.

Keith Jackson from the Daily Record was named Sports News Journalist of the Year for the sixth year running and weekly newspaper of the Year went to the Ayrshire Post. Alasdair Macleod of the Daily Record was named News Photographer of the Year and Ian MacNicol of Getty Images was Sports Photographer of the Year.

The full list of winners of the Scottish Press Awards:

YOUNG JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR

Courtney Cameron, Edinburgh Evening News

WEEKLY NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR

Ayrshire Post

CARTOONIST OF THE YEAR

Steven Camley, The Herald

INTERVIEWER OF THE YEAR

Susan Swarbrick, The Herald

POLITICAL JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR

Torcuil Crichton, Daily Record

COLUMNIST OF THE YEAR

Gordon Aikman, Sunday Times

SPORTS COLUMNIST OF THE YEAR

Bill Leckie, Scottish Sun

FINANCIAL/BUSINESS JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR

Michael Glackin, Sunday Times

FEATURE WRITER OF THE YEAR

David Pratt, The Herald/Sunday Herald

SPORTS FEATURE WRITER OF THE YEAR

Michael Grant, The Times

SPORTS NEWS WRITER OF THE YEAR

Keith Jackson, Daily Record

NEWS PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR

Alasdair Macleod, Daily Record

SPORTS PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR

Ian MacNicol, Getty Images

OUTSTANDING DIGITAL JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR

Jamie Ross, Buzzfeed News

FRONT PAGE OF THE YEAR

Daily Record, I’m The Victim

DIGITAL TEAM OF THE YEAR

Daily Record

JOURNALISM TEAM OF THE YEAR

Scottish Sun

CAMPAIGN OF THE YEAR

Edinburgh Evening News, Bin Watch

SCOOP OF THE YEAR

Alan Roden and Neil Sears, Scottish Daily Mail

REPORTER OF THE YEAR

Vivienne Aitken, Daily Record

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Jim Lawson

JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR

Keith Jackson, Daily Record

NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR

Daily Record