The awards ceremony was held at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Glasgow Central last Thursday night (25 April).
The title won the Newspaper of the Year award and its political editor, David Clegg, was recognised with three wins, including Journalist of the Year, Political Journalist of the Year and Scoop of the Year for the story of Alex Salmond’s alleged misconduct.
Karin Goodwin from The Ferret and Sunday National was awarded the Nicola Barry prize, a prize introduced by the Scottish Press Awards last year in honour of the award-winning columnist and feature writer, who was known for campaign journalism during her career.
Other accolades announced included the Lifetime Achievement Award, which was awarded to Dorothy Grace Elder and The Scottish Daily Mail scooped two awards for Reporter of the Year, awarded to Graham Grant, and Front Page of the Year for its “The Day Scotland Ground to a Halt” splash.
Austin Lafferty, Chair of the Judges for the Scottish Press Awards, said: “In another year of high achievement for the Scottish Press and media, local and national, daily and weekly output of words and pictures has never been of better quality or relevance. But one newspaper has stood out with the scoop of the decade (at least). The Daily Record published the gigantic story of Alex Salmond’s investigation for alleged – and vehemently denied – misconduct. It has rebounded and re-echoed throughout the political and civil nation, and from a press perspective has been unbeatable.”
The full list of winners from the 40th annual Scottish Press Awards is as follows:
YOUNG JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
Carla Jenkins, The Sunday Times
ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
Barry Didcock, The Herald and The Herald on Sunday
INTERVIEWER OF THE YEAR
Peter Ross
POLITICAL JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
David Clegg, Daily Record
COLUMNIST OF THE YEAR
Neil Mackay, The Herald and The Herald on Sunday
SPORTS COLUMNIST OF THE YEAR
Stephen McGowan, Scottish Daily Mail
FINANCIAL/BUSINESS JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
Graham Huband, The Courier
FEATURE WRITER OF THE YEAR
Dani Garavelli, Scotland on Sunday and The Scotsman
SPORTS FEATURE WRITER OF THE YEAR
Aidan Smith, The Scotsman
SPORTS NEWS WRITER OF THE YEAR
Andrew Devlin, The Scottish Sun
NEWS PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR
Jeff Mitchell, Getty Images
SPORTS PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR
Ian MacNicol, Getty Images
DIGITAL TEAM OF THE YEAR
The Scottish Sun, Thescottishsun.co.uk
OUTSTANDING DIGITAL JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
Jonathan McFarlane, Daily Record
LOCAL/WEEKLY SPORTS WRITER OF THE YEAR
Callum Law, Evening Express
LOCAL/WEEKLY FEATURE WRITER OF THE YEAR
Tristan Stewart-Robertson, Clydebank Post
LOCAL/WEEKLY CAMPAIGN OF THE YEAR
“Time to Talk”, Wishaw Press
LOCAL/WEEKLY REPORTER OF THE YEAR
Dale Haslam, Evening Express
LOCAL/WEEKLY NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR
Fife Free Press
NICOLA BARRY AWARD
Karin Goodwin, The Ferret and Sunday National
SCOOP OF THE YEAR
David Clegg, Daily Record
FRONT PAGE OF THE YEAR
“The Day Scotland Ground to a Halt”, Scottish Daily Mail
REPORTER OF THE YEAR
Graham Grant, Scottish Daily Mail
CAMPAIGN OF THE YEAR
“Mesh Campaign”, Sunday Post
JOURNALISM TEAM OF THE YEAR
“Beast from the East - live coverage”, Dailyrecord.co.uk
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Dorothy Grace Elder
JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
David Clegg, Daily Record
NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR
Daily Record
