The Society of Editors Press Awards for national newspapers represent the cream of the country’s rich talent in journalism, says the SoE. They include top class reporters and correspondents, hard-hitting commentators, gloriously funny columnists and cartoonists, designers, photographers, scoops and campaigns. The awards culminate with team prizes and the coveted Newspaper of the Year title.
The Times leads the nominations league table with 24, The Daily Telegraph has 20 and the Daily Mail has 19. The Sunday Times has 17 and The Guardian has 16, The Daily Mirror has 11 and the Independent has 11. The Sun has 10, The Mail on Sunday has 8, the Financial Times, 7, The Observer, 5, the London Evening Standard, 4, Sunday Mirror, 4, the Press Association and Reuters, 3, The Sunday Telegraph and The Independent on Sunday have 2 and the Sunday Post and I have one each.
There are 29 categories in The Press Awards and winners will be announced at a glittering gala dinner at the Lancaster London Hotel, Lancaster Gate, on Thursday 7 March, 2013.
The event is one of the most prestigious in the industry's calendar with more than 400 editors, and journalists coming together to salute the quality, and success of national newspaper journalism.
The awards are organised on behalf of the industry by the Society of Editors. Proceeds will help to fund the Society of Editors’ campaigning for press freedom and the Journalists’ Charity.
Chairman of the judges Bob Satchwell (pictured), executive director of the Society of Editors said: “These really are the best of the best. The judges have faced a huge task studying the rich output from the whole range of Britain’s diverse national newspapers. It is also a wonderful privilege because few people can see it all every day or every week. I defy anyone to find a greater range or higher standards of journalism.”
THE SHORTLIST
Young Journalist of the Year
Charlie Cooper, The Independent
Andrew Dagnall, Sunday Mirror
Rachel Dale, The Sun
Katherine Faulkner, Daily Mail
Joshi Herrmann, London Evening Standard
Courtney Weaver, Financial Times
Business and Finance Journalist of the Year
Tim Birgin, Reuters
Alex Brummer, Daily Mail
Simon Duke, The Sunday Times
FT Team Libor, Financial Times
Jonathan Guthrie, Financial Times
Graeme Wearden, The Guardian
Political Journalist of the Year
James Lyons, Daily Mirror
Jane Merrick, The Independent on Sunday
Charles Moore, The Daily Telegraph
Andrew Pierce, Daily Mail
Andrew Sparrow, The Guardian
Simon Walters, The Mail on Sunday
Foreign Reporter of the Year
Gaith Abdul-Ahad, The Guardian
Jamil Anderlini, Financial Times
David Blair, The Daily Telegraph
Marie Colvin, The Sunday Times
Hala Jaber, The Sunday Times
Barbara Jones, The Mail on Sunday
Showbiz Reporter of the Year
Matthew Garrahan, Financial Times
Mark Jefferies, Daily Mirror
Clemmie Moody, Daily Mirror
Will Payne, Sunday Mirror
Gordon Smart, The Sun
Richard White, The Sun
Sports Journalist of the Year
Neil Ashton, Daily Mail
Mike Atherton, The Times
Simon Barnes, The Times
Ian Herbert, The Independent
David Walsh, The Sunday Times
Richard Williams, The Guardian
Specialist Journalist of the Year
Simon Calder, The Independent
Richard Garner, The Independent
Robert Hardman, Daily Mail
Sean Rayment, The Sunday Telegraph
Robert Verkaik, The Mail on Sunday
Gaby Wood, The Daily Telegraph
Feature Writer of the Year – BROADSHEET
John Arlidge, The Sunday Times
Mick Brown, The Daily Telegraph
Elizabeth Day, The Observer
Tanya Gold, The Sunday Times
Simon Hattenstone, The Guardian
David James Smith, The Sunday Times
Feature Writer of the Year – POP
Paul Bracchi, Daily Mail
Robert Hardman, Daily Mail
David Jones, Daily Mail
Andrew Malone, Daily Mail
Tom Parry, Daily Mirror
David Rose, The Mail on Sunday
Interviewer of the Year – BROADSHEET
Timothy Adams, The Observer
Decca Aitkenhead, The Guardian
Bryan Appleyard, The Sunday Times
Lynn Barber, The Sunday Times
Camilla Long, The Sunday Times
Alice Thomson and Rachel Sylvester, The Times
Interviewer of the Year - POP
Nick Curtis, London Evening Standard
Andrew Dagnall, The Sunday Mirror
Jenny Johnston, Daily Mail
David Lowe, The Sun
Alun Palmer, Daily Mirror
Elizabeth Sanderson, The Mail on Sunday
Columnist of the Year- BROADSHEET
David Aaronovitch, The Times
Camilla Cavendish, The Times
Dominic Lawson, The Independent
Caitlin Moran, The Times
Peter Oborne, The Daily Telegraph
Allison Pearson, The Daily Telegraph
Columnist of the Year – POP
Craig Brown, Daily Mail
Jeremy Clarkson, The Sun
Trevor Kavanagh, The Sun
Richard Littlejohn, Daily Mail
Jane Moore, The Sun
Tony Parsons, Daily Mirror
Critic of the Year
Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian
Craig Brown, The Mail on Sunday
Grace Dent, The Independent
A A Gill, The Sunday Times
Will Hodgkinson, The Times
Clive James, The Daily Telegraph
Photographer of the Year
Andy Hooper, Daily Mail
Toby Melville, Reuters
Phil Noble, Reuters
Heathcliff O’Malley, The Daily Telegraph
Tom Pilston, The Times
Stefan Rousseau, PA
Sports Photographer of the Year
David Davies, PA
Andy Hooper, Daily Mail
Owen Humphreys, PA
Tom Jenkins, The Guardian
Mark Pain, The Mail on Sunday
Richard Pelham, The Sun
Cartoonist of the Year
Steve Bell, The Guardian
Peter Brookes, The Times
Dave Brown, The Independent
Charles Peattie and Russell Taylor, The Daily Telegraph
Matt Pritchett, The Daily Telegraph
Chris Riddell, The Observer
Supplement of the Year
Daily Telegraph Review, The Daily Telegraph
FT Weekend Magazine, Financial Times
Independent Magazine, The Independent
Observer Food Monthly, The Observer
The Times Magazine, The Times
YOU Magazine, The Mail on Sunday
The Digital Award
Mail Online
FT.com
Guardian Interactive Team
Guardian.co.uk
The Daily Telegraph Sports Team
The Times
Best of Humour
Craig Brown, Daily Mail
Giles Coren, The Times
Victoria Coren, The Observer
Caitlin Moran, The Times
Hugo Rifkind, The Times
Ann Treneman, The Times
Scoop of the Year
PM left his daughter, 8, down pub - Emily Ashton, The Sun
Cash for Cameron - Insight, The Sunday Times
Foster couple lose children for being members of UKIP-Sam Marsden, The Daily Telegraph
The Tax Avoiders - Alexi Mostrous and Faye Schlesinger, The Times
Baby girls aborted, no questions asked - Claire Newell and Holly Watt, The Daily Telegraph
Plebgate - Tom Newton Dunn, The Sun
Front Page of the Year
‘Look at all those people’, Daily Mirror
‘Going for Gold’, The Daily Telegraph
‘Hillsborough’, The Independent
‘Happy and Glorious!’, The Independent on Sunday
‘History Man’, The Sunday Telegraph
‘The Pursuit of Excellence’, The Times
News Reporter of the Year
Heidi Blake and Jonathan Calvert, The Sunday Times
Ian Cobain, The Guardian
Claire Newell and Holly Watt, The Daily Telegraph
Alexi Mostrous, The Times
Andrew Norfolk, The Times
David Walsh, The Sunday Times
Cudlipp Award
Daily Mail: Gary McKinnon campaign
Daily Mirror: Hillsborough
Daily Mirror: Payday loans campaign
The Independent: Sex for Fees investigation
The Sunday Post: Puzzle firm expose
The Times: Cities Fit for Cycling campaign
News team of the Year
Daily Mail
Daily Mirror
The Daily Telegraph
The Guardian
The Sunday Times
The Times
Sports team of the Year
Daily Mirror
The Daily Telegraph
The Guardian
Sunday Mirror
The Sunday Times
The Times
Production and Design Team
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London Evening Standard
The Daily Telegraph
The Guardian
The Independent
The Times
Newspaper of the Year
Daily Mail
London Evening Standard
The Daily Telegraph
The Guardian
The Sunday Times
The Times
