There are 22 categories in the awards which will culminate with an Oscars-style lunchtime awards ceremony to be held at Savoy Place, in London, just off the Embankment at IET London, 2 Savoy Place, London, WC2R 0BL on 17 May.
The awards recognise brilliant journalism in UK local and regional newspapers in print, online and any other news platform, say the organisers.
The Society of Editors Regional Press Awards are made possible by the lead sponsorship of UK Power Networks. They are supported by Asda and Foot Anstey solicitors and are held in association with HoldTheFrontPage and the Press Association.
The Society of Editors, which has been supported by Camelot since 2001, organises the awards in conjunction with the Newspaper Society on behalf of the industry.
Chairman of the judges Paul Horrocks said: “The judges had a difficult task across all of the categories. In many cases any one of shortlisted candidates could be a winner and it s only after painstaking scrutiny and careful debate that the winners emerge.”
Society of Editors executive director Bob Satchwell (pictured) said: “These awards reflect and spotlight the tremendous journalism that can be found every day or every week across the UK in regional and local newspapers that represent their readers and serve their communities so well.”
The awards ceremony, hosted by broadcaster Nick Ferrari, will start at 12noon and will be followed by lunch.
For tickets or tables for the event please contact Kate McMillan at kate.mcmillan@societyofeditors.org or on 07736 070066. Tickets for industry members are £65 and £75 (+ VAT) for those outside the industry.
The Regional Press Awards 2012 - Full Shortlist
Young Journalist of the Year
Rachael Burnett – Dorset Echo
Bill Gardner – The Argus
Jacqueline McMillan – The Echo, Basildon
Sam Morris – Lincolnshire Echo
Richard Wheatstone – Manchester Evening News
Business and Finance Journalist of the Year
Simon Bain – The Herald, Glasgow
Alistair Houghton – Liverpool Daily Post
Robin Johnson – Derby Telegraph
Catherine Lea – Hull Daily Mail
Les Reid – Coventry Telegraph
Specialist Writer of the Year
Melanie Adams – Southern Daily Echo
Jon Austin – The Echo, Basildon
Ciaran Barnes – Sunday Life
Jennifer McKiernan – Aberdeen Evening Express
Jeanette Oldham – Birmingham Mail
Feature Writer of the Year
Gareth Davies – Croydon Advertiser
Emma Higginbotham – Cambridge News
Richard Osley – Camden New Journal
Kate Proctor – The Journal, Newcastle
Paddy Shennan – Liverpool Echo
Columnist of the Year
Carolyn Hitt – Western Mail
Paul Kirkley – Cambridge News
Fred Leicester – Leicester Mercury
Mike Lockley – Sunday Mercury
Les Reid, – Coventry Telegraph
Weekly Sports Journalist of the Year
Jon Colman – The Cumberland News
Chris Harby – Melton Times
Amanda Little – The Cumberland News
Eric Mackinnon – The Stornoway Gazette
David Powell – North Devon Journal
Daily/Sunday Sports Journalist of the Year
John Gibson – Newcastle Evening Chronicle
Amanda Little – Carlisle News and Star
Stevie Roden – Nottingham Post
Simon Walter – Southern Daily Echo
Scott Wilson – The Northern Echo
Weekly Reporter of the Year
Jill Buchanan – The Falkirk Herald
David Churchill – Croydon Advertiser
Gareth Davies – Croydon Advertiser
Claire Smyth – Western Gazette
Mark Williams– Lincolnshire Echo
Daily/Sunday Reporter of the Year
David Bartlett – Liverpool Echo
Les Reid – Coventry Telegraph
Martin Shipton – Media Wales
Kevin Shoesmith – Hull Daily Mail
Rob Waugh – Yorkshire Post
Weekly Photographer of the Year
Anna Draper – Lincolnshire Echo
Stephen Garnett – Craven Herald
Michael Gillen – The Falkirk Herald
Isabel Infantes – The Docklands & East London Advertiser
Joe Lord – The Docklands and East London Advertiser, The Ilford Recorder
Daily/Sunday Photographer of the Year
Robert Binder – Lancashire Telegraph
Frank Dwyer – The Press, York
Kate Lowe – Derby Telegraph
Ian Rutherford – The Scotsman and Scotland on Sunday
Mike Sewell – Leicester Mercury
Designer of the Year
Ian Bond – Hull Daily Mail
Mark Fearn – Edinburgh Evening News
David Hamburgh – Edinburgh Evening News
David Lewins – Bristol Evening Post
Marc White – Media Wales
Supplement of the Year
More Magazine – Leicester Mercury
Titanic – Belfast Telegraph
The Weekend – Bristol Evening Post
Weekend – Belfast Telegraph
When London Called – Eastern Daily Press
Front Page of the Year
Etched On Her Flesh- Derby Telegraph
Revenge of the Trams – Edinburgh Evening News
96 Reasons For The Truth – Liverpool Echo
We Are With You – Manchester Evening News
Merv’s Boots – Western Mail
Scoop of the Year
Melanie Adams – Southern Daily Echo
Jon Austin – The Echo, Basildon
Gina Davidson – Edinburgh Evening News
Seanin Graham, –Irish News
Jennifer Williams – Manchester Evening News
Campaign of the Year
Cassie’s Law – Colchester Daily Gazette
Coventry surgery campaign – Coventry Telegraph
Hillsborough – Liverpool Echo
5 Tons of Tins – Nottingham Post
Council highways contract expose – Wirral Globe
Website of the Year
Cambridge News
Digital Trinity Mirror – Western Mail
Liverpool Post and Echo Digital team
Manchester Evening News
Shetland News
Wales Online - Media Wales
The Digital Award
Daily Post, Wales
Anna Lukala – The Echo, Basildon
Express & Star – Express & Star, Wolverhampton
The PinkUn – Norwich Evening News
The Wales Online Datastore – Media Wales
Weekly Newspaper (Below 20,000)
Brentwood Gazette
Bucks Free Press
The Cornishman
Kent Messenger
The Inverness Courier
Weekly Newspaper (Above 20,000)
Cambrian News
Camden New Journal
The Cumberland News
Lincolnshire Echo
Westmorland Gazette
Daily/Sunday Newspaper (Below 25,000)
Bradford Telegraph and Argus
Dorset Echo
Dundee Evening Telegraph
South Wales Argus
Wales on Sunday
Daily/Sunday Newspaper (Above 25,000)
Aberdeen Press and Journal
Express and Star Wolverhampton
Liverpool Echo
Manchester Evening News
Sunday Life
