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The 2025 Newspaper Awards: shortlist announced

The shortlist has been announced for The 2025 Newspaper Awards.

The 2025 Newspaper Awards: shortlist announced
Gary Cullum: “Although the printed newspaper industry continues to face difficult challenges, we had a record number of entries this year.”

The Newspaper Awards say they are dedicated to celebrating excellence and innovation in the printed newspaper.

Gary Cullum, director of The Newspaper Awards, says: “For the second successive year we had two panels of judges, comprising 17 newspaper executives, poring over newspapers from all around the world. One specialist panel of print experts judged the two printer categories, while another panel assessed the remaining 11 categories. Although the printed newspaper industry continues to face difficult challenges, we had a record number of entries this year.”

For the full shortlist click here.

The winners will be announced at a black-tie gala dinner on Wednesday 2 April at the London Hilton Bankside.

The 2025 Newspaper Awards – Nominations

NATIONAL NEWSPAPER PRINTER OF THE YEAR

For all printers of national newspapers

Irish Times (The Guardian)

Newsprinters (The Times)

Reach Printing Services Oldham (The Guardian, Daily Express)

Reach Printing Services Saltire (Daily Express, The Guardian)

Reach Printing Services Watford (The Guardian, The New York Times, Daily Star)

Webprint Ireland (The Irish Sun, Irish Daily Mail)

NEWSPAPER EMPLOYEE/TEAM OF THE YEAR

The UPM Premier Award

Discovery Print – Heatset project

National World – Design hub: Donna Robinson

Newsprinters – Joint venture implementation

Newsquest – Front page design: Nancy Fallows

Reach Printing Services (Saltire) – Development and implementation of reporting system: John Dunsmore

The i Paper – Rebrand and updated iWeekend

INTERNATIONAL NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR

The Domtar Premier Award for all international daily and weekly newspapers published overseas

ABC (Spain)

Anandabazar Patrika (India)

Børneavisen (Denmark)

China Daily Global

Financial Times

Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung (Germany)

Heraldo de Aragon (Spain)

The Telegraph (India)

REGIONAL NEWSPAPER PRINTER OF THE YEAR

The ECO3 Award for all printers of regional newspapers

Discovery Print (The Courier, The Press & Journal)

Interpress NI (The Weekend Irish News, The Impartial Reporter)

Mortons Print (The Lichfield Independent, Driffield & Wolds Weekly, Cage & Aviary Birds, Henley Standard)

Newsquest Oxford (Watford Observer, Gazette & Herald, Essex County Standard, Hereford Times)

Newsquest Scotland (The Herald)

NATIONAL NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR

The Krause Award for all national daily newspapers

Financial Times

The Daily Telegraph

The Guardian

The i Paper

The Irish Times

The Times

REGIONAL DAILY NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR

The Newsprinters Award for all regional daily newspapers

Belfast Telegraph

Liverpool Echo

Oxford Mail

The Courier

The Irish News

The Press & Journal

The Yorkshire Post

WEEKEND NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR

The Ferag QI-EAE Award for all weekend newspapers

FT Weekend

iWeekend

Sunday Independent

The Observer

The Sunday Telegraph

The Sunday Times

The Times

LOCAL WEEKLY NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR

The Papermule Award for all local weekly newspapers

Cambridge Independent

Isle of Wight County Press

New Milton Advertiser and Lymington Times

Salisbury Journal

The Impartial Reporter

The Oxford Times

HYPERLOCAL NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR

The Reach Printing Services Award for independent community newspapers

City Matters

Hackney Citizen

The Bristol Cable

The Peckham Peculiar

The West Dorset Magazine

The Worthing Journal

Wells Voice

NATIONAL SUPPLEMENT/MAGAZINE OF THE YEAR (WEEKLY)

The Walstead UK Award for all national newspaper supplements and magazines

Feast (The Guardian)

FT Weekend Magazine

Saturday (The Guardian)

Style (The Sunday Times)

The Irish Times Magazine

The Telegraph Magazine

The Times Magazine

NATIONAL SUPPLEMENT/MAGAZINE (NON-WEEKLY)

The Walstead UK Award for all national newspaper supplements and magazines

Gloss (The Irish Times)

HTSI (Financial Times)

Luxury (The Telegraph)

LUXX (The Times)

REGIONAL SUPPLEMENT/MAGAZINE OF THE YEAR

The News UK Award for all regional newspaper supplements and magazines

Business IQ (Newsquest)

Cheshire Life (Newsquest)

KL Magazine (KL Publications)

The Courier Food & Drink (DC Thomson)

Velvet (Iliffe Media)

Voice (Newsquest)

NICHE MARKET NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR

The Qmuli for all niche market newspapers

Cage & Aviary Birds

First News

Fourth Portal

Inside Time

Motorsport News

Racing Post

The Irish News Young News Readers

TLS


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