The Scotsman nominated for a host of honours in prestigious Scottish Press Awards
The Scotsman has been recognised for outstanding journalism across a range of categories
The Scotsman has been nominated across 15 categories in the prestigious Scottish Press Awards due to be held next month.
Catriona Stewart secured four separate nominations as Reporter of the Year, Special Journalist of the Year for her work as education correspondent, Political Journalist of the Year after breaking a number of exclusives around Holyrood, and the Nicola Barry Award.
Catriona and Alison Campsie, meanwhile, were also nominated in the Journalism Team of the Year category for their work exposing the series of scandals at crisis-hit Historic Environment Scotland.
In the Arts and Entertainment Journalist of the Year category, both feature writer Janet Christie and Scotsman theatre critic Joyce McMillan received nominations, while Janet was also nominated as Feature Writer of the Year.
Rural Affairs correspondent Katharine Hay is recognised in the Specialist Reporter of the Year category as she continues her innovative Hay’s Way project which has seen her walk around Scotland telling the stories of communities on the way.
The Scotsman is recognised in the Best Coverage of a Live Event category for our extensive reporting around Donald Trump’s visit to Scotland last year.
Investigations Correspondent Martyn McLaughlin is recognised in the Financial/Business Journalist of the Year category., while Football Correspondent Alan Pattullo is recognised in the Sports Journalist of the Year category.
The Scotsman’s politics podcast The Steamie is nominated as Podcast of the Year as is our food and drink podcast Scran presented by Food and Drink Editor Rosalind Erskine.
In the new Video of the Year category, The Scotsman’s John Devlin is nominated for a film which featured the work of the charity With You in Kintyre woods.
This year’s judging panel was chaired by Richard Neville, former Head of News Brands at DC Thomson and current Director of Neville Robertson Communications.
“Year after year Scottish journalism just keeps delivering for readers, viewers and listeners,” said Richard. “We are seeing great innovation in the telling of stories through Scottish news brands as well as a clear commitment to ensuring the basic building blocks of holding power to account are solid.”
The 47th Scottish Press Awards are sponsored by, Amazon, VisitScotland, Edrington, Royal Bank of Scotland, The Law Society of Scotland, Caledonian MacBrayne, Diageo, Weber Shandwick, Women in Journalism Scotland, Media House International, Event Consultants Scotland and Newsbrands Scotland.
Overseen by Newsbrands Scotland, the awards ceremony and dinner will take place at the DoubleTree by Hilton Glasgow Central on 21 May.
Newsbrands Scotland director, John McLellan, said: “With over 500 entries, this year’s awards show just now competitive and healthy news publishing in Scotland remains, and we’re looking forward to another celebration of all that’s good in Scottish journalism. We’re very grateful to all our sponsors for continuing to support this key date in our calendar.”