Over 100 entries have been shortlisted for the 45th Scottish Press Awards, it has been announced. The awards recognise excellence in national, regional, and digital journalism from across the country.
With 26 categories featuring a mix of several long-standing award titles complemented by a range of new-look categories, the judges have received a flood of entries, representing the finest talent from across the industry.
The finalists will be hoping to scoop an award from a range of categories including politics, business, sport, and the arts.
This full list of categories for 2024 includes:
- Arts and Entertainment Journalist of the Year
- Best Coverage of a Live Event
- Campaign of the Year
- Columnist of the Year
- Feature Writer of the Year
- Financial/Business Journalist of the Year
- Food and Drink Writer of the Year
- Front Page of the Year
- Journalism Team of the Year
- Lifetime Achievement Award (not applicable for entry, chosen by the editors’ committee)
- Scottish Newsbrand of the Year
- News Photographer of the Year
- Nicola Barry Award
- Podcast of the Year
- Political Journalist of the Year
- Regional Journalist of the Year
- Reporter of the Year
- Specialist Reporter of the Year
- Sports Columnist of the Year
- Sports Feature Writer of the Year
- Sports News Writer of the Year
- Sports Photographer of the Year
- Weekly Journalist of the Year
- Weekly Newsbrand of the Year
- Young Journalist of the Year
- Journalist of the Year (not applicable for entry, chosen by the judges)
Shortlists for the sought-after Scottish Newsbrand of the Year, Journalist of the Year, and Lifetime Achievement Award have not been revealed as winners will be announced on the night of the ceremony. The shortlist for Weekly Newsbrand of the Year will be revealed in May.
This year’s judging panel was led by Richard Neville, former Head of News Brands at DC Thomson, and current Director of Neville Robertson Communications.
Richard Neville, chair of the Scottish Press Awards judges, said: “It has been fantastic to see the quality of entries to this year’s awards. The talent in this industry stretches right across the spectrum of digital and print publishing and across every region of the country.
“The need for incisive, challenging journalism grows every year and Scotland’s journalists have risen to the task in the past 12 months.
“Telling good stories will always be at the heart of what the industry does but holding the rich, powerful, and opportunistic chancers to account is of equal importance. It is clear from this year’s shortlist that Scotland is not a place to come to avoid scrutiny.”
The 45th Scottish Press Awards are sponsored by Royal Bank of Scotland, Diageo, VisitScotland, Edrington, Openreach, Glenmorangie, The Law Society of Scotland, Caledonian MacBrayne, Registers of Scotland, Muckle Media, Amazon, Women in Journalism Scotland, BIG Partnership, Weber Shandwick, Event Consultants Scotland and Newsbrands Scotland.
Overseen by Newsbrands Scotland (formerly the Scottish Newspaper Society), the awards ceremony and dinner will take place at the DoubleTree by Hilton Glasgow Central on 29 May 2024.
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