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SPORTS PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR Jane Barlow Press Association Paul Devlin SNS Group Michael Gillen The Falkirk Herald James Gunn North of Scotland Newspaper Ian MacNicol Getty Images
NEWS PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR SPONSORED BY VISITSCOTLAND Jane Barlow Press Association Wattie Cheung Freelance James Glossop The Times Jeff Mitchell Getty Images Gordon Terris The Herald
ARTS/ENTERTAINMENT JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR SPONSORED BY JOHNNIE WALKER Brian Beacom The Herald Matt Bendoris The Scottish Sun Barry Didcock Herald/Herald on Sunday Paul English Freelance Rick Fulton Daily Record
YOUNG JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR Stephanie Brawn Gazette Group Niall Christie Evening Times Carla Jenkins The Sunday Times Colan Lamont The Scottish Sun Kieran Murray Edinburgh Evening News
INTERVIEWER OF THE YEAR Emma Cowing Scottish Daily Mail Paul English The Herald/The Sunday Times Patricia Kane Scottish Mail on Sunday Peter Ross Freelance Susan Swarbrick The Herald
POLITICAL JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR SPONSORED BY LAW SOCIETY OF SCOTLAND Michael Blackley Scottish Daily Mail David Bol Edinburgh Evening News/The Scotsman David Clegg Daily Record Adele Merson Evening Express Chris Musson The Scottish Sun
COLUMNIST OF THE YEAR Jonathan Brocklebank Scottish Daily Mail Dani Garavelli Scotland on Sunday/The Scotsman Neil Mackay Herald/Herald on Sunday David Pratt The National Mandy Rhodes The Sunday Post Catriona Stewart The Herald
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LOCAL/WEEKLY SPORTS WRITER OF THE YEAR Callum Law Evening Express David Oliver The Falkirk Herald Ben Ramage Wishaw Press Jim Tait Shetland Times Paul Thomson East Kilbride News
SPORTS COLUMNIST OF THE YEAR Michael Grant The Times Gary Keown Scottish Mail on Sunday Stephen McGowan Scottish Daily Mail Alasdair Reid The Times Steve Scott The Courier Gordon Waddell Sunday Mail
SPORTS FEATURE WRITER OF THE YEAR Douglas Alexander The Sunday Times Hugh Macdonald Scottish Daily Mail Mark Palmer The Sunday Times Alan Pattullo The Scotsman Aidan Smith The Scotsman
SPORTS NEWS WRITER OF THE YEAR Andrew Devlin The Scottish Sun Robert Grieve The Scottish Sun Keith Jackson Daily Record Stephen McGowan Scottish Daily Mail Keith McLeod Daily Record
FINANCIAL/BUSINESS JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR SPONSORED BY CLYDESDALE BANK Alastair Dalton The Scotsman Brian Donnelly The Herald John Ferguson Sunday Mail Graham Huband The Courier Scott Wright The Herald
LOCAL/WEEKLY FEATURE WRITER OF THE YEAR Rohese Devereux Taylor Edinburgh Evening News Tristan Stewart-Robertson Clydebank Post Niki Tennant Wishaw Press Fraser Wilson Kilmarnock Standard
FEATURE WRITER OF THE YEAR SPONSORED BY DOUBLETREE BY HILTON GLASGOW CENTRAL Jonathan Brocklebank Scottish Daily Mail Dani Garavelli Scotland on Sunday/The Scotsman Teddy Jamieson The Herald Magazine Neil Mackay Herald/Herald on Sunday Peter Ross Freelance
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OUTSTANDING DIGITAL JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR SPONSORED BY EVENT CONSULTANTS SCOTLAND Jack Aitchison Daily Record Rob Edwards The Ferret Megan McEachern The Sunday Post Jonathan McFarlane Daily Record Mark McLaughlin Agence France Presse
SCOOP OF THE YEAR SPONSORED BY SCOTTISH NEWSPAPER SOCIETY David Clegg Daily Record Dani Garavelli Scotland on Sunday/The Scotsman Brendan McGinty Sunday Mail Andy Shipley Edinburgh Evening News Marion Scott The Sunday Post Ruth Warrander The Scottish Sun
FRONT PAGE OF THE YEAR SPONSORED BY SCOTTISH WATER The Courier "V&A World exclusive: We take you inside…" Evening Telegraph "72 Dead" The National "Headline In Here" Scottish Daily Mail "The day Scotland ground to a halt" Sunday Mail "Pride & Prejudice"
JOURNALISM TEAM OF THE YEAR SPONSORED BY PEOPLE'S POSTCODE LOTTERY dailyrecord.co.uk Beast from the East live coverage The Press & Journal "Armistice 100" The Press & Journal "Piper Alpha 30 Years On" Sunday Mail "Jail killed our Katie" The Times "Lockerbie - 30 Years On"
DIGITAL TEAM OF THE YEAR dailyrecord.co.uk dailyrecord.co.uk Glasgow Live Glasgow Live Team The Press & Journal "Liam Smith" www.thescottishsun.co.uk "Glasgow School of Art Fire" www.thescottishsun.co.uk Scottish Sun Team The Scotsman and Edinburgh Evening News The Scotsman and Edinburgh Evening News Team The Times "Lockerbie - 30 Years On"
LOCAL/WEEKLY CAMPAIGN OF THE YEAR Dunfermline Press "Crush Hour" Dunfermline Press "Garden for Hospice" Evening Times "Glasgow's Got Heart" Evening Express/Edinburgh Evening News "A fair deal for fans" Wishaw Press "Time to Talk"
CAMPAIGN OF THE YEAR SPONSORED BY AMAZON Daily Record "Justice for Shaun" Daily Record "Stub Out the Touts" Inverness Courier "NHS in Crisis" Sunday Post "Mesh Campaign" Wishaw Press "Time to Talk"
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LOCAL/WEEKLY REPORTER OF THE YEAR Mark Connor Alloa Advertiser Dale Haslam Evening Express Donna MacAllister Inverness Courier Kenny MacDonald Dunfries and Galloway Standard Adele Merson Evening Express Fraser Wilson Kilmarnock Standard
REPORTER OF THE YEAR SPONSORED BY OPENREACH Graham Grant Scottish Daily Mail Helen McArdle The Herald Keith McLeod Daily Record David Pratt Herald on Sunday / The Sunday National Ruth Warrander The Scottish Sun
THE NICOLA BARRY AWARD SPONSORED BY WOMEN IN JOURNALISM SCOTLAND Annie Brown Daily Record Karin Goodwin Freelance - The Ferret and Sunday National Lesley Riddoch The National Marion Scott Sunday Post Catriona Stewart Evening Times
WEEKLY NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR Airdrie & Coatbridge Advertiser Annandale Herald Ayrshire Post East Lothian Courier Fife Free Press Largs & Millport Weekly News
JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR SPONSORED BY THE BIG PARTNERSHIP The winner in this category will be announced at the Scottish Press Awards on the 25th April 2019
NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR SPONSORED BY SCOTTISH NEWSPAPER SOCIETY The winner in this category will be announced at the Scottish Press Awards on the 25th April 2019
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