The six newspapers nominated for National Newspaper of the Year are: The Daily Telegraph, Financial Times, The Guardian, I, Irish Examiner, The Sun and The Times. The sought after Newspaper Printer of the Year will be fought out between Newsprinters’ three print facilities, Guardian Print Centre. Interpress (Ireland) and Peterboro’ Web.
This year saw a particularly strong entry across all digital categories, say the organisers. Digital Innovation of the Year features an eclectic nominations list ranging from The Daily Telegraph’s interactive supplement and the FT’s web app to hyper local initiatives such as the student initiative from SMG Media and One & Other.
One of 2012’s new categories, News Photograph of the Year, will see national newspaper photographers including The Sunday Times’ Paul Conroy and The Guardian’s Tom Jenkins pitted against regional newspaper photographers such as the Yorkshire Post’s Simon Hulme and John Kent from the Bristol Evening Post.
The Newspaper Awards features 19 categories designed to showcase the best in both printed and digital media. All the winners will be announced at a gala dinner on Wednesday 25 April at the London Hilton.
Gary Cullum, director of Newspaper Awards, says: “This year has seen a tremendous level of entry to the Awards both in terms of quality and quantity, and that’s great to see in such a tough year for the industry. From the major national newspapers to fantastic hyperlocal websites and from as far afield as China, Bali, Vietnam and Brazil, our judges scrutinised well over 1,000 newspapers over a gruelling two days of judging. Their final verdict will be delivered on the evening of 25 April at the London Hilton.”
The 2012 Newspaper Awards nominations:
Newspaper Printer of the Year – sponsored by Agfa
Guardian Print Centre (The Guardian, The Observer)
Interpress (The Irish News, i, Impartial Reporter)
Newsprinters Broxbourne ( London Evening
Standard, The Daily Telegraph, The Sunday Times)
Newsprinters Eurocentral (The Scottish Sun, Edinburgh Evening News, The Falkirk Herald)
Newsprinters Knowsley (The Times, The Financial Times, The Sunday Telegraph)
Peterboro' Web (Classic Car, Angling Times, Garden News)
International Newspaper of the Year – sponsored by Resolute Forest Products
Berliner Morgenpost (Germany)
Blick (Switzerland)
Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung (Germany)
Hamburger Abendblatt (Germany)
La Stampa (Italy)
Negocios Jornal (Portugal)
National Newspaper of the Year – sponsored by manroland
The Daily Telegraph
Financial Times
The Guardian
i
Irish Examiner
The Sun
The Times
Regional Newspaper of the Year – sponsored by Goss International
Over 25,000 circulation
Bristol Evening Post
Eastern Daily Press
Evening Times (Glasgow)
The Irish News
Liverpool Echo
The News (Portsmouth)
Under 25,000 circulation
Cambridge News
Dorset Echo
Evening Echo (Cork)
Ipswich Evening Star
Lancashire Evening Post
North West Evening Mail
Weekend Newspaper of the Year – sponsored by OneVision
National
The Daily Telegraph
FT Weekend
The Guardian
The Independent on Sunday
Sunday Herald (Glasgow)
The Sunday Times
Regional
Bedfordshire on Sunday
East Anglian Daily Times
Eastern Daily Press
Liverpool Echo
Luton on Sunday
Yorkshire Post
The Environment Award – sponsored by UPM
Corporate
Archant - Sustainability strategy
Guardian News & Media - Paper Round project
MEN Media - Recycling project
WebPrint - Greenbusiness initiative
Westferry Printers - New Luton print facility
Community
Sheffield Telegraph - Environment Awards
Yorkshire Post - Environment Awards
Weekly Newspaper of the Year – sponsored by Ferag, WRH Marketing
Cornish Guardian
The Cumberland News
Essex Chronicle
Kent Messenger
The Oxford Times
Wakefield Express
The Wokingham Times
National Colour Supplement of the year – sponsored by Precision Colour Printing
Celebs on Sunday (The Sunday Mirror)
Guardian Weekend
How to Spend It (Financial Times)
The New Review (The Independent on Sunday)
ST (The Sunday Telegraph)
The Sunday Times Magazine
Ultra Travel (The Daily Telegraph)
Regional Supplement/Magazine of the Year – sponsored by Precision Colour Printing
Cambridge Business (Cambridge Newspapers)
Cambridgeshire Journal (Cambridge Newspapers)
CB Magazine (Cambridge Newspapers)
Cornwall Today (Cornwall & Devon Media)
Style (Cambridge Newspapers)
Tynedale Life (Hexham Courant)
Coldset Colour Supplement of the Year – sponsored by Sun Chemical
Best of Liverpool (Liverpool Echo)
Discover (The Sunday Telegraph)
Homes & Holidays (Sunday Mirror)
The Herald Magazine
The New Review (The Observer)
Travel (The Daily Telegraph)
Travel (The Sunday Times)
Niche Market Newspaper of the Year – sponsored by Newsprinters
All Together Now!
Angling Times
The Catholic Herald
The Countryman's Weekly
First News
MCN
NARC
Newspaper Design of the Year – sponsored by Press Ahead
The Daily Telegraph
Financial Times
i
The Observer
Sunday Herald
The Sunday Telegraph
The Sunday Times
Digital Innovation of the Year – sponsored by Océ
The Daily Telegraph - Interactive supplement
FT.com - Web app
The Guardian - Digital strategy
Johnston Press/Local Stars - EasyAds
One & Other - Re-imagining local news
The Pink 'Un - Interactive initiative
SMG Media - Student media initiative
Digital News Service of the Year – sponsored by AdFast
citizenside.com
guardian.co.uk
huffingtonpost.co.uk
london24.com
thebusinessdesk.com
thesundaytimes.co.uk
Newspaper App of the Year – sponsored by PCS
FT web app
The Guardian iPad edition
Metro tablet edition
The Scotsman iPad app
The Sunday Times iPad app
The Times apps
Digitally Printed Newspaper of the Year – sponsored by Kodak
Daily Mail/Mail on Sunday - Miller Newsprint, Malta
De Telegraaf/Moscow News/Pro Football Weekly/ USA Today - Newsfax
The New York Times/The Sydney Morning Herald - Stroma, London
The Sunday Times - Newsprint Impresion, Tenerife
The Times - Milkro Digital, Cyprus
News Photograph of the Year
Bristol Evening Post - John Kent
The Daily Telegraph - Sabri Elmhedwi
The Guardian - Tom Jenkins
The Irish News - Hugh Russell
The Sunday Times - Paul Conroy
Yorkshire Evening Post - Simon Hulme