In total The Daily Record won five accolades at the ceremony at Glasgow’s Radisson Blu Hotel, with Keith Jackson named as Sports News
Writer of the Year for the third year in a row. The paper also won Front Page of the Year for its splash ‘THE VOW’ about the plans to deliver more powers to the Scottish Parliament after the Referendum.
Winners of major individual awards also included Marion Scott from the Sunday Mail, who was named both Reporterand Journalist of the Year’.
The Daily Mail won Campaign of the Year for its Armed Police campaign, with the newspaper also winning Journalism Team of the Year.
The Daily Record took the award of Newspaper of the Year for the way in which it handled the debate of the referendum.
Commenting on the Daily Record’s Newspaper of the Year award, Chairman of the judges, Austin Lafferty said the newspaper’s coverage of the issue was: “A fine example of journalistic imagination, skill, and political nous.”
Weekly Newspaper of the Year went to Fife Free Press.
The awards are organised by the Scottish Newspaper Society (SNS). SNS director John McLellan said: “2014 was a year to remember and all our editorial teams more than stepped up to the plate to deliver some brilliant journalism which captured a significant moment in time.
“Scottish newspapers remained at the heart of the action and reaffirmed the industry's ability to make vital contributions to the decisions affecting the lives of all Scots.
“Judging the awards is never easy and this year was more difficult than most, but it’s always a privilege to see the quality and diversity of coverage in our titles across all subjects.”
The full list of winners is as follows:
SPORTS PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR
Stewart Attwood
Herald & Times Group
NEWS PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR
Jeff Mitchell
Getty Images
CARTOONIST OF THE YEAR
Brian Petrie
The Scottish Sun
YOUNG JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
Darren Hamilton
Evening Telegraph
WEEKLY NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR
Fife Free Press
ARTS/ENTERTAINMENT JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
Brian Beacom
The Herald
INTERVIEWER OF THE YEAR
Patricia Kane
Scottish Mail on Sunday
POLITICAL JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
David Clegg
Daily Record
COLUMNIST OF THE YEAR
Chris Deerin
Scottish Daily Mail
FINANCIAL/BUSINESS JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
Erikka Askeland
The Press & Journal
FEATURE WRITER OF THE YEAR
Emma Cowing
Scottish Daily Mail
SPORTS FEATURE WRITER OF THE YEAR
Aidan Smith
The Scotsman
SPORTS NEWS WRITER OF THE YEAR
Keith Jackson
Daily Record
INNOVATION OF THE YEAR
Scotland Now
FRONT PAGE OF THE YEAR
Daily Record and THE VOW
JOURNALISM TEAM OF THE YEAR
Scottish Daily Mail
CAMPAIGN OF THE YEAR
Scottish Daily Mail on Armed Police
SCOOP OF THE YEAR
Murray Foote
THE VOW for the Daily Record
REPORTER OF THE YEAR
Marion Scott
Sunday Mail
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Drew Cochrane
JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
Marion Scott
Sunday Mail
CHAIRMAN’S AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN 2014
Richard Walker
Sunday Herald
NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR
Daily Record
