Telegraph nominated for 18 Press Awards
The Telegraph has been shortlisted for 18 honours at this year's Press Awards, including daily and Sunday newspapers of the year.
Our revelation that the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid vaccine had been branded 'defective' in a multi-million-pound landmark legal case is nominated for scoop of the year.
The category for best news podcast includes Ukraine: The Latest, which has now reached 100 million downloads and continues to provide daily updates and analysis.
Robert Mendick is nominated for news reporter of the year, Laura Donnelly for health journalist of the year, Neil McCormick for critic of the year and Matt Pritchett for cartoonist of the year.
Danielle Sheridan, defence editor, is shortlisted for specialist reporter of the year for revealing the contents of a speech by the head of the British Army, in which he warned that the British public would be called up to fight if the UK went to war.
A picture of a sodden Rishi Sunak announcing the general election last May, above the headline 'Things can only get wetter', is a contender for front page of the year.
Szu Ping Chan is nominated for business and finance journalist of the year for her agenda-setting scoop that Rachel Reeves, the Chancellor, was preparing to reveal a multi-billion-pound black hole in the public finances.
There are nominations for Jeremy Wilson and Oliver Brown in Sport, Chris Leadbeater and Greg Dickinson in travel, and Ben Butcher in data.
Simon Townsley is shortlisted for photographer of the year for assignments including his astonishing images of drug addicts on the streets of Vancouver.
Meanwhile, the excellence in diversity category includes The Telegraph's Media Literacy Programme, which works with schools to introduce teenagers to the world of trusted news journalism.
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