27-03-2025
The Herald receives 18 nominations for Scottish Press Awards
The Herald has received 18 nominations for the 46th Scottish Press in May including Front Page of the Year and Campaign of the Year.
Writers across news, entertainment, business, food and drink and sport will all be up for awards on the night as the best in journalism in Scotland is celebrated.
Neil Mackay has received nominations in three categories while Martin Williams and Dani Garavelli are both up for two awards.
Kevin McKenna is nominated in the Feature Writer of the Year category, with Sarah Campbell and Ailsa Sheldon both up for Food and Drink Writer of the Year.
The Herald receives a Journalism Team of the Year nomination for our Legal Aid series. Caroline Wilson joins Martin Williams in the Reporter of the Year category, with Garrett Stell and Helen McArdle earning nominations for Specialist Reporter of the Year for their work in Education and Health respectively.
Susan Egelstaff and Craig Fowler are both up for Sports Columnist of the Year, and rugby writer Rob Robertson is in contention for Sports Writer of the Year.
In total there is 18 Herald nominees while there's a further 10 across Newsquest Scotland brands.
The Alloa Advertiser has been nominated in the Best Coverage of a Live Event category while The Glasgow Times is up for Campaign of the Year.
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The Cumnock Chronicle, Dunfermline Press and East Lothian Courier are nominated in the Weekly Newsbrand of the Year category and the Glasgow Times' Amanda Keenan, Gordon McCracken of the Greenock Telegraph, Chris Faulds of the Alloa Advertiser, Helensburgh Advertiser and Clydebank Post's Tristan Stewart Robertson and Alan Wilson from the East Lothian Courier, Peebleshire News and Border Telegraph are all in contention to win awards too.
The Herald's Student Journalist of the Year, Josh Pizzuto-Pomaco, has also been nominated in the Young Journalist of the Year category.
Arts and Entertainment journalist of the year
Neil Mackay
Columnist of the year
Dani Garavelli
Feature Writer of the year
Neil Mackay
Kevin McKenna
Financial/Business journalist of the year
Martin Williams
Food and Drink Writer of the Year
Sarah Campbell
Ailsa Sheldon
Front page of the Year
The Herald
Interviewer of the Year
Dani Garavelli
Neil Mackay
Journalism Team of the Year
The Herald – Legal Aid
Reporter of the Year
Martin Williams
Caroline Wilson
Specialist Reporter of the Year
Garrett Baylor Stell
Helen McArdle
Sports Columnist of the Year
Susan Egelstaff
Craig Fowler
Sports Journalist of the Year
Rob Robertson
Best Coverage of a Live Event
Alloa Advertiser, Fatal Alloa Explosion
Campaign of the Year
Glasgow Times, End the Homeless Hostel Shame
Regional Journalist of the Year
Amanda Keenan, Glasgow Times
Gordon McCracken, Greenock Telegraph
Sports Photographer of the Year
Alan Wilson, East Lothian Courier/Peebleshire News/Border Telegraph
Weekly Journalist of the Year
Chris Faulds, Alloa Advertiser
Tristan Stewart-Robertson, Helensburgh Advertiser and Clydebank Post
Weekly Newsbrand
Cumnock Chronicle
Dunfermline Press
East Lothian Courier
