The Herald nominated for a raft of honours at prestigious awards ceremony

THE Herald has received a raft of nominations for the 45th Scottish Press Awards.

Shortlists for the soughtafter Scottish Newsbrand of the Year, Journalist of the

Year, and Lifetime Achievement Award, have not been revealed as winners will be announced on the night of the ceremony. The shortlist for Weekly Newsbrand of the

Year will be revealed in May.

Teddy Jamieson and Neil Mackay have been nominated for Arts and Entertainment Journalist of the Year and Feature Writer of the Year.

From The Herald business team, Scott Wright, below, and Martin Williams have been nominated for the Financial/ Business Journalist of the Year.

Kevin Mckenna is nominated for

Columnist of the Year and Ron Mackenna for Food and Drink Writer of the Year, with both David Bol and Andrew Learmonth nominated in the politics category.

In the Reporter of the Year category, both David Pratt and and Martin Williams have been nominated, with the latter also in the Scoop of the Year category alongside Neil Mackay.

Vicky Allan, left, has been nominated for Specialist Reporter of the Year, and Susan Egelstaff for Sports Feature Writer of the Year.

Graeme Mcgarry is up for Sports News Writer of the Year and there are also nominations for photographers Colin Mearns and Gordon Terris, both of whom are nominated for Sports Photographer of the Year with the former also up for News Photographer of the Year. The Herald as a whole is nominated for Best Coverage of a Live Event and Journalism Team of the Year.

Editor Catherine Salmond said: “The talent, drive, passion and creativity of my team is shown to me every day. I am immensely proud of all The Herald achieves and the dedication of my staff.”