String of award nominations for Scotsman journalists

The Scotsman and its sister titles have received a raft of nominations for Scotland’s top media awards.

The paper scooped seven nominations for the Scottish Press Awards, including Front Page of the Year for its “Salmond: The charges” edition.

Arts correspondent Brian Ferguson is shortlisted for the Arts/entertainment Journalist of the Year category, while Aidan Smith is nominated for Sports Feature Writer of the Year.

Alastair Dalton and Martyn Mclaughlin were both shortlisted for the Business Reporter of the Year category. Dani Garavelli, who also writes for Scotland on Sunday, is shortlisted for Feature Writer of the Year.

Meanwhile, deputy politics editor Gina Davidson is shortlisted for the Nicola Barry award in honour of the awardwinning columnist and feature writer, who was known for campaigning journalism during her career.

Sister publication the Evening News is also shortlisted for five awards, including reporter Conor Matchett who is in the running for both Young Journalist of the Year and the coveted Scoop of the Year categories. Elsa Maishman is up against four other journalists in the Local/weekly Feature Writer of the Year category, Craig Sinclair is up for Video of the Year and Morven Mcintyre is shortlisted in the new category of Podcast of the Year.

The awards, which received a record number of entries this year and are run by the Scottish Newspaper Society, are in their 41st year. The winners will be announced at a ceremony in Glasgow in April.

Scotsman Editor Frank O’donnell said: “At a time of incredible change in the media industry, these 12 nominations are testament to the hard work and dedication of everyone. It’s not just the individuals named, but all of those who support them, edit their copy, help with ideas, drive performance online and make sure copy sings on the page.”