Sunday Post journalists shortlisted at Press Awards
Sunday Post journalists have been shortlisted in a series of categories at the Scottish Press Awards.
The nominations for the 43rd awards, recognising the best of the country’s journalism, include eight nominations for The Post.
Chief reporter Marion Scott is nominated in the Reporter of the Year category, and has also been shortlisted for the Nicola Barry Award for women journalists for stories ranging from exposing the threats faced by female politicians to revealing potentially dangerous drugs administered to the victims of forced adoption.
Our Shaming campaign, a series of special reports calling for a sea change in how authorities investigate male violence against women, inspired by the deaths of two young women, has been nominated for Campaign of the Year.
The paper is also nominated for Front Page of the Year for the edition marking the start of the Cop26 conference while our coverage of the summit has been shortlisted in the Team of the Year category along with our series of reports detailing the unfolding crisis in Afghanistan and its international implications after Western forces suddenly withdrew.
Meanwhile, Post writers Alice Hinds and Stevie Gallacher are nominated in the Arts and Entertainment Journalist of the Year category for interviews ranging across culture and arts.
Our sister DC Thomson titles, the Courier and Evening Telegraph in Dundee, and The Press and Journal and Evening Express in Aberdeen, are also shortlisted in a range of categories in the awards to be held in September.
Denise West, chair of the Scottish Press Awards judges, said: “The evidence from this year’s Scottish Press Awards entries is that Scotland’s journalists continued to meet and exceed the challenge with style and passion.
“As never before, the role of the press in holding the powerful to account is badly needed. We congratulate everyone in the industry, not just our finalists.”