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Jason Allardyce is named Scottish Journalist of the Year
SCOTLAND on Sunday’s Jason Allardyce scooped the coveted prize for Scottish journalist of the year at last week’s Scottish Press Awards.
Allardyce, this newspaper’s political editor, also won the BAA Scottish Airports political journalist of the year title for the second year running at the ceremony in Glasgow.
The judges said: "His well-rounded political knowledge, his contacts and his acute news sense ensure that he not only understands the system and the issues, but he reports them with accuracy and great authority."
Scotland on Sunday’s Catherine Deveney took the award for feature writer of the year and was runner up for arts and entertainment writer of the year. The judges praised her ability to deal with difficult and highly emotive subjects, as well as her natural writing talent.
Joe Quinn, the Press Association’s Scottish political editor, received a lifetime achievement award after 28 years at the agency.
The successes included:
Virgin Trains Sports Photographer of the Year
Winner: Ian Rutherford, The Scotsman.
Runner-up: Angus Blackburn, The Southern Reporter.
Virgin Trains News Photographer of the Year
Winner: Colin Mearns, The Herald.
Runner-up: Henry McInnes, Sunday Mail.
Gaelic Broadcasting Committee Gaelic Journalist of the Year
Winner: Carol Zall, The Scotsman/An Gaidheal Ur.
Runner-up: Angus Peter Campbell, The Scotsman.
The David Boyle (Erskine Hospital) Memorial Award
Winner: Sarah-Kate Templeton, Sunday Herald.
Runner-up: Kate Foster, The Scottish Daily Mail.
Young Journalist of the Year
Winner: Caroline Waterston, Sunday Mail.
Runner Up: Jenifer Johnston, Sunday Herald.
MCL Cartoonist of the Year
Winner: Frank Boyle, Edinburgh Evening News.
Runner Up: Steven Camley, The Herald.
The Hilton Arts/Entertainment Writer of the Year
Winner: Peter Ross, Sunday Herald.
Runner-up: Catherine Deveney, Scotland on Sunday.
Sports Journalist of the Year
Joint winners: Bill Leckie, The Scottish Sun; Richard Wilson, The Sunday Times Scotland
BAA Scottish Airports Political Journalist of the Year
Winner: Jason Allardyce, Scotland on Sunday.
Runner-up: Andrew Nicoll, The Scottish Sun.
The Automobile Association Weekly Newspaper Journalist of the Year
Winner: Jill Buchanan, The Falkirk Herald.
Runner-up: John Nairn, The Lennox.
The Automobile Association Journalist Team of the Year
Winner: Anna Smith, Brian McCartney, Keith McLeod - Daily Record.
Runner-up: Alan Carson, David Goodwin - The Scottish Sun.
Front Page of the Year
Winner: Cradle to the Grave, The Scottish Daily Mail.
Runner-up: Twin Towers, The Herald.
Campaign of the Year
Winner: CHAS, Sunday Post.
Runner-up: Betrayed, Daily Record.
Columnist of the Year
Winner: Gillian Bowditch, Sunday Times Scotland.
Runner-up: Tom Shields, Sunday Herald.
Feature Writer of the Year
Winner: Catherine Deveney, Scotland on Sunday.
Runner-up: Lorna Martin, The Herald Magazine.
Standard Life Financial/Business Writer of the Year
Winner: Kenny Kemp, Sunday Herald.
Runner-up: Valerie Darroch, Sunday Herald.
Standard Life Reporter of the Year
Winner: Steve Smith, Daily Record.
Runner-up: Carlos Alba, The Sunday Times Scotland.
The Scottish Daily Newspaper Society Journalist of the Year
Winner: Jason Allardyce, Scotland on Sunday
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