Five Northern Scot employees nominated at Highlands and Islands Media Awards
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A WHOPPING five members of The Northern Scot's editorial team are nominees at the Highlands and Islands Media Awards.
Three journalists – senior reporter Alistair Whitfield, reporter Ewan Malcolm and sports editor Craig Christie – and two photographers, Daniel Forsyth and Beth Taylor, are in the running in four categories.
Both photographers are up for Photographer of the Year, where they will compete against fellow Highland News and Media colleague Callum Mackay, who is based in Inverness.
Craig is up for Sports Writer of the Year, Ewan is up for Business Writer of the Year and Alistair's work on a Moray soldier who was a Japanese prisoner of war has seen him nominated for Feature Writer of the Year.
All five colleagues work for The Northern Scot and its sister titles in Moray and Aberdeenshire – The Forres Gazette, Huntly Express, Banffshire Herald, Banffshire Advertiser and Banffshire Journal.
Joint-content editor Joe Millican said: "This year's five nominations are a fantastic achievement for our team and it is great to see everyone's hard work recognised by the judging panel.
"We have had a strong year in both news and sport with a range of powerful features, insightful investigative reports, hard news and more personal human stories all making an impact.
"We are also delighted to see our two photographers shortlisted as being among the top three in the whole of the north of Scotland. We are immensely proud of everyone."
Daniel and Craig are previous award winners, while Beth is a nominee for the second successive year having started at the Scot in 2022. Ewan is in the running for the first time.
In addition, nine further Highland News and Media colleagues have been nominated for awards.
Winners will be revealed at the Press Ball being held at the Kingsmills Hotel, Inverness, on Friday, February 2.
The full list of awards is below.
Photographer of the Year: Daniel Forsyth, Northern Scot; Callum Mackay, HNM; Beth Taylor, Northern Scot.
Business Writer of the Year: David Mackay, Press & Journal; Ewan Malcolm, Northern Scot; Peter Ranscombe, Freelance
Sport Writer of the Year: Craig Christie, Northern Scot; Andrew Henderson, HNM; Eric Mackinnon, Stornoway Gazette
Feature Writer of the Year: Stuart Findlay, Press & Journal; Lauren Robertson, Press & Journal; Alistair Whitfield, Northern Scot
Reporter of the Year and Jim Love Memorial Trophy: Stuart Findlay, Press & Journal; Iain MacInnes, BBC; Val Sweeney, HNM
Young Reporter of the Year and Alex Main Trophy: Annabelle Gauntlett, HNM; Chloe Irvine, Shetland Times; Iona MacDonald, Inverness Courier
Environment and Sustainability Writer of the Year: Chris Cope, Shetland News; Iona MacDonald, HNM; Iain MacInnes, BBC
Gaelic Writer of the Year: Aonghas Pàdraig Caimbeul, West Highland Free Press; Calum Iain Macleod and Hugh MacInnes, Fios; Andreas G. Wolff, BBC
Newspaper of the Year: Inverness Courier; Oban Times; Shetland Times
Website of the Year: Inverness Courier; Shetland News Online; welovestornoway.com
Community Newspaper of the Year: The Ileach; De tha Dol; West Word
Campaign of the Year: Am Paipear; Inverness Courier; Oban Times
