The final shortlist has been announced for this year’s National Newspapers of Ireland (NNI) journalism awards with 121 contenders in 20 categories, including the new foreign, digital, news analysis, news reporter and campaign categories. Almost 800 entries were submitted to the judging panel comprising 16 press journalists.
Chairman of the judging panel, former INM director and Hume Brophy director Michael Brophy said there was a 40 per cent increase in entries this year and with more depth and diversity. He said newspapers invest more in journalism than any other medium and the quality of work entered confirms the investment value.
“It really brought home the fact that newspaper journalism is about so much more than ‘the news’,” Brophy added. “The news is vital but so are detailed investigative reporting, comment, analysis and specialist writing on a whole range of topics. These aspects of journalism have the potential to change society for the better.”
The winners, including Journalist of the Year, will be announced at a ceremony in the Four Seasons on November 7. Guest speaker will be Mick Hume, editor-at-large of Spiked. Today FM’s The Last Word presenter and Sunday Times columnist Matt Cooper will be the MC. The NNI shortlist is outlined in full below:
Regional Journalist of the Year
Ronan Bagnall, Evening Echo
Chris Dunne, Evening Echo
Maresa Fagan, Roscommon Herald
Anthony Hennigan, Western People
Fintan Lambe, The Guardian
Maria Pepper, Wexford People
Crime & Security Reporter of the Year
Ali Bracken, Irish Daily Mail
Tom Brady and Shane Phelan, Irish Independent
Mick McCaffrey, Sunday World
Cathal McMahon, Irish Daily Mirror
Michael O’Toole, Irish Daily Star
Nicola Tallant and Donal McIntyre, Sunday World
Scoop of the Year
Kitty Holland, The Irish Times (Savita Halappanavar)
Eugene Masterson, Sunday World (Amy Fitzpatrick Secret Diaries),
Daniel McConnell, Sunday Independent (Luke Ming Flanagan penalty points)
Sunday Independent editorial team (The Lowry Tapes)
Nicola Tallant, Sunday World (Barney McKenna’s Secret Love Child),
Paul Williams, Irish Independent (The Anglo Tapes),
Critic of the Year
John Byrne, The Herald
Tom Doorley, Irish Daily Mail
Liam Fay, The Sunday Times
Fintan O’Toole, The Irish Times
Pat Stacey, The Herald
Gemma Tipton, The Irish Times
Political Journalist of the Year
Ken Foxe, Irish Mail on Sunday
Fiach Kelly, Irish Independent
Pat Leahy, The Sunday Business Post
Daniel McConnell, Sunday Independent
Sarah McInerney, The Sunday Times
Senan Molony, Irish Daily Mail
Mary Regan, Irish Examiner
Business & Economics Journalist of the Year
Arthur Beesley, The Irish Times
Brian Carey, The Sunday Times
Colm Keena, The Irish Times
Ian Kehoe, The Sunday Business Post
Michael O’Farrell, Irish Mail on Sunday
Laura Slattery, The Irish Times
Columnist of the Year
Miriam Donohoe, Irish Independent
Paul Howard, The Irish Times
Miriam Lord, The Irish Times
Philip Nolan, Irish Daily Mail
Fintan O’Toole, The Irish Times
Laura Slattery, The Irish Times
Feature Writer of the Year
Nicola Anderson, Irish Independent
Eoin Butler, The Irish Times and Irish Independent
Ian Kehoe, The Sunday Business Post
Conor Lally, The Irish Times
Kate Shanahan, The Herald
Andrea Smith, Irish Independent and The Herald
Young Journalist of the Year
Siobhan Brett, The Sunday Business Post
Dan Griffin, The Irish Times
Sandra Mallon, Irish Daily Mail
Caitlin McBride, Irish Independent
Elaine O’Loughlin, Irish Daily Mail
Eimear Rabbitte, The Herald
Newspapers in Education Supplement/Initiative
Irish Independent – Eureka Weekly Science
The Irish Times – Improve your child’s reading and maths
Irish Independent – InTuition
The Irish Times – Leaving Cert Coverage
Irish Independent – The Written Word
The Irish Times – Young Irish Writing
Best Headline of the Year
Western People, Deja Vodoo
Irish Daily Mirror, Ding Dong Merrily and Cry
Irish Daily Star, Great Barrier Relief
The Irish Sun, Jack and Thrill, Up went the Hill to fetch the pale a slaughter
Irish Independent, The Emerald Oil
Sunday World, The Wadfathers
Sports Reporter of the Year
Marie Crowe, Sunday Independent
Roy Curtis, Sunday World
Dion Fanning, Sunday Independent
Michael Foley, The Sunday Times
Daniel McDonnell, Irish Independent
Shane McGrath, Irish Daily Mail
Sports Columnist of the Year
Malachy Clerkin, The Irish Times
Roy Curtis, Sunday World
Dion Fanning, Sunday Independent
Bernard Flynn, Irish Daily Mirror
Neil Francis, Sunday Independent
Nicolas Roche with Ger Cromwell, Irish Independent
Showbiz Journalist of the Year
Hannah Louise Dunne, Irish Daily Mail
Barry Egan, Sunday Independent
Alana Fearon, Irish Daily Mirror
Siobhan Maguire, The Sunday Times
Eugene Masterson, Sunday World
Jennifer O’Brien, The Irish Sun
Best Design & Presentation
Irish Independent: Con Houlihan’s Ireland
Irish Independent: Weekend Review
The Irish Times (relaunch)
The Irish Times Magazine
The Irish Sun
Sunday World
Foreign Coverage
Simon Carswell, The Irish Times
Catherine Fegan, Irish Daily Mail
Mary Fitzgerald, The Irish Times
Ruadan MacCormaic, The Irish Times
Lara Marlowe, The Irish Times
Jason O’Brien, Irish Independent
The Digital Award
Fionnan Sheehan, Paul Williams, Tom Lyons and the Independent.ie team – The Anglo Tapes
Independent.ie – Lapgate
Irishmirror.ie – Peru Girls
Irishtimes.com, Paul Scott, Carl O’Brien, Bryan O’Brien – After the Asylum
Irishtimes.com, Deirdre Falvey – Results 2013 Helpdesk
Sundayworld.com, Nicola Tallant & Donal McIntyre – Mary Boyle Investigation
News Analysis
Elaine Byrne, Sunday Independent
Fiona Dillon, The Herald
Kate Holmquist, The Irish Times
Ian Kehoe, The Sunday Business Post
John Mooney, The Sunday Times
Michael O’Farrell, Irish Mail on Sunday
News Reporter
Kitty Holland, The Irish Times
Donal McIntyre, Sunday World
Patrick O’Connell, Irish Daily Star
Alison O’Reilly, Irish Mail on Sunday
Nicola Tallant, Sunday World
Paul Williams, Irish Independent
Campaign of the Year
Conor Goodman, The Irish Times – Dublin Reinvented
Ciara Kenny, The Irish Times – Generation Emigration
Susan Mitchell, The Sunday Business Post – Drug Pricing
David Walsh, The Sunday Times – The Lance Armstrong Doping Scandal
Independent Newspapers – The Anglo Tapes
Sunday Independent editorial team – The Lowry Tapes
