Scotsman takes top prize for Scottish newspaper of the year

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The Scotsman has been named newspaper of the year at the Scottish Press Awards - just days after upheaval at the title that saw its editor-in-chief placed on leave.

John McLellan - who has been editor-in-chief at the Scotsman for the past three years - picked up the award last night on behalf of the paper.

The award for reporter of the year went to David Pratt, the foreign editor at the Herald, who was also runner-up in the newspaper feature writer category.

The Sunday Herald picked up awards for scoop of the year and best front page, for "Censored" - in which it named Ryan Giggs as the footballer at the centre of a privacy injuction.

The full list of winners is as follows:

Sports photographer of the year

Lynne Cameron, Press Association

News photographer of the year

Wattie Cheung, Freelance

Cartoonist of the year

Steven Camley, The Herald

Young journalist of the year

Matthew Holehouse, The Herald/Sunday Herald

Website/digital product of the year

Ewan Watt, Daily Record

Weekly newspaper of the year

The Northern Scot

Arts/entertainment journalist of the year

Aidan Smith, Scotland on Sunday

Magazine writer of the year

Peter Ross, Scotland on Sunday

Political journalist of the year

Alan Roden, Scottish Daily Mail

Columnist of the year

Ian Bell, Sunday Herald

Financial/business journalist of the year

Simon Bain, The Herald

Newspaper feature writer of the year

Jonathan Brocklebank, Scottish Daily Mail

Sports feature writer of the year

Aidan Smith, The Scotsman/Scotland on Sunday

Sports news writer of the year

Keith Jackson, Daily Record

Front page of the year

Sunday Herald, Censored

Journalist team of the year

Edinburgh Evening News, Edinburgh Trams Project

Campaign of the year

Evening Times, Streets Ahead

Scoop of the year

Richard Walker, Sunday Herald, Censored - The Madness of Privacy Laws

Reporter of the year

David Pratt, The Herald/Sunday Herald