Shortlist

 

Category awards shortlist

 

Category

Student

Trainee

News journalism

Joe Cooper

Leeds Trinity University College

Laura Maltby

City of Wolverhampton College

Dean Wilkins

News Associates Manchester

 

Rachael Burnett

Dorset Echo

David Churchill

Croydon Advertiser

Alexandra Rucki

Wandsworth Guardian

Luke Tugby

Southern Daily Echo

Sports journalism

Jack Gaughan

University of Central Lancashire

David Lyons

Glasgow Caledonian University

 

Top scoop/exclusive

Charlene Davies

City of Wolverhampton College

Adam Knight

News Associates London

Joanna Morris 

Darlington College

Georgina Cotton

Essex Chronicle

Bethan Evans

Weston, Worle and Somerset Mercury

Dominic Shaw

Hartlepool Mail

Features

Rebecca Longshaw

Nottingham Trent University

James Maddison

Cornwall College Camborne

Jennifer Morris

News Associates London

Ashleigh Withall-Prince

Nottingham Trent University

Andrew Fitchett

Bury Free Press

Charlotte Lowe

Cornish Guardian

Hardeep Matharu

Epsom Guardian

Dan Robinson

Henley Standard

Images

Harry Atkinson

The Sheffield College

Joel Goodman

The Sheffield College

Alex Cantrill-Jones

Derby Telegraph

Isabel Infantes

Hackney Gazette

Best student publication

 

De Montfort University - Royal Visit

Kingston University - Kingston Courier

Leeds Trinity University College - North Leeds News and More

University of Brighton - Overtime

Performance awards shortlist

NCTJ Student Journalist of the Year

  • Christopher Hoy, University of Sunderland
  • Tom McMahon, News Associates London
  • Liam Thorp, University of Salford
  • Dougal Wallace, The Sheffield College (Norton)

NCTJ Reporter of the Year

  • Emma Preston, Furness Newspapers
  • Daniel Sanderson, Edinburgh Evening News
  • Jennifer Stanton, Surrey Advertiser
  • Hannah Upton, Westmorland Gazette

Judges:

Jonathan Barry, picture editor at Worcester Evening News; Brien Beharrell, editorial director of Newbury Weekly News; Orla Chennaoui, journalist at Sky Sports News; David Collins, news reporter at the Daily Mirror; Nicole Garnon, deputy editor at South Wales Argus; David Jones, chief foreign writer at the Daily Mail; Dave King, head of news at Sussex Newspapers; Stephen Moyes, senior reporter at The Sun; Steve Phillips, group picture editor at South Wales Evening Post; David James Smith, journalist at The Sunday Times Magazine; Laurie Tucker, day editor at Sky Sports News and Joy Yates, editor at Hartlepool Mail.

Category award winners, performance award winners and the Chairman's Award will be announced at the Journalism Skills Conference on Wednesday, 28 November 2012.