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The 2025 Newspaper Awards Winners/Commended

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NATIONAL NEWSPAPER PRINTER OF THE YEAR

The ECO3 Premier Award for all printers of national newspapers

Winner

Newsprinters Holdings (The Times)

L to R: Jo Caulfield, The Newspaper Awards host
Simon Garrod, Newsprinters Holdings head of pre-production and operations, head of commercial Matt Wadsworth ECO3 newspaper sales manager UK and Eire, David Bottomley

Highly Commended

Reach Printing Services – Saltire

Commended

Reach Printing Services, Oldham (Daily Express, The Guardian)
Reach Printing Services, Watford (The Guardian)
The Irish Times Print Plant (Irish Daily Star, Irish Independent)
Webprint Ireland (Irish Daily Mail, The Irish Sun)

NEWSPAPER EMPLOYEE/TEAM OF THE YEAR

The UPM Premier Award

Winner

Discovery Print – Heatset project


L to R: Craig Bertie, head of production newspapers, printer Alex Henderson, Discovery Print
Chris Venables, UPM’s head of production newspapers

Highly Commended

National World – Donna Robinson: Design hub

Commended

Newsprinters Holdings – Joint venture implementation
Newsquest – Front page design: Nancy Fallows
Reach Printing Services (Saltire) – Development and implementation of reporting system: John Dunsmore
The i Paper – Rebrand

INTERNATIONAL NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR

The Domtar Premier Award for all international daily and weekly newspapers published overseas

Winner

Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung (Germany)


L to R: Johannes Leithaeuser, political correspondent, FAZ
Domtar director UK and Europe Juanjo Sanz

Highly Commended

The Telegraph (India)

Commended

ABC (Spain)
Anandabazar Patrika (India)
Børneavisen (Denmark)
China Daily (Global edition)
Financial Times
Heraldo de Aragon (Spain)

REGIONAL NEWSPAPER PRINTER OF THE YEAR

The Sun Chemical Award for all printers of regional newspapers

Winner

Interpress NI (The Weekend Irish News, The Impartial Reporter)


L to R: IntoMedia chief executive officer Dominic Fitzpatrick
Rick Hulme, Sun Chemical business director publications

Highly Commended

Discovery Print (The Courier, The Press & Journal)

Commended

Mortons Print (Cage & Aviary Birds, Driffield & Wolds Weekly, Henley Standard, The Lichfield Independent)
Newsquest Oxford (Essex County Standard, Gazette & Herald, Hereford Times, Watford Observer)
Newsquest Scotland (The Herald)

NATIONAL NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR

The Krause Award for all national daily newspapers

Joint Winners

The Daily Telegraph


L to R: Daily Telegraph print editor Richard Oliver
Krause sales and marketing director PPA Stefan Beke-Bramkamp

The Times


L to R: Nicola Jeal Times Media Features & Lifestyle Director
Times Media deputy head of news production Alex Richman
Krause sales and marketing director PPA Stefan Beke-Bramkamp

Highly Commended

The i Paper

Commended

Financial Times
The Guardian
The Irish Times

REGIONAL NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR

The Newsprinters Holdings Award for all regional daily newspapers

Winner

The Yorkshire Post


L to R: Carl Walker, head of operations, Newsprinters Holdings
Yorkshire Post picture editor Marisa Cashill
Stephanie Daley, head of news

Highly Commended

The Press & Journal

Commended

Belfast Telegraph
Liverpool Echo
Oxford Mail
The Courier
The Irish News

WEEKEND NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR

The Ferag – QI-EAE Award for all weekend newspapers

Winner

FT Weekend


L to R: QIPC-EAE director of global sales and marketing Erwin van Rossem
FT money editor Nathan Brooker
Ferag MD graphics Gideon Martz

Highly Commended

The Observer

Commended

iWeekend
Sunday Independent
The Sunday Telegraph
The Sunday Times
The Times

LOCAL WEEKLY NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR

The Papermule Award for all local weekly newspapers

Winner

The Impartial Reporter


L to R: Papermule director Mike Hoy
Rodney Edwards, editor, The Impartial Reporter

Highly Commended

Cambridge Independent

Commended

Isle of Wight County Press
New Milton Advertiser and Lymington Times
Salisbury Journal
The Oxford Times

HYPERLOCAL NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR

The Reach Printing Services Award for independent community newspapers

Winner

The West Dorset Magazine


L to R: The West Dorset Magazine editor Miranda Robertson and colleague
Michael Brown, Reach Printing Services commercial director and deputy managing director

Highly Commended

Hackney Citizen

Commended

City Matters
The Bristol Cable
The Peckham Peculiar
The Worthing Journal
Wells Voice

NATIONAL SUPPLEMENT/MAGAZINE OF THE YEAR (WEEKLY)

The Walstead UK Award for all national newspaper supplements and magazines

Winner

Saturday (The Guardian)


L to R: Guardian News & Media production director Dave Kirwan
Walstead UK account director Matt Hooper

Highly Commended

Feast (The Guardian)

Commended

FT Weekend Magazine
Style (The Sunday Times)
The Irish Times Magazine
The Telegraph Magazine
The Times Magazine

NATIONAL SUPPLEMENT/MAGAZINE (NON-WEEKLY)

The Rhapsody Award for all national newspaper supplements and magazines

Winner

LUXX (The Times)


L to R: LUXX editor in chief Kate Reardon
Rhapsody group client services director Lloyd Hayzer

Highly Commended

HTSI (Financial Times)

Commended

Luxury (The Telegraph)
The Gloss (The Irish Times)

REGIONAL SUPPLEMENT/MAGAZINE OF THE YEAR

The News UK Award for all regional newspaper supplements and magazines

Winner

KL Magazine (KL Publications)


L to R: The KL Magazine team
(far right)Tracey Hart, director of retail and wholesale group operations and platforms, News UK

Highly Commended

Business IQ (Newsquest)

Commended

Cheshire Life (Newsquest)
The Courier Food & Drink (DC Thomson)
Velvet (Iliffe Media)
Voice (Newsquest)

NICHE MARKET NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR

The Qmuli Award for all niche market newspapers

Winner

First News


L to R: First News editor in chief Nicky Cox, editorial manager Hannah Timson
Qmuli finance manager Rob Fogwill

Highly Commended

Cage & Aviary Birds

Commended

Fourth Portal
Inside Time
Motorsport News
Racing Post
The Irish News Young News Readers
TLS