NNI 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
NNI News Reporter of the year
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
NNI Crime & Security Reporter of the Year
Ali Bracken, Irish Daily Mail
Tom Brady & Shane Phelan, Irish Independent
Mick McCaffrey, Sunday World
Cathal McMahon, Irish Daily Mirror
Michael O’Toole, Irish Daily Star
Nicola Tallant & Donal McIntyre, Sunday World
NNI 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)
Nicola Tallant, Sunday World (Barney McKenna’s Secret Love Child)
Paul Williams, Irish Independent (The Anglo Tapes)
Sunday Independent Editorial Team (The Lowry Tapes)
NNI 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
NNI 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
NNI 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
NNI 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
NNI Feature Writer of the Year
Nicola Anderson, Irish Independent
Eoin Butler, The Irish Times & Irish Independent
Ian Kehoe, The Sunday Business Post
Conor Lally, The Irish Times
Kate Shanahan, The Herald
Andrea Smith, Irish Independent & The Herald
NNI 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 Loughlin, Irish Daily Mail
Eimear Rabbitte, The Herald
NNI 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
NNI 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
NNI 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
NNI 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
NNI 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
NNI Foreign Coverage
Simon Carswell, The Irish Times
Catherine Fegan, Irish Daily Mail
Mary Fitzgerald, The Irish Times
Ruadhán MacCormaic, The Irish Times
Lara Marlowe, The Irish Times
Jason O’Brien, Irish Independent
The Digital Award
independent.ie team, with Paul Williams, Fionnan Sheahan, Tom Lyons – 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
NNI 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
NNI 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
NNI Best Headline of the Year
Western People, Deja Vodoo

Irish Daily Mirror, Ding Dong Merrilly 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


The winner of the award for NNI National Journalist of the Year 2013 will be chosen from the winners of the above categories.


