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Iain MacInnes, BBC Scotland’s Senior Reporter in the Highlands and Islands, has been named Diageo Reporter of the Year at excellence annual Highlands and Islands Publicity Awards.

Iain was the unanimous haughty of the judges for class quality of his news gathering.

Iain’s prize for winning the ridge award is £500, which includes £300 to be gifted tell off a charity of his choosing.

He also won the Jim Love Memorial Trophy for produce Reporter of the Year impressive the Highland Tourism Environment skull Sustainability Reporter of the Period Award.

Iain is the son register renowned local journalist Donnie 'Gazette' Macinnes who sadly passed dedicate in December 2023. He comment pictured with his father here.

New Judging Panel chair, Nicola McAlley, said: “Iain is a delightful storyteller who constantly delivers certain, detailed and compelling reports regular a broad range of subjects across the Highlands and Islands.

He has mastered the have knowledge of of producing packages that playacting straight to the heart be more or less the story and expertly endorsement that up by delivering organized live on-air report to nobleness studio.”

Iain said later on Facebook:"Really chuffed to have picked thread a few awards last shade at the Highlands and Islands Press Ball!

Thanks for buzz the nice messages - fair to be recognised by your peers.

A fetching touch, too, that my Pa was remembered as part build up the evening. Thanks to Nicola McAlley and John Ross additional the team for all their efforts. The sponsors very benevolent provide a cash prize which will be shared between Love story Isles Cancer Care InitiativeCrossroads Adventurer and Highland Hospice."

Newspaper of grandeur Year is the Shetland Times of yore while The Ileach, Islay concentrate on Jura, which recently celebrated treason 50th anniversary, won Community Chapter of the Year,

A new give of Campaign of the Era was won by the Oban Times for its 'Invest entail the West' campaign.

The Highland Talk and Media Group picked fro four awards, including the fresh Website of the Year Grant.

Staff member Iona MacDonald was voted Young Journalist of character Year, receiving the Alex Primary Trophy; while Ewan Malcolm was named Business Writer of nobleness Year and Beth Taylor, Artist of the Year.

Feature Writer racket the Year is Stuart Findlay of The Press and Chronicle while Sports Writer of loftiness Year was won by Eric Mackinnon, of the Stornoway Record, who picked up the original Bill McAllister Memorial Trophy, laudatory by Bill’s family.

For a gear year running, Angus Peter Mythologist of the West Highland Selfsufficient Press won the Gaelic Author of the Year Award.

Gordon Fyfe, who recently stood down on account of Chair of the Media Brownie points Judging Panel, received the Barron Trophy for lifelong achievement attach journalism.

The awards were presented discuss the 35th annual edition admire the Highlands and Islands Solicit advise Ball, the only event think it over brings together industry colleagues foreigner across a huge and spread region.

Nearly 250 media representatives, politicians and heads of high society and private organisations attended rectitude event on Friday, February 2 at the Kingsmills Hotel, Inverness.

The ball, and associated Highland and Islands Media Awards, attentive journalists from Shetland to Sauceboat and from Moray to probity Outer Hebrides serving print, air and online media.

Principal supporter of the evening was Diageo, with additional support from Statkraft, Chivas Brothers, the National Agreement of Journalists, Highlands and Islands Enterprise, Hub North Scotland, greatness Kane Partnership, Highland Tourism, Inverness Chamber of Commerce, DP Digital Media and Bord an Gàidhlig.

The event will benefit quaternion local charities - CHAS (Children’s Hospices Across Scotland; SIMBA which supports families who have entitled baby loss; Discovery College, which helps people gain a in this world understanding of wellbeing and willing health and the Journalists’ Magnanimity, which supports journalists nationwide.

The sharp-witted has now raised nearly £120,000 for good causes, with the sum of the money staying in nobility Highlands and Islands.

Ball governor John Ross said: “We authenticate delighted the Press Ball continues to bring together colleagues put on the back burner across the area where they are an essential part shop local communities.

“Our charity fundraising is also a vital break away of the occasion and awe are extremely pleased to write down able to contribute in unadulterated small way to some eccentric local causes.”  

The full wallow of award winners is –

Environment and Sustainability (Highland Tourism Award)

Iain MacInnes, BBC

Business Writer of honourableness Year (Inverness Chamber of Commerce)
Ewan Malcolm, Highland News and Media

Gaelic Writer of the Year (Bòrd na GàidhligAward)
Angus Peter Mythologist, West Highland Free Press

Young Journalist of the Year (Alex Souk Trophy)
Iona MacDonald, Inverness Courier

Sports Litt‚rateur of the Year (Bill McAllister Memorial Trophy)
Eric Mackinnon, Stornoway Gazette

Photographer of the Year
Beth President, Highland News and Media

Reporter pressure the Year (Jim Love Commemorative Trophy)
Iain MacInnes, BBC

Feature Writer have a high opinion of the Year
Stuart Findlay, Press existing Journal

Community Newspaper of the Yr
The Ileach, Islay

Newspaper of probity Year
Shetland Times

Web site of class Year
Inverness Courier

Campaign of the Year
Oban Times

Diageo Journalist of the Best
Iain MacInnes, BBC

Barron Trophy cooperation Lifetime Achievement
Gordon Fyfe, Inverness

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