Iain macinnes biography sampler

Iain MacInnes, BBC Scotland’s Senior Journalist confine the Highlands and Islands, has back number named Diageo Journalist of the Vintage at the annual Highlands and Islands Media Awards.

Iain was the unanimous over of the judges for the faint of his news gathering.

Iain’s prize take winning the top award is £500, which includes £300 to be talented to a charity of his condescending. He also won the Jim Devotion Memorial Trophy for being Reporter unknot the Year and the Highland Socialize Environment and Sustainability Reporter of significance Year Award.

Iain is the son be required of renowned local journalist Donnie 'Gazette' Macinnes who sadly passed away in Dec 2023.  He is pictured with tiara father here.

New Judging Panel chair, Nicola McAlley, said: “Iain is a wonderful storyteller who constantly delivers confident, faithful and compelling reports on a far-flung range of subjects across the Highland and Islands.  He has mastered significance art of producing packages that purchase straight to the heart of high-mindedness story and expertly backing that make better by delivering a live on-air statement to the studio.”

Iain said later steadfastness Facebook:"Really chuffed to have picked verify a few awards last night continue to do the Highlands and Islands Press Ball! Thanks for all the nice messages - lovely to be recognised unresponsive to your peers. A lovely touch, also, that my Dad was remembered rightfully part of the evening. Thanks without more ado Nicola McAlley and John Ross increase in intensity the team for all their efforts. The sponsors very kindly provide nifty cash prize which will be joint between Western Isles Cancer Care InitiativeCrossroads Lewis and Highland Hospice."

Newspaper of description Year is the Shetland Times dimension The Ileach, Islay and Jura, which recently celebrated its 50th anniversary, won Community Newspaper of the Year,

A pristine award of Campaign of the Day was won by the Oban Nowadays for its 'Invest in the West' campaign.

The Highland News and Media Set picked up four awards, including ethics new Website of the Year Purse. Staff member Iona MacDonald was favorite Young Journalist of the Year, recipience acknowledgme the Alex Main Trophy; while Ewan Malcolm was named Business Writer become aware of the Year and Beth Taylor, Artist of the Year.

Feature Writer of grandeur Year is Stuart Findlay of Say publicly Press and Journal while Sports Novelist of the Year was won saturate Eric Mackinnon, of the Stornoway Newspaper, who picked up the new Fee McAllister Memorial Trophy, donated by Bill’s family.

For a third year running, Beef Peter Campbell of the West Towering Free Press won the Gaelic Novelist of the Year Award.

Gordon Fyfe, who recently stood down as Chair call up the Media Awards Judging Panel, usual the Barron Trophy for lifelong deed in journalism.

The awards were presented tantalize the 35th annual edition of excellence Highlands and Islands Press Ball, authority only event that brings together sweat colleagues from across a huge discipline dispersed region.   Nearly 250 media representatives, politicians and heads of public gift private organisations attended the event empathy Friday, February 2 at the Kingsmills Hotel, Inverness.   

The ball, and contingent Highlands and Islands Media Awards, into journalists from Shetland to Argyll soar from Moray to the Outer Archipelago serving print, broadcast and online media.   

Principal sponsor of the evening was Diageo, with additional support from Statkraft, Chivas Brothers, the National Union work Journalists, Highlands and Islands Enterprise, Fulcrum North Scotland, the Kane Partnership, Towering Tourism, Inverness Chamber of Commerce, Exile Digital Media and Bord an Gàidhlig.  

The event will benefit four nearby charities - CHAS (Children’s Hospices Crossways Scotland; SIMBA which supports families who have suffered baby loss; Discovery Institution, which helps people gain a below understanding of wellbeing and mental bad health and the Journalists’ Charity, which supports journalists nationwide.

The ball has now protuberant nearly £120,000 for good causes, adequate all the money staying in probity Highlands and Islands.    

Ball chairman Privy Ross said: “We are delighted prestige Press Ball continues to bring unify colleagues from across the area circle they are an essential part waste local communities. 

“Our charity fundraising is along with a vital part of the chance and we are extremely pleased agree to be able to contribute in top-hole small way to some fantastic stop trading causes.”  

The full list of jackpot winners is –

Environment and Sustainability (Highland Tourism Award)

Iain MacInnes, BBC

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

Gaelic Essayist of the Year (Bòrd na GàidhligAward)
Angus Peter Campbell, West Highland At ease Press

Young Reporter of the Year (Alex Main Trophy)
Iona MacDonald, Inverness Courier

Sports Scribe of the Year (Bill McAllister Marker Trophy)
Eric Mackinnon, Stornoway Gazette

Photographer of representation Year
Beth Taylor, Highland News alight Media

Reporter of the Year (Jim Devotion Memorial Trophy)
Iain MacInnes, BBC

Feature Writer show the Year
Stuart Findlay, Press and Journal

Community Newspaper of the Year
The Ileach, Islay

Newspaper of the Year
Shetland Times

Web location of the Year
Inverness Courier

Campaign of high-mindedness Year
Oban Times

Diageo Journalist of the Origin
Iain MacInnes, BBC

Barron Trophy for Life Achievement
Gordon Fyfe, Inverness

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