IT’S THE MEDIA’S FAULT: DEMAND LEADS TO RETURN OF POPULAR EVENT
GET YOUR ENTRIES READY FOR THE HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS MEDIA AWARDS

To mark the anniversary of last year’s Highlands and Islands Press Ball and Media Awards the much-anticipated annual event will be back in 2025.

Clear your diary as the premier media event in the north of Scotland will be held on Friday February 7 2025 at the Kingsmills Hotel, Inverness.

Tickets priced £35 for journalists and £50 for corporate guests, are now on sale via the HIPBMA website here.

From today we are also seeking entries for the Highlands and Islands media Awards – see below for further information.

HIPBMA is the only event that brings together the media industry across the vast and dispersed Highlands and Islands region.

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2024 Winners

Gordon Fyfe was this year’s Barron Trophy winner, seen here with Nicola McAlley and John Ross, the Chairs of the Media Awards and the Highlands and Islands Press Ball, respectively.

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

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

Iain’s prize for winning the top award is £500, which includes £300 to be gifted to a charity of his choice. He also won the Jim Love Memorial Trophy for being Reporter of the Year and the Highland Tourism Environment and Sustainability Reporter of the Year Award.

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

A new award of Campaign of the Year was won by the Oban Times for its Invest in the West campaign.

The Highland News and Media Group picked up four awards, including the new Web Site of the Year Award. Iona MacDonald was voted Young Journalist of the Year, receiving the Alex Main Trophy; Ewan Malcolm, Business Writer of the Year and Beth Taylor, Photographer of the Year.

Feature Writer of the Year is Stuart Findlay of The Press and Journal while Sports Writer of the Year was won by Eric Mackinnon, of the Stornoway Gazette, who picked up the new Bill McAllister Memorial Trophy, donated by Bill’s family.

For a third year running, Angus Peter Campbell of the West Highland Free Press won the Gaelic Writer of the Year Award. Read more here.

2024 Winners

Gordon Fyfe was this year’s Barron Trophy winner, seen here with Nicola McAlley and John Ross, the Chairs of the Media Awards and the Highlands and Islands Press Ball, respectively.

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

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

Iain’s prize for winning the top award is £500, which includes £300 to be gifted to a charity of his choice. He also won the Jim Love Memorial Trophy for being Reporter of the Year and the Highland Tourism Environment and Sustainability Reporter of the Year Award.

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

A new award of Campaign of the Year was won by the Oban Times for its Invest in the West campaign.

The Highland News and Media Group picked up four awards, including the new Web Site of the Year Award. Iona MacDonald was voted Young Journalist of the Year, receiving the Alex Main Trophy; Ewan Malcolm, Business Writer of the Year and Beth Taylor, Photographer of the Year.

Feature Writer of the Year is Stuart Findlay of The Press and Journal while Sports Writer of the Year was won by Eric Mackinnon, of the Stornoway Gazette, who picked up the new Bill McAllister Memorial Trophy, donated by Bill’s family.

For a third year running, Angus Peter Campbell of the West Highland Free Press won the Gaelic Writer of the Year Award. Read more here.

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After years of incredible service to the media awards, with Nicola stepping up.

FAQs

Get all the information you need from timings and dress code and everything in between here on our FAQs page!

OUR 2025 CHARITIES

We will have our usual fundraising activities in support of four local charities. It would be much appreciated if you could contact us if you wish to donate prizes to our auction, raffle or tombola.

John Ross
Chairman, Highlands and Islands Press Ball
07813 400570
Email or HIPBMA@protonmail.com

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