Highlands & Islands Press Ball & Media Awards

It was with the greatest sadness that we learned of the death of Mitch Reid, a great friend of the Press Ball and a long-time supporter of the event. Skye-born Mitch was known to many across the Highlands and Islands as a reporter with the Press and Journal in theRead More

The Northern Scot is proud to donate its £500 prize money, awarded for winning Newspaper of the Year at the Highlands and Islands Press Ball & Media Awards, to a local charity that champions mental health through football. Moray Mental Health FC, based in Forres, uses the power of footballRead More

A charity helping disadvantaged children is to benefit from money donated in memory of award-winning journalist Neil MacPhail. Neil, who died aged 76 in November 2024, had a career in newspapers spanning almost six decades. A former north news editor for the Press & Journal, he latterly worked part-time forRead More

Fios, crowned Community Newspaper of the Year at the Highlands & Islands Press Ball & Media Awards 2025 (sponsored by Hub North Scotland), is sharing the spotlight — donating £100 of its £300 prize to local charity Crossroads Crossroads Lewis has been serving the community of Lewis for the pastRead More

The generosity of guests attending the Highlands and Islands Press Ball and Media Awards is helping give young people in the area the knowledge and confidence to stay safe from harm. Safe Strong and Free Highland is one of four organisations who each received £850 from fundraising at HIPBMA inRead More

A charity is being helped to provide vital support in Highland communities by a donation from the Highlands and Islands Press Ball and Media Awards. The James Support Group was started by Patrick and Wendy Mullery after losing their son James to suicide in 2017. It provides help for allRead More

Money raised at the Highlands and Islands Press Ball and Media Awards will help an Inverness charity support growing demand for its services. The Oxygen Works is one of four organisations who each received £850 from fundraising at HIPBMA in February. The self-funded charity provides a range of therapies toRead More

Work to help men in the Highlands with prostate cancer is being supported by a donation from the Highlands and Islands Press Ball and Media Awards. Maggie’s Highlands is one of four organisations who each received £850 from fundraising at HIPBMA in February. The donation will help to fund theRead More

Neil MacPhail, whoses career spanned fifty years, has been named Diageo Journalist of the Year at the annual Highlands and Islands Media Awards. Media Awards chairperson, Nicola McAlley, said: “The judges were unanimous in their decision that Journalist of the Year should be Neil. He has been described as aRead More