Journalist of the Year

2012 Journalist of the Year Winners

Lorraine Wilson, writing for the Herald and Sue Mott for the Scottish Mail on Sunday tied first place as our joint Journalists of the Year.  Both winning articles were inspirational.  Lorraine Wilson showcased world-class support for families with a new world-class epilepsy centre in Glasgow, while Sue Mott highlighted the strict regime world-class athlete Dai Greene follows to overcome life-threatening seizures on and off the track.  Read Lorraine and Sue's winning articles and the press release.

This year's panellists included novelists Caro Ramsay and Gordon Ferris, with Scottish National Union of Journalists Secretary Paul Holleran and BBC Scotland's Head of New and Current Affairs, John Boothman.  Runner-up was Craig Campbell whose Weekly News story 'Christmas can be dangerous for me' described the rare condition of photosensitive epilepsy.

Taking part in the Journalist of the Year award

Each year, we offer a £500 prize and award trophy for the best article about epilepsy.  The last award considered stories printed in the Scottish press and periodicals between 1 February 2011 and 31 January 2012.  Our longstanding award helps to inform the public and raise media awareness of epilepsy issues in Scotland.  A panel of judges, including a Scottish national Union of Journalists representative, select the winning submission.

Entrants may find the following information useful:

Public views about epilepsy

Terminology

Bringing Epilepsy Out of the Shadows 

For any nomination enquiry please email sstout@epilepsyscotland.org.uk, jtelfer@epilepsyscotland.org.uk or call Sandra or Jaqui on 0131 226 5458.