© Provided by The GuardianPhotograph: Jonathan Brady/AP
The Guardian and the Observer have gained 33 nominations for the National Press Awards, with shortlist places for reporters, feature writers and commentators from across the two publications.
Coronavirus was a dominant theme among the shortlisted entries, with Matthew Weaver's story on Dominic Cummings' lockdown breach nominated for the prestigious scoop of the year category.
There were also nominations for the Guardian's health editor, Sarah Boseley, its science editor, Ian Sample, and its social affairs correspondent, Robert Booth, as well as for a special supplement in the newspaper called The Lost Year. The Observer's science and environment editor, Robin McKie, was nominated twice, while Saba Salman was nominated in the reporting diversity category for her work on the effect of coronavirus restrictions on people with disabilities.
© Photograph: Jonathan Brady/APThe Guardian broke the story of Dominic Cummings' trip to Durham during lockdown.
In features and lifestyle, interviews with people from Michael J Fox to Harry Dunn's parents resulted in Hadley Freeman and Simon Hattenstone being nominated for interviewer of the year in the broadsheet category, while Marina Hyde was the only person to be nominated for both columnist of the year and political commentator of the year. Jess Cartner-Morley and Priya Elan secured two of the five nominations for fashion journalist of the year.
For the Observer, Chris Riddell was nominated for cartoonist of the year, Tim Adams for feature writer of the year, and Jay Rayner for critic of the year.
Rob Davies was nominated for business and finance journalist of the year, Fiona Harvey for environment journalist of the year, and Stephanie Kirchgaessner for technology journalist of the year for a set of stories on mobile phone surveillance.
A special series on dementia in rugby, including the revelation that the England World Cup winner Steve Thompson had been diagnosed with the condition, was nominated for sports news story of the year, while Andy Bull was shortlisted for sports journalist of the year.
There were further nominations for the Today in Focus podcast, G2, Weekend, the Observer Magazine and the Editions app. Both newspapers were nominated in their respective overall categories, as was the website. The Guardian was also nominated for the driving diversity award, and there were two nominations for front page of the year.
The set of nominations is the latest marker of a strong year for the two publications. In December, the Guardian won in five categories at the British Journalism Awards, more than any other news provider.