The Evening Standard is shortlisted in press awards

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12 April 2012

The Evening Standard has been shortlisted in a record five categories in the newspaper "Oscars", the British Press Awards.

The shortlist, announced today, was selected from 650 entries by the Society of Editors for the awards recognising the best of British journalism.

It comes after an amazing year for the Standard as readership figures reach nearly two million.

At a time when readership of most other newspapers is falling, readership of the Standard since it went free in October 2009 has risen by 173 per cent.

The Standard's headline "A very civil partnership" on a picture of David Cameron and Nick Clegg outside No 10 which reported news of the coalition is shortlisted for Front Page of the Year.

The same image and headline dominated the next day's front pages and TV commentaries, entering the collective memory of the nation.

The Standard's poverty campaign, The Dispossessed, was shortlisted as Campaign of the Year.

Our series of special reports led to a call for arms by Prince William and raised more than £5 million for London's poor.

Standard journalists have also been shortlisted for their individual work: City Editor Chris Blackhurst for Business and Finance Journalist of the Year, David Cohen for Feature Writer of the Year, and chief photographer Jeremy Selwyn for Photographer of the Year.

It is the first time that the Evening Standard, named Media Brand of the Year at the Media Week Awards, has been shortlisted for so many British Press Awards.

The Society of Editors' executive director, Bob Satchwell, who chairs the judges, said today that entries for the awards "reflect the variety, vitality and sheer excellence of British newspapers which are of course the best in the world".

The winners will be announced at an awards dinner at the Savoy on April 5.

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