The Nottingham Post has been recognised for its coverage of Nottinghamshire in the annual ECB County Cricket Journalism Awards.
The Post was commended in the Regional Newspaper of the Year category, along with the Manchester Evening News. The winner was the south west based Sunday Independent.
This year, the Post have introduced a weekly column from Steven Mullaney and more video content, as well as their established regular news and interview features throughout the year.
Mark Baldwin, chairman of the Cricket Writers' Club, said: "The Cricket Writers' Club's continued support for ECB's initiative in running these awards now includes offering prize monies in the Regional Newspaper of the Year category. The club wants to do what it can to support hard-pressed cricket writers in the regional press and also to underline its belief in the value to the game of coverage of county cricket.
"Many congratulations to the Sunday Independent for its superb, in-depth coverage of Somerset, Gloucestershire, Minor County and club cricket in its South-West region.
“The Manchester Evening News and the Nottingham Post also fully deserve their commendations in this category and the monetary awards they will all receive are designed to supplement coverage of the county game by their staff writers or regular freelance contributors.
“I look forward to seeing an even larger and stronger entry for this category in 2017, when the Cricket Writers' Club will again be offering the same monetary prizes.
"It is in the interests of everyone who follows and cherishes county cricket that standards in media coverage across all platforms should be as high as possible, as a reflection of the strong and passionate following for our domestic game.”
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