THE Essex Chronicle Media Group has been nominated for 13 prestigious awards including website of the year.
The Essex Chronicle, which celebrated 250 years of publishing in 2014, is nominated in 11 categories, including Paid For Newspaper of the Year, which it has won four times in the past six years.
The weekly has also been shortlisted in the Front Page of the Year and Website of the Year categories.
The Chronicle's Design Editor Alex Leys has been nominated for Designer of the Year for his work on the Brentwood Gazette, which is also in the running for Front Page of the Year.
The Chronicle has four of the six nominees in the Newcomer of the Year category with Chris Dyer, Peter Walker, Will Watkinson and Megan Tatum.
Megan and Will, meanwhile, are also in the running for the coveted Print Journalist of the Year gong, while Will is also shortlisted for Feature Writer of the Year, and Chris is in for Specialist Journalist, with a selection of crime stories.
The Chronicle's journalists have picked up the Print Journalist award for three years in a row, while also scooping the best newcomer in three of the last four years.
Essex Chronicle editor Paul Dent-Jones said: "It's really humbling to have been nominated by our peers for so many prestigious awards.
"It's great recognition for our team and their hard work.
"But ultimately it's our readers who judge our success and we're always striving to improve, so we'd love to hear from you."
