TCD picks up 8 Irish Student Media Awards

CORRECTION: Irish TV Production of the year was awarded to Caoimhin O Cuinn from NUIG, and not of Griffith College Dublin as first stated. This also changes the listed amount each college won.

Trinity College Dublin won eight of 31 categorises at the Irish Student Media Awards / Smedias last night at the Mansion House in Dublin, including the top awards of editor and newspaper of the year.

In terms of crude numbers, Trinity’s win compares to four for UCD -- The two largest third level colleges in Ireland typically take home the most wins. Trinity managed to out do the DCU which has a large communication and journalism focused school, the north side university only managed to take away three awards. NUI Galway and DIT both picked up four wins.

The other winners included: Griffith (2), Ballyfermot College of Further Education (2), Institute of Art Design and Technology (1) Letterkenny Institute of Technology (1), and Queens University Belfast (1).

Also of note, the winners were heavily male-dominated with few of the 31 awards going to female students.

PDFs of the People's choice award can be found here, while all the nominations can be views here, and the category description along with the previous winners here. A full list of winners are as follows:

Newspaper of the year
•    Winner: Martin McKenna, Trinity News (TCD)
•    Judge: Eoin McVey, Managing Editor, Irish Times

Editor of the year
•    Winner: Martin McKenna, Editor, Trinity News (TCD)
•    Judge: John Walsh, Group Education Editor, The Irish Independent

Layout & Design
•    Winner: Gearoid O’Rourke, The Trinity Ball Guide (TCD)
•    Judge: Phil Mason, Senior Assistant Editor, Irish Daily Star

Journalist of the year
•    Winner: Michael McHale, The College View (DCU)
•    Judge: Tim Vaughen, Editor, The Irish Examiner

Sports Writer of the year
•    Winner: Stephen Mangan, The College View (DCU)
•    Judge: Paul O’Hehir, Soccer Correspondent, The Mirror

Journalist of the year (national press)
•    Winner: John Lavelle, (TCD)
•    Judge: Noirín Hegarty, Editor, The Sunday Tribune

Features Writer of the year (Arts & Pop Culture)
•    Winner: Sebastian Clare, The College Tribune (UCD)
•    Judge: Niall Stokes, Editor, Hot Press

Features Writer of the year (Education focus)
•    Winner: Rob Lowney, The University Observer (UCD)
•    Judge: Sean Flynn, Education Editor, The Irish Times

Features Writer of the year (News & Current affairs)
•    Winner: Peter Molloy, The University Observer (UCD)
•    Judge: Fionan Sheehan, Political Editor, Irish Independent

Travel Writer of the year
•    Winner: Noel Connolly, Trinity News, (TCD)
•    Judge: Colm Hanratty, Editor, Hostelworld.com

Colour Writer of the year
•    Winner: Michael Armstrong, Trinity News (TCD)
•    Judge: Deputy News Editor, The Star

Magazine of the year
•    Winner: Gearoid O’Rourke and Catriona Grey, The Trinity Ball Guide (TCD)
•    Judge: Elaine Prendeville, Editor, Irish Tatler

Society Publication of the year
•    Winner: The Verdict, Gareth McGreevy (Queens University Belfast)
•    Judge: Ian Mallon, Deputy Editor, Evening Herald

Small College Publication of the year
•    Winner: Mark Coughlan, Editor, The Ballyfermot Press, Ballyfermot College of Further Education
•    Judge: Fionnuala O’Leary, News Editor, Evening Herald

People’s Choice award
•    Winner: Jenny McKinley, Editor, Lust Magazine, Letterkenny Institute of Technology
•    Judge: Oxygen.ie members

Film Script of the year
•    Winner: Gospel, Mark Fischer, BCFE
•    Judge: Louise Ryan, Irish Film Board

Short Film of the year
•    Winner: Rouzbeh Rashidi, DIT Aungier Street
•    Judge: Michael Dwyer, Film Critic, The Ticket

TV Production of the year
•    Winner: Caoimhim O’Cuinn, NUI Galway
•    Judge: Samantha Libreri, Journalist, RTE News & Current Affairs

TV Journalist of the year
•    Winner: Tom Byrne, Griffith College Dublin
•    Judge: Louise Nolan, The Production People

Irish TV Production of the year
•    Winner: Caoimhin O’Cuinn, NUI Galway
•    Judge: Micháel O Meallaigh, Commissioning Director, TG4

Journalism done through Irish (Print or Radio)
•    Winner: Lisa Ni Shuairc, The Record (TCD)
•    Judge: Seán Ó hÉanaigh, Presented, Radió na  Gaeltachta

Radio Production of the year (Arts & Pop Culture)
•    Winner: Eoin Ryan, Flirt FM, NUIG
•    Judge: Peter Vamos, Programme Director, Phantom 105.2

Radio Production of the year (News & Current Affairs)
•    Winner: A Collage Events, Emile Jennings, Martin Nally, Brian Canty & Enda McHugh, Flirt FM, NUIG
•    Judge: Louise Hegarty, Presenter, 98fm

Website of the year
•    Winner: Agnieszka Bernacka, www.griffiti.ie, GCD
•    Judge: Panel of experts, Goldenpages.com

Web Designer of the year
•    Winner: Gav Reilly, University Observer, UCD
•    Judge: Hugh Linehan, Online Editor, Irishtimes.com

Short Story of the year
•    Winner: Enda: My Story, James Bradshaw
•    Judge: Melissa Hill, Best Selling Author

Photographer of the year
•    Winner: Peter Murray, DIT Aungier Street
•    Judge: Mark Conden, Photographer, Sunday Tribune, PPAI Winner

News Photographer of the year
•    Winner: Ronan Johns, DIT Aungier Street
•    Judge: Don Mullan, Photographer and Author

Sports Photographer of the year
•    Winner: Rob O’Connor, DIT Mountjoy Square
•    Judge: Julien Behal, Staff Photographer, PA, PPAI Winner

Headline award for journalism relating to suicide prevention or mental health
•    Winner: Joey Kavanagh, DCU
•    Judge: Carl O’Brien, Social Affairs Correspondent, Irish Times

Short Animation of the year
•    Winner: Eamonn O’Neill, Institute of Art Design and Technology, Dun Laoghaire
•    Judge: Anne Tweedy, Producer, Boulder Media

DISCLOSURE: The writer of the above is a student at DCU and was nominated in two categorises.

Comments

[John]

Congrats to all that won and entered.