Smedias 2010 | Apr22 |
The Student Media Awards took place last night in the Mansion House. Sadly,Trinity News failed to take home the big prizes.
My own personal disappointment aside, it’s particularly great to see DCU awarded many of the high-profile titles. The college really doesn’t offer the College View any kind of support- they have no office, for crying out loud- yet the team there does a hell of a lot better than many of the well-funded papers in the country. Great to see it recognised, and I hope they can use this kind of success when trying to negotiate a better deal for themselves.
The “other paper” in Trinity, the University Times, was granted the Newspaper of the Year award. I hope they don’t mind me saying that it was a bit of a surprise- it’s the first time the award has gone to someone other than Trinity News or the University Observer. Rob has been across the hall from me all year, and we’ve shared much banter, so if anyone else had to pick it up, I’m happy it’s the Times.
Well done to all the winners. I had been hoping for a replacement award for my 2007 Journalist of the Year award, pictured, which sadly didn’t survive the trip to the Harcourt Diner. I dropped it on the floor, and, amazingly, it bounced. When I dropped it about 30 seconds later, it didn’t. Ah well.
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