Guardian Student Media Award


The Guardian Student Media Awards were an annual UK-wide student journalism competition run by The Guardian newspaper. They were cancelled from 2016 onwards to save costs.

History

Since 1947, The National Union of Students have run a student journalism competition of some kind. In 1978, The Guardian joined forces with the NUS for the inaugural NUS/Guardian Student Media Awards.
In the early years the competition was modest. Only a handful of categories - for Best Paper, Best Magazine, Best Photographer and Best Journalist existed - along with awards for student radio.
During the 1990s, the individual print categories began to rise exponentially, and today include Reporter, Feature writer, Critic, Sports writer, Diversity writer, Travel writer and Columnist. Meanwhile, the broadcast categories were dropped after the judges consistently reported insufficient quality to yield a shortlist. Other categories added included Publication Design and Website.
Small Budget Publication was also added, but it has now been replaced by Student Broadcaster.
Since 1999, The Guardian and the NUS have run separate student journalism awards. The Guardian's are now simply called the Guardian Student Media Awards. The NUS meanwhile, launched the National Student Journalism Awards, which have been sponsored by The Independent, The Daily Mirror, The Press Association and Citizen Training

Format

The Awards are launched in July each year, with a closing date at the beginning of September. Typically students are required to send their best three articles from the past academic year to be critiqued by a panel of senior national journalists. In early November, a shortlist of five entrants per category is printed in Media section of the newspaper. The winners and runners-up in each category, along with an overall student reporter of the year, are announced at a London ceremony at the beginning of December.
As of the 2014 awards, submissions were invited in the following categories:

Publication of the Year

Website of the Year

Reporter of the Year

Until 2009 there was a separate category of Student Journalist of the Year which was selected from all categories of the awards. This award was removed from 2010 onwards and awards are now only given in specific categories of entry.
Reporter of the YearWinnerPublicationUniversityRunner-upPublicationUniversity
2013Alisha RouseUniversity of Sheffield---
2012Elizabeth PorterUniversity of Oxford---
2011Simon MurphyThe CourierNewcastle University---
2010Camilla TurnerCherwellUniversity of Oxford---
2009Michael StothardVarsityUniversity of Cambridge
2008Hannah KüchlerUniversity of OxfordAdam ThornYork VisionUniversity of York
2007Lucy TaylorYork VisionUniversity of YorkAndy HeathOxford StudentUniversity of Oxford
2006Felicity HaySheffield SteelUniversity of SheffieldRupert NeateFelixImperial College London
2005Roger WaiteOxford StudentUniversity of OxfordJessica SalterLeeds StudentUniversity of Leeds
2004Ruaridh ArrowGlasgow University GuardianUniversity of GlasgowStewart MacLeanStudent DirectUniversity of Manchester
2003Robert HarrisYork VisionUniversity of York---
2002Jonathan ColmanScanLancaster University---
2001Alice TarletonThe Steel PressUniversity of SheffieldSteve BloomfieldLiverpool StudentUniversity of Liverpool
2000Guy AdamsThe Steel PressSheffield Universityunknownunknownunknown
1999Guy AdamsThe Steel PressSheffield UniversityRichard ColebournCherwellOxford
1999John HopkinsThe SaintUniversity of St Andrews

Journalist of the Year (now defunct)

Feature writer of the Year

Columnist of the Year

Critic of the Year

Photographer of the Year

Publication Design of the Year (now defunct)

Diversity writer of the Year (now defunct)

Travel writer of the Year (now defunct)

Sports writer of the Year (now defunct)

Student Campaign (now defunct)

Magazine of the Year (now defunct)

Small Budget Publication (now defunct)