Student journalists honoured at awards

Acclaimed journalist and Teesside University honorary graduate Dr Shiulie Ghosh was on hand to present awards to students for their exceptional work.

She was the host of the annual Teesside University Journalism Awards at Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art and joined a host of media professionals and staff to recognise the achievements of students.

Winners were selected in categories including News Reporter of the Year, Best Feature Writer and Blogger of the Year and prizes included a number of placements with The Gazette, The Northern Echo and The Hartlepool Mail, along with work experience at Sky Sports News, The Sun’s Fabulous Magazine, The i, BBC Tees and Made in Tyne and Wear.

Dr Ghosh is the former Home Affairs Editor for ITV News. She started her journalism career in local radio and is now a television journalist for Al Jazeera English.

Paul Bailey, Senior Lecturer in Journalism in the University’s School of Arts & Media, said: ‘These awards recognise the hard work and excellent calibre of our current journalism students and the students were thrilled to be awarded their prizes by Dr Ghosh.

'I would like to thank all of the media organisations who generously contributed prizes to this celebration of our students’ achievements and especially our main sponsors Visualsoft.’

A number of special academic awards were also given out, including the NCTJ Prize, for the student with the highest overall marks while training for the National Council of Journalism qualifications.

The prize was a week’s placement at the Daily Mail in London and was presented by the NCTJ’s Chief Executive Joanne Butcher.

Full list of winners:

NCTJ Prize, sponsored by NCTJ and the Daily Mail, Jodie Lightfoot

Blogger of the Year, sponsored by Teesside University’s Department for External Relations, Jemma Ferguson–Gale Content Producer of the Year, sponsored by Silverbean, Jack Crute Feature Writer, sponsored by The Northern Echo, Jodie Lightfoot

Multimedia Journalist of the Year, sponsored by Evening Gazette, Sam Jones

Community Reporter of the Year, sponsored by Hartlepool Mail, Jack Crute

Sky Sports News Award, Sophie Finnegan

Lifestyle Reporter, sponsored by Fabulous Magazine, Emily Conyard

Entertainment Reporter, sponsored by Narc Magazine, Callum Thornhill News Reporter of the Year, sponsored by The i newspaper, Melissa Major

Broadcast Journalist of the Year, sponsored by Global FM, Rebecca Connolly Video Journalist of the Year, sponsored by Made in Tyne and Wear, Katie Andrews

Communications/PR, sponsored by Harvey and Hugo, Abbie Osguthorpe Award for Promising Newcomer, sponsored by North East Connected, Josh Frankland

Outstanding Contribution to Campus Life Award, sponsored by Teesside University, Josh Gallagher, Hannah Dodsworth, Amani Ibrahimi, Rob Sedgwick and Ryan Sullivan-Hunt

Award for passing 100 words per minute shorthand, sponsored by Teesside University, Rebecca Connolly, Emily Conyard, Jodie Lightfoot, Sam Jones, Iona Peers, Rachel Russell and Eleanor Anderson

Ali Brownlee Award, sponsored by BBC Tees, Jack Franks

Ede and Ravenscroft Academic Prize, Jack Crute

Final Project, Sponsored by Visualsoft, Hello Hartlepool – Jack Crute, Abbie Osguthorpe, Emma McCance and Ashleigh Mann.

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