The 37th annual Guardian Student Media Awards has opened for entries today. The awards celebrate the work and achievements of the country’s most talented students planning to enter the journalism and media industry. Previous winners include the Guardian’s Egypt correspondent Patrick Kingsley, executive editor of opinion Jonathan Freedland, and The Observer’s chief political commentator Andrew Rawnsley.
For the first time there will be a Student Media Startup of the Year and Student Multimedia Journalist of the year category. Both join the award’s more established categories which include Student Publication of the Year and Student Website the Year. The entries will be judged by journalists from across the industry and all shortlisted entries will be invited to attend the awards ceremony at the Guardian in December. Winners gain a place on the Guardian’s journalism masterclass and a two week work experience placement, whilst runners-up receive one week’s work experience.
Students can submit their entries via the Guardian Student Media Awards 2015 site. The deadline for entries is 11 September 2015. Applications are open to students 18 and over (with a valid NUS card or student card) on a higher education course. Full entry requirements can also be found on the site.
The full list of this year’s categories are as follows:
- Student Publication of the Year
- Student Website of the Year
- Student Reporter of the Year
- Student Feature Writer of the Year
- Student Opinion Writer of the Year
- Student Critic of the Year
- Student Photographer of the Year
- Student Multimedia Journalist of the Year
- Student Media Startup of the Year.
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For more information please contact: media.enquiries@theguardian.com or 020 335 33696
Or visit theguardian.com for more information about the awards and a full list of judges.
Notes to editors
About Guardian Student Media Awards
For the last 36 years the Guardian Student Media Awards have sought out the best student writers, designers, broadcasters, editors, and photographers. They are well known for helping kick-start careers for promising young journalists.
The focus of the awards is to discover and promote these talented individuals as well as reward and celebrate their excellent work.
About Guardian News & Media
Guardian News & Media (GNM) publishes theguardian.com, one of the largest English-speaking quality newspaper websites in the world. Since launching its US and Australia digital editions in 2011 and 2013 respectively, traffic from outside of the UK now represents over two-thirds of the Guardian’s total digital audience.
In the UK, GNM publishes the Guardian newspaper six days a week, first published in 1821, and the world’s oldest Sunday newspaper, The Observer.
The Guardian is most recently renowned for its Pulitzer Prize and Emmy-winning revelations based on the disclosures made by whistleblower Edward Snowden. In 2014, the Guardian was named newspaper and website of the year at the Society of Editors UK Press Awards and is the most trusted news source in the UK (Ofcom digital media report, 2014).
The Guardian is also known for its globally acclaimed investigation into phone hacking, the launch of its groundbreaking digital-first strategy in 2011 and its trailblazing partnership with WikiLeaks in 2010.
