The University of York’s York Vision was crowned newspaper of the year at the Guardian Student Media awards 2014.
The 26–year–old title beat its campus rival, Nouse, to win the prestigious award for the sixth time since 2000.
The prize was presented at a ceremony at Guardian headquarters in London on Thursday night, hosted by the broadcaster Rick Edwards.
It was a successful night for the University of York in another category, as student Patrick Greenfield won the reporter of the year prize and James Tyas came runner-up in the critic of the year award, which was won by Cambridge University’s Cal Revely–Calder.
More than 700 hopefuls put themselves forward for the 36th annual Guardian Student Media awards, which were judged earlier this year by leading industry figures, including the Guardian News & Media editor-in-chief Alan Rusbridger, Financial Times deputy editor John Thornhill and Cate Sevilla, managing editor of BuzzFeed UK.
Students at Nottingham University won website of the year for ImpactNottingham and Marta Portocarrero, of Goldsmiths, University of London, was named student digital journalist of the year.
Another Goldsmiths student, Julia Schoenstaedt, saw her work commended with the photographer of the year award.
City University’s Ralph Jones took home the feature writer of the year prize, while Lucy Webster, of the University of Warwick, won columnist of the year.
Amelia Dimoldenberg, of Central St Martins, University of the Arts London, was named student broadcast journalist of the year.
All winners were awarded with two weeks of work experience in the Guardian’s newsroom, with runners–up receiving one week. Additional prizes included an iPad Air and entry to a Guardian Masterclass on journalism.
Full list of the winners and runners-up
Student publication of the year
Winner – York Vision, University of York
Runner-up – Nouse, University of York
Student website of the year
Winner – impactnottingham.com, University of Nottingham
Runner-up – exepose.com, University of Exeter
Student reporter of the year
Winner – Patrick Greenfield, University of York
Runner-up – Gabriel Webber, University of Sussex
Student feature writer of the year
Joint winners – Ralph Jones, City University London and Charlotte England, SOAS, University of London
Student columnist of the year
Winner – Lucy Webster, University of Warwick
Runner-up – Jacob Montgomery, UCL, University of London
Student critic of the year – in association with NME
Winner – Cal Revely–Calder, University of Cambridge
Runner-up – James Tyas, University of York
Student photographer of the year
Winner – Julia Schoenstaedt, Goldsmiths, University of London
Runner-up – Alecsandra Raluca Dragoi, University of Portsmouth
Student digital journalist of the year
Winner – Marta Portocarrero, Goldsmiths, University of London
Runner-up – Siraj Datoo, City University London
Student broadcast journalist of the year
Winner – Amelia Dimoldenberg, Central St Martins – University of the Arts London
Runner-up – Anastasia Pastor Kubrak, Samuel Holder and Tashi Skervin, City University London
