The National Student Media Awards or Smedias are an annual All-Ireland student journalism competition run by the Oxygen.ie website. The awards have been labelled "Ireland's premier student awards".

History and format

Since 2000, Oxygen.ie, a

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aimed at third-level students, has run a student journalism competition. , submissions are invited in a number of categories. These included Editor of the Year (previously won by UCD's ''

University Observer ''The University Observer'' is a broadsheet newspaper distributed throughout the campus of University College Dublin, Ireland, once every three weeks. Launched in 1994 by University College Dublin Students' Union, the newspaper was an immedia ...

''), Magazine of the Year (previously won by DCU's ''

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''), Newspaper of the Year (including previous winners '' The University Times'', '' Trinity News'', and ''University Observer''), Sports Writer of the Year (previously won by ''

The College View ''The College View'' is Dublin City University’s only student newspaper, independently run voluntarily by students affiliated to DCU's Journalism Society. The newspaper was first published in 1999 after changing its name from ''The Bullsheet'' ...

''), and Website of the Year (previously won by Sin.ie).

Judges

Judges have included: * Geraldine Kennedy, Editor of

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* Ruth Scott, 2fm DJ *

Cathal Ó Searcaigh Cathal Ó Searcaigh (born 12 July 1956), is a modern Irish language poet. His work has been widely translated, anthologised and studied. "His confident internationalism", according to Theo Dorgan, has channeled "new modes, new possibilities, in ...

, Member of Aosdána *

Jason Sherlock Jason Sherlock (born 10 January 1976 in Dublin) is an Irish former Gaelic footballer who played at senior level for the Dublin county team between 1995 and 2010. He played most of his club football for Na Fianna in Glasnevin in the northern su ...

, Winner of GAA GPA All Stars Awards *

Benjamin Cleary Benjamin Cleary is an Irish writer, director and producer from Dublin. He is best known for his short-film ''Stutterer (film), Stutterer'' that earned him an Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film at the 88th Academy Awards with producers ...

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filmmaker * Paul Howard, journalist and author

References

External links

* {{authority control Student newspapers published in Ireland Journalism awards Irish awards Student media awards Awards established in 2000