smn The 2019 National Student Media Awards are fast approaching, and we are delighted that we can announce our first selection of nominees!
These entrants have made their way through the shortlisting process, and will progress onto the next stage – the awards themselves! Competition was intense this year, so this is a fantastic achievement for everyone involved.
So without further ado, the first nominees for the 2019 National Student Media Awards are as follows! For further category announcements, keep checking our social media pages and of course, the Oxygen website!
To make sure this year’s awards are the best yet, don’t forget to vote for the People’s Choice category, which is open now.
For all those lucky nominees who can attend the event, get in touch with us at 01 561 6694, 086 793 7550, or smedias@generationy.ie and book your tickets! Office hours are 10am to 5pm.
Short Story of the Year
Áine Thistleton |TCD | Fox Ears
Emma Kiely | UCD | Relief
Jason Kenneally | Coláiste Dhúlaigh | The Favourite
Morgan Ruth Queeney | NUIG | Memories of Magic
Tara Hanneffy | UCD | Mummy Always Says
Blog/Vlog of the Year
Aisling O’Connor | UL | This Dream’s Alive
Ciara Dinneen | UCC |Ciaraday.com
Martin Murphy | LIT |Matt’s Epic Lit Vlog
Sadhbh Sullivan | UCC| sadbhers.ie
Seán Hickey |TUD |Two Pints Blog
Magazine of the Year
DIT Fresher’s Magazine | DIT
Footprint | Griffith College, Dublin
Highlander | Pulse College
OTWO | UCD
Subvert | DIT
Colour Writer of the Year
David Kelly | DCU
Georgia Griffin | NUIG
James Simcox | UCD
Laura Fleming | UCC
Shane Clune | UCD
Sports Photographer of the Year
Ben Brady | SCFE
Dylan Termorshuizen | Griffith College
Lee O’Hare | LCFE
Mingyang Pang | UL
Paul Hughes | SCFE
Film Script of the Year
Hiram Harrington | TCD | Normal Porn for Normal People
Marketa ni Eithir | TCD | Lenka
Olivia McLaughlin | DIT | The Dressmaker
Steven Hanrahan | TCD | Crisis of Fate, Pt. 1: Baptism by Fire
Susannah Hunt | TCD | The Great Kopycinski
Léiriúcháin Teilifíse I nGaeilge – Faisnéis & Drámaíocht
Oisín Mistéil | WIT | Amach an Sliabh
Seán Ó Ciadhra | WIT | Faoin gCeann Tui
Áine Ryan | WIT | Feadóg
Amii McGuiness | WIT | Leanbh Deardaoin
Natalia Uí Fhaoláin | WIT | Ón Rinn go Reykjavik
Website of the Year
An Focal | UL
BCFEMillenial | BCFE
Limerick Voice | UL
Sadhbhers | UCC
Trinity News | TCD
SFI Science Writer of the Year
Dan Giffney | TCD
Danielle Olavario | TCD
Jessie Dolliver | TCD
Molly McCrory | TCD
Sam Cox | TCD
Layout & Design – Magazine
DIT Fresher’s Magazine | DIT
Footprint | Griffith College
Motley | UCC
OTWO | UCD
Subvert | DIT
Layout & Design – Newspaper
Limerick Voice | UL
The College Tribune | UCD
The College View/THE HYPE | DCU
The Liberty, Issue 92 – 94 | DIT
Trinity News | TCD
Short Film of the Year
Adam Gray | BCFE | Noise
Conor Diggin | TUD | Six Portraits
Jack Cowhig, Lauren O’Brien, Tara O’Callaghan | IADT | Skint
Luke Toomey, Maud Gautier, Robert Geoghegan, Dimitri Korczak | DIT | Hooked: Skateboarding in Ireland
Nell Hensey | UCD | Almost Home
Features Writer – Arts & Popular Culture
Adam Lawler | UCD
Ash Gomez | UCD
Federica Montella | UL
Heather Reynolds | UCD
Laurie Shelly | UCC
Radio DJ of the Year
Abaigael Woods | TUD
Conor O’Neill | DCU
Jade Connell Carroll, Jessica Viola|UCD
Jude McInerney, Tommy Barrett | Mary Immaculate
Sean Ryan | Coláiste Stiofáin Naofa|
Radio Documentary of the Year
Nathan Walsh | BCFE | The Deadly Saris
Léopoldine Iribarren | Griffith College | Situation of Crisis
Jesse Melia | DIT | Hand in Hand
Jessica Spencer | DIT | The New Poets of Dublin
Sarah Harrington, Kathy O’ Hare | UCC | The Power of Language
Radio Production – News & Current Affairs
Cian Lyons, Matthew O’Leary, Patrick Power |UCD
Ciara O’Loughlin, Aine O’Boyle, Aoife O’Brien, Alison Condon, Dara Browne, Anja Zauers | DCU
Matthew Moynihan, Maeve McTaggart, Stephen Kingsley |UCC
Emil Trahan |UL
Rory Hughes, Scott Duffield, Michael Jardine, Jessica Lawrence, Jane Corscadden, Robert Murtagh, Chloe Murray| Queens
Features Writer – News & Current Affairs
Brian Donnelly | UCD
Ciara O’Loughlin | DCU
Kathleen O’Sullivan | UL
Laura Fleming | UCC
Milena Barnes | TCD
Iriseoireacht trí Ghaeilge (Raidió)
Alice Dunne, Daniel Herlihy, Ella Curtin | UCC
Amy Coy | NUIG
Caoi Cainte | NUIG
Eibhlín Ni Chatháin | NUIG
Wuraola Majekodunmi | IADT
Radio Journalist of the Year
Ciara O’Loughlin | DCU
Fiona Keeley | UCC
Matthew Moynihan, Maeve McTaggart, Stephen Kingsley | UCC
Patrick Power | UCD
Shayan Nasser | UCC
Journalist of the Year
Dan Grennan | DIT
Evie Kearney | UL
Gabija Gataveckaite | DCU
Jenny Murphy Byrne | DIT
Muireann Duffy | UL
Photographer of the Year
Anthony Flinter | Griffith College
Kacper Piekarski | TUD
Lee O’Hare | LCFE
Seán Moore | Griffith
Sebastian Farron-Mahon | Griffith
Radio Production – Arts & Features
Aniina Kankaansivu, Ebony Corcoran, Martina Duquette | IADT | Fire Radio
Cillian Lyne | UCC| A Play on Sound
Ivan Smyth, Ronan Coughlan | UL | Beyond the Game
Jenny Murphy Byrne | DIT | A Virtual Reality
Jessica Spencer | DIT | The New Poets of Dublin
Short Animation of the Year
Colm Dowling | BCFE |Route sixty styx
Dave Cooney | Coláiste Dhúlaigh | On the radio
Gareth Gowran | Coláiste Dhúlaigh | Sound holds the distance travelled
Gavin O’Donnell, Joshua Hogan, Lee Connolly, Lucia Lusvarghi, Owen Wyne | BCFE | Whackjobs
Marek Winnicki | Coláiste Dhúlaigh | Dobrogor
News Photographer of the Year
David Uzell | Griffith College
Giorgia Mazur Graf Schreiber | Griffith College
Joe McCallion | TCD
Kevin Newcomen |CDCFE
MingYang Pang | UL
TV Production of the Year
Carla Andreucetti, Darren Deehan, Patrick Wodhams | Coláiste Dhúlaigh | Downsizing
Eilís O’Boyle | UCD | Two a Tea
Isaac Hassah, Niamh Carey, Shane Derwin, Sylvia Moore, Tara Wright| Coláiste Dhúlaigh | Behind the Black Stuff
Jack Cowhig, Lauren O’Brien, Tara O’Callaghan |IADT | Skint
Seán Ó Ciadhra | WIT | Faoin gCeann Tui
Iriseoireacht trí Ghaeilge (Scríofa)
Alice Elizabeth Dunne | UCC
Cecily Nic Cionnaith | UCD
James McAuliffe |UCC
Jessica Ní Mháirtín | DIT
Róisín Cullen | DCU
Small College/Society Publication of the Year
DIT Fresher’s Magazine |DIT
Footprint | Griffith
Sexpress | UCC
The Liberty | TUD
The Queer Book |NUIG
European Commission Award
Aaron Bowman | UCD
Ekaterina Gillen | UCD
Jessica Dolliver | TCD
Laurence Childs | UCD
Muireann O’Shea | UCD
Journalist of the Year – National Media
Aoife Walsh | DCU
Arthur Velker | UCD
Dan Grennan |DIT
Orla Dwyer |DCU
Rose Ugoalah |Griffith College
Sports Writer of the Year
Neil Stokes | UCD
Patrick Reid | Griffith
Peter Guckian | LCFE
Ronan Coughlan | UL
Ryan Clarke | DCU
RSA Award for Journalism in Road Safety
Cait Caden | DCU
Doireann de Courcy MacDonnell | UCD
Fergal Smiddy | UCC
Lydia Perry | Coláiste Dhúlaigh
Maeve McTaggart | UCC
Editor of the Year
Aine Kenny | NUIG | Sin
Cailean Coffey | UCC | The University Express
Dan Grennan | DIT | Subvert
Frances Watkins | UL | Limerick Voice
Niamh Lynch | TCD | Trinity News
Newspaper of the Year
Aine Kenny | NUIG | SIN Newspaper
Aaron Bowman, Muireann O’Shea | UCD | The College Tribune
Brían Donnelly & Dylan O’ Neil | UCD | The University Observer
Frances Watkins | UL | Limerick Voice
Niamh Lynch | TCD | Trinity News
