SMEDIAS NOMINATIONS smn Features The Smedias are fast approaching, and some of the nominees are in! We will keep updating the nominations list over the next week as they come in from the judges, so make sure to watch out for your category. We would like to offer a massive congratulations to everyone who has made the final cut, and wish you all the very best of luck. Winners will be announced at our glam awards ceremony which will be held at the Aviva Stadium on the 7th of April. Keep an eye on Oxygen.ie for details about the tickets! *This year we have divided Layout and Design of the Year into Layout and Design – Magazine and Layout and Design – Newspaper. DRUM ROLL PLEASE… NOMINATIONS 2016: Features Writer: Arts and Pop Culture Rebekah Rennick (UCD) Jin Ji Lim & Su Kyi Ng (RCSI) Eva Griffin (UCD) Claire Fox Adam Donnelly (UCD) Ryan McBride (DCU) News Photographer: Amama Freitan Dultna (Griffith) Simon Walsh (Griffith) Natalia Marzec (DIT) Diarmuid O Donovan (LCFE) Walter Cassidy (LCFE) Emmet Curtain (UCC) Newspaper of the Year: Divercsity (RCSI) UCC Express (UCC) The College View (DCU) The Edition (DIT) The University Observer (UCD) Radio DJ: Aidan Priestly (Griffith College) Daniel McGettrick – The Vinyl Groove (UCD) Maoilíosa Lydon – (ULFM) William Nolan – Top 30 Show (ULFM) Ellen Fitzpatrick – The Buzz (DIT) Aoife Bermingham – iStory The Scoop (DIT) Short Story of the Year: Chiamaka Enyi & Dermot (UCD) Hannah Kingston (UCC) Rory McNab (TCD) Natalie Madden (UCD) Eoghan Scott (UCC) Xander Cosgrave (UCC) Sports Photographer: Kevin Hegarty Simon Walsh Eoin Smith Diarmuid O’Donovan David Fogarty Jack Lyons Irish TV: Buíochas le Bia – Aoife Ryan Máire Pháidín, Cara Linn – Ceri Carfield Muid Éire Nua – Andrew Gallivan I mBarr an Reimse – Jennifer Ni hOgain Meangadh – Sinead Ní Chuirreain Athair – Liadan Holohan Features Writer: News and Politics Martin Healy (UCD) Eoin McSweeney (UCC) Jack Power (UCD) Grainne Loughran (UCD) Eithne Dodd (UCD) Patricia Brady (DIT) Journalist of the Year: Patrick Kelleher (UCD) Sarah Taafe Maguire (TCD) Hannah Kingston (UCC) Grainne Loughran (UCD) Patrice Brady (DIT) Roisin Guyett Nicholson (UCD) Colour Writer of the Year: Rory McNab (TCD) Kyle Maline (UCC) Cathal Delaney and Cyrille Payne (RCSI) Robert Sullivan (UCC) Sarah Taaffe-Maguire (TCD) Leah Driscoll (UCC) EU Commission Award: Olivia Brown (UCC) Gender Equality and the EU Gráinne Loughran (UCD) The refugee crisis: a personal experience Claire Fox (UCC) Ireland, Britain and the EU; a marriage or divorce of convenience? Caitrín O’Leary (RCSI) Generation Immigration Brian Conmy (UCC) The EU and the TTIP image Problem Sam McNally (UCC) The EU and the Migrant Crisis Journalist of the Year – National Press: Robert Byrne (UCC) Ryan Nugent (DIT) Catherine Devine (DCU) Wayne O’ Connor (UL) Jennifer Purcell (UL) Luca Arfini (TCD) Blog of the Year Catriona Mc Cormack (NUIG) Robert Byrne (UCC) Robert Morrisey (Griffith) Lauren Mulvihill (UCC) Stephen Dorney (CIT) Jessica Spencer (DIT) Short Animation of the Year: Aoife Moiselle ‘#1’ (IADT) David Delaney ‘Dave’s Beard Emporium’ (BCFE) Sean Cunningham ‘Bugg & Mr. Hill’ (BCFE) Hannah Cleary ‘All New Twitter’ (BCFE) Website of the Year Shane Devereux, DIT – www.thecity.ie Aisling Ní Chúláin DCU – oflandandsea.ie/#home The University Observer, UCD – http://www.universityobserver.ie/ Catherine Devine, DCU – http://www.thecollegeview.com/ Robert Sullivan, UCC – http://uccexpress.ie/ Irish Times Students Hub of The Year Fionn Rogan, TCD Marisa Kennedy Amy Meegan, UCD Catherine Devine ,DCU Jennifer Hope Cosgrove, DCU Jessica Jacques, TCD Iriseoreacht trí Ghaeilge (Raidió) Caoimhe Ní Chathail, DCU Andrew Power, NUIG Bronagh Ni Chuilinn,Adam, Nollaig, Aoife & Dearbhla, NUIG Laura Gaynor, IADT Grace Ní Lionáird, DIT Iriseoireacht trí Ghaeilge (Scríofa) Grace Ní Lionáird, DIT Jessica Ni Mhairtin, DIT Gearóid Óg Ó Greacháin (Gerard Gregan), UCD Rachel Wallace, DCU Cal O Donnabhain, DCU Alison Splillane, DCU Small College Publication Denise Walsh, Shauna Brennan, Darragh O’Connor, Gina Renehan, Louise McNulty & Christopher Middleton – WIT Ruairi O Hehir, BCFE Ross Cudmore, Christian Brothers College Walaa Ajjawi, Griffith College Dublin Caitrin O’Leary, RCSI Matthias Ritters, Griffith College Dublin Photographer of the Year Matteusz Biskip, WIT Anthony Griffin, Griffith College Dublin Jozsef Kukola, Griffith College Dublin Natalia Marzec, DIT Justina Brazauskaite, Griffith College Dublin James Keown, Griffith College Dublin Editor of the Year Ballyfermot College of Further Education: Ruairi O Hehir, Editor, BCFE Bulletin DCU: Claire Prenty and Aoife McCormack, Editor, The Look RSCI: Nikita Rane, Editor, Divercsity UCC: Ellen Desmond, Editor, Motley UCD: Grainne Loughran and Patrick Kelleher, Editors, The University Observer UL: Tomas Heneghan, Editor, An Focal Radio Documentary of the Year Niamh O’Donoghue (DIT) Alva Egan (DIT) Contstance Keane (DIT) Shannon O’Brien (IADT) Jeanne Measom (Griffith College Dublin) Jack Knox (IADT) Radio Production: News & Current Affairs Niamh O’Donoghue, DIT Aungier St (The Gospel According to Matthew) Constance Keane, DIT (Your pressure won’t make us diamonds) Alva Egan, DIT Aungier St (On the Inside) Roisin Nestor, DCU (General Election coverage) Ellen Smith & Michael Kiernan, Tallaght IT (Front Page) Leandro Pondoc, DCU (Budget Special) Radio Documentary of the Year Jeanne Measom (Griffith College Dublin) Niamh O’Donoghue(DIT) Alva Egan (DIT) Jack Knox (IADT) Contstance Keane (DIT) Shannon O’Brien (IADT) Short Film of the Year Anthony Mc Donagh, DIT – Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday Adrian wojtas/ Kieran Murray , IADT/ Dun Laoighaire – A Short Film about Filming Greg Byrne and Stephen McKenna, CDCFE – Small Talk Lauren Shannon Jones & Martin Curley CDCFE- Enclave Richard Barragry, BCFE – Exterium, Enda McDonagh & Alan Breslin, CDCFE – Faith and Rectitude Sports Writer of the Year David Kent, UCD Rory McNab, TCD Aaron Gallagher, DCU Jack O’Toole, DCU Conall Cahill, UCD David Gorman, UCD IMPORTANT NOTICE: The Layout and Design category has been split into two categories – Magazine and Newspaper. Layout and Design: Magazine Patrice Brady, DIT – Grit Magazine Kevin Kremers, DCU – The Look Ryan Nugent, Niamh Haskins, DIT – Moxie Walaa Ajjawi, Griffith College Dubin – Griffiti Magazine Ross Cudmore, Christian Brothers College – Red x CBC Magazine Layout and Design: Newspaper Catherine Devine, DCU – The College View James Healy, UCD – The University Observer Nikita Rane , RCSI – Divercsity Robert o Sullivan, UCC – UCC express Patrice Brady, DIT – The Edition Kevin Gillespie, BCFE – BCFE Bulletin TV Production of the Year Kieran Burke, LCFE John Murphy, BCFE Claudia Verdecchia, Griffith College Dublin Laura Murphy, Griffith College Dublin Laura Leonard, Griffith College Dublin Photographer of the Year Matteusz Biskip, WIT Anthony Griffin, Griffith College Dublin Jozsef Kukola, Griffith College Dublin Natalia Marzec, DIT Justina Brazauskaite, Griffith College Dublin James Keown, Griffith College Dublin Editor of the Year Ballyfermot College of Further Education: Ruairi O Hehir, Editor, BCFE Bulletin DCU: Claire Prenty and Aoife McCormack, Editor, The Look RSCI: Nikita Rane, Editor, Divercsity UCC: Ellen Desmond, Editor, Motley UCD: Grainne Loughran and Patrick Kelleher, Editors, The University Observer UL: Tomas Heneghan, Editor, An Focal Radio Production Arts and Features Colin Layde – DIT Liam Kennedy- DIT Rachael O’Brien – DIT Marie Cogan – DIT Lauren Battersby – DIT Nicola Kirwan – DIT Radio Journalist Alva Egan – DIT Aidan Priestly – Griffith Leandro Pandoc – DCU Róisín Nestor – DCU Lisa O’Donnell – DCU Stephen Murphy – DCU Film Script of the Year Circus – Aoife Bradshaw Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday – Anthony McDonagh Coming Home – Sarah Lally Bucaneers – Cormac Duff Little Flower – Brigette Heffernan Denise – Jason Keneally Magazine of the Year The Look Magazine, Claire Prenty, Aoife McCormack, Kevin Kremers and team (DCU) Motley Magazine, Ellen Desmond, Hannah Kingston, Catha O’Gara and team (UCC) OTwo Magazine, Karl Quigley, Eva Griffin and team (UCD) GRIT Magazine, Sarah Fitzgerald, Hilary Pidgeon, Aida Skirmantaite, Victoria Tiernan, Patrice Brady and team (DIT) DiveRCSIty, Caitrín O’Leary, Nikita Rane and team (RCSI) Byline Magazine / UCC Express, Xander Cosgrave, Robert O’Sullivan and team (UCC) RSA Award for Journalism Relating to Road Safety Robbie Byrne (UCC) John Anderson Jnr (Griffith College) Danielle Maldonado (Griffith College) Noor Yaser Saleh (Griffith College) Bruno Theodoro (Griffith College) Nathan O’Carroll (Grifith College) People’s Choice Award The Edition, DIT The University Observer, UCD An Focal, UL Motley, UCC Divercsity, RCSI UCC Express, UCC RTE2 New Voices Award Michal Fryzlewicz Soraiya Ryan Eduardo Nogueira Gabriel Mueller Razvan Porfiri Carlos Santiago KBC Outstanding Achievement Award Ellen Desmond – UCC Brian Comny – UCC Jonathan Byrne – UCD Ryan Nugent – DIT Niamh Geoghegan – DIT Comments comments