正澳门六合彩资料 BA (Hons) Multimedia Journalism students picked up a trio of awards at the National Council for the Training of Journalists (NCTJ) Awards hosted at Hampton Court on Thursday 23 November 2017.
Three graduates were successful at the awards ceremony;聽Jason聽Lewis聽won the Multimedia Story/Campaign of the Year.聽Roshan Roberts-Crooks was highly commended in this category and聽Luke聽Hastings was highly commended in the extremely competitive category of Student Project of the Year. 聽
Staff from the Journalism team also won a new award for 2017, The Innovation Award, which celebrates innovation in journalism education training. This was awarded for the team鈥檚 work on interactive documentary which was described as 鈥渁 terrific example of old fashioned storytelling techniques translated through technology into a modern digital style鈥�.
Karen Fowler-Watt, Head of the School of Journalism, English and Communication, said: 鈥淭hese awards are a real testament to the high quality,聽multimedia journalism produced by BAMMJ students.
鈥淚t is also impressive that we are seen as leaders of innovation in journalism practice, where聽students and staff work聽together to find new ways of storytelling in a digital context.鈥�
Luke Hastings was highly commended for his work聽The Forgotten Survivors that was entered in the Student Project of the Year Award. He said: "I feel very proud to have been highly commended for my work. It's great to see it recognised.
鈥淭he project was challenging, but very rewarding. Thank you to my tutors, in particular Andy Bissell, for supporting me throughout it and congratulations to my colleagues and the university on their awards."
Roshan Roberts who was highly聽commended in the Multimedia Story/Campaign of the Year said, "I feel honoured to have been shortlisted and highly commended for my Multimedia project, covering a delicate and controversial subject of post-traumatic stress in abortion.
鈥淭he award demonstrated to me that the NCTJ champion diversity and understand the significance of creating a conversation with the audience on a multimedia scale.
鈥淭he evening was beautifully spent, surrounded by likeminded individuals that I鈥檓 sure will continue to pursue promising journalism careers."
Multimedia Story/Campaign of the Year winner Jason Lewis added: "It is a real honour to receive the award as recognition for my project and it is a personal high in my fledging career as a journalist.聽The project involved a lot of time and effort, and while I received praise from my fellow students聽and lectures for it, I never expected to win the award.
"I have to thank my tutor Andy Bissell for all his help during the project and also to my brother, who has given me untold support and backing in everything I do. The skills I learnt聽at university prepared me to go straight into industry and this award highlights the strength of the course."
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