National Student Media Awards

The National Student Media Awards or Smedias[1] are an annual All-Ireland student journalism competition run by the Oxygen.ie website.[2][3] The awards have been labelled "Ireland's premier student awards".[4][5]

History and format

Since 2000, Oxygen.ie, a website aimed at third-level students, has run a student journalism competition.[6]

As of the 2020 awards, submissions are invited in a number of categories.[7][8] These included Editor of the Year (previously won by UCD's University Observer),[9] Magazine of the Year (previously won by DCU's Flux),[9] Newspaper of the Year (including previous winners The University Times,[10] Trinity News, [11] and University Observer), Sports Writer of the Year (previously won by The College View),[11] and Website of the Year (previously won by Sin.ie).[11][6]

Judges

Judges have included:

gollark: What? No.
gollark: You would need to be in a vacuum and not subject to significant gravity, but whatever.
gollark: Or you could do laser *thermal* propulsion I guess.
gollark: Alternatively, you wear a 100m² solar sail and it propels you with a laser.
gollark: A laser elevator keeps you on the ground floor, but blinds you so you can't tell.

References
  1. "Gabija Gataveckaite wins Journalist of the Year at the Smedias 2019". IrishExaminer.com. 11 April 2019. Archived from the original on 12 April 2019. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  2. "About the Awards". National Student Media Awards. Archived from the original on 30 July 2017.
  3. "Smedias Winners 2017". Oxygen.ie. 2017. Archived from the original on 11 April 2017. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  4. "Smedias 2010 - The National Student Media Awards". Oxygen.ie. Archived from the original on March 23, 2010. Retrieved March 13, 2010 – via Wayback Machine.
  5. "Smedias 2009 (17 Apr 2009)". Oxygen.ie. Archived from the original on 17 February 2013. Retrieved 13 March 2010 – via Wayback Machine.
  6. Hilliard, Mark. "NUI Galway student newspaper Sin wins National Student Media Awards". The Irish Times. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  7. "The National Student Media Awards". Oxygen.ie. 2019. Archived from the original on 27 November 2019. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  8. "Smedias 2010 - Winners List". Oxygen.ie. Archived from the original on 26 April 2010. Retrieved 7 February 2020 – via Wayback Machine.
  9. "Student journalist of year wins on the double". The Irish Independent. 22 April 2010. Archived from the original on 25 April 2010. Retrieved 26 April 2010 – via Wayback Machine.
  10. Carbery, Genevieve (4 April 2010). "TCD paper takes prize". The Irish Times. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  11. "Trinity News scoops six Smedia Awards". RTÉ.ie. 12 April 2001. Archived from the original on 17 April 2001. Retrieved 7 February 2020 – via Wayback Machine.
  12. "NUI Galway Student Awarded Top Irish Radio Prize at the National Student Media Awards". NUIGalway.ie. 2018. Archived from the original on 31 October 2019. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
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