TCD newspaper scoops top award

University newspaper Trinity News last night scooped two of the three top prizes at the oxygen

University newspaper Trinity News last night scooped two of the three top prizes at the oxygen.ie National Student Media Awards in Dublin.

TCD student Derek Owens won the Journalist of the Year award while Trinity News also took the prize for Newspaper of the Year, which was accepted at last night's ceremony in Spirit nightclub by its editor, Ian Carey.

The award for Editor of the Year went to UCD's Eoghan Casey from the University Observer.

This year, the organisers received more than 900 entries from student journalists from around the country. The 23 awards were shared between eight colleges, with Dublin Institute of Technology claiming the most with six.

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Among the judges were editor of The Irish Times Geraldine Kennedy, editor of the Irish Examiner Tim Vaughan, RTÉ's Myles Dungan and John Walshe from the Irish Independent.

Student media awards: selected winners

Short Film: Colm Russell [ Tallaght IT]

Short Story: Barry Fowler [ DIT]

Radio - Arts & features Marc Redmond [ Ballyfermot CFE]

Features - Arts & reviews Luke O'Neill [ College View - DCU]

Web designer: Rory Donohue [ NUIG]

News Photographer of the Year Stephen Ryan [ Griffith College]

Layout & Design: Natalie Price and Philip Gilsenan

[ University Observer - UCD]

Colour Writer: Caomhan Keane and Michelle Burke

[ Griffiti - Griffith College]

TV Journalist: John Bent [ Griffith College]

Journalist - National Press: Paul Caffrey [ Trinity College]

Journalist of the Year: Derek Owens [ Trinity News - Trinity College]

Editor of the Year: Eoghan Casey [ University Observer - UCD]

Newspaper of the Year: Ian Carey [ Trinity News - Trinity College]