Glory for Goldsmiths at broadcast journalism awards

Graduates from the Department of Media and Communications at Goldsmiths, University of London have won a host of prizes at this year’s Broadcast Journalism Training Council awards.

MA Radio graduate Rachel Shelley was awarded Best Radio News Feature for her 10-minute programme ‘Snore and Peace’. Runner-up Al Riddell with ‘Life Beyond the Groove’ is also a graduate of the course.

The MA in Television Journalism programme at Goldsmiths was awarded ‘Best TV Newsday’ for its February 2016 studio day, while MA Television Journalism graduates Tom Bateman, Huw Sambrook and Jungho Choi were runners-up in the Best TV Documentary for ‘The Arrivals’.

No other university received as many first and second prize awards at this year’s ceremony.

The BJTC, the UK’s industry-backed training body for broadcast, multimedia and online journalism, held their 2016 Student Journalism Awards at ITV London Southbank on 21st November. The ceremony was hosted by ITV’s Charlene White and attended by industry leaders from Sky News, ITN, ITV and the BBC.

Many of the winners have now finished their studies and have taken their first jobs in television, radio, print and online.

Head of MA Radio at Goldsmiths, Professor Tim Crook, says: “The outstanding success of our students demonstrates that journalism at Goldsmiths is intelligent, creative and ethical. We encourage our students to be investigative and reflective.”

(Front row, left to right: Linda Lewis, MATVJ convenor; Corinna Talbot, Video Technical advisor; Danielle Tatton MATVJ 2015-16. Back row, left to right: Huw Sambrook, Grace Lin, Areej Zayat - all students MATVJ 2015-16)

Senior Lecturer and Programme Convenor for the MA in Television Journalism, Linda Lewis, adds: "Last year's MATVJ students won best TV Newsday and were commended for both the quality of the journalism and the high production standards, reporting on junior doctors'  strikes, breaking news on transport disruption, the Docklands bombing memorial, dangerous skin cream, Hackney road proposals and other newsworthy topics.  

"As I always tell the students, making TV news is very much a collaborative effort, and a programme is only as good as the weakest link in the chain. The links in this chain were however very strong - golden even!"

Visit the BJTC website for a full list of winners

 

Earlier this week another Department of Media and Communications graduate won the Yorkshire Short Film Competition at the 2016 Leeds International Film Festival for her 20-minute graduation film, Blue Grey.

The "vivid and unflinchingly direct documentary about a daughter’s perception of her mother’s mental health" by Zoe Kinross (MA Screen Documentary 2014-5) was chosen by the jury for its "sheer ambition".

It brings "to a public audience a topic that is too rarely managed and carried privately by individuals and their loved ones. The filmmaking was simultaneously elegant, intimate and brave," they said.

Visit the Leeds International Film Festival website for a full list of winners