A STUDENT at Glasgow Clyde College has been named Scottish Student Journalist of the Year, after scooping two category prizes, including for a book of letters penned by members of the public, imagining their ‘future Scotland’.
At the Scottish Student Journalism Awards – held last night in Glasgow – Catrina Cochrane took the top prize, in addition to the category titles, Feature Writer of the Year and Multimedia Publication of the Year.
The latter title was for ‘Dearest Scotland’ – for more info, click here, this media release on allmediascotland.com – while the former was a feature not yet published (but perhaps very soon to be) about Roza Salih, one of the so-called ‘Glasgow Girls’, who took on the authorities about the way failed asylum seekers were being treated.
Among the other prize winners at the event – which was hosted by BBC sports reporter, Jane Lewis, and featured a guest speech by the acclaimed Scots novelist, Christopher Brookmyre – was Alison Gilchrist, who took the News Story of the Year and Scoop of the Year titles.
Cochrane has recently completed the second of her two year-long HND Practical Journalism course.
Also among the winners was Glasgow Caledonian University’s Spotlight Productions – named recipients of an award given annually in memory of the former Daily Record and The Herald journalist, Calum Macdonald, who died, aged 32, from cancer – seven years ago.
The event was organised by students from Glasgow Clyde College: Amy Hepburn, Francesca Arcari, Tayler Fulton, Nicole Barker and Joanna Zuchowska.
The winners’ list reads:
Column of the Year
Winner: Douglas Greenwood – Edinburgh Napier University
Commended: Phoebe-Inglis-Holmes – Glasgow Caledonian University
Nominated: Jasmine Patel – Glasgow Caledonian University
Peter Cassidy – Glasgow Clyde College
Richard Lilley – Glasgow Clyde College
Multimedia Publication of the Year
Winner: Catrina Cochrane – Glasgow Clyde College
Commended: Faran Rafi – University of Strathclyde
Nominated: Callie Carson – Fife College
Peter Docherty – Glasgow Caledonian University
Arts and Entertainment Story of the Year
Winner: Peter Docherty – Glasgow Caledonian University
Commended: Peter Cassidy – Glasgow Clyde College
Nominated: Greg Smith – Strathclyde University
Jenny Cleeton – Glasgow Clyde College
Joyce Robertson – Glasgow Clyde College
Samantha Carmichael – Glasgow Clyde College
Sarah Jane Mcdonald – University of the West of Scotland
Ealasaid MacAlister – Glasgow Clyde College
Broadcast Story of the Year
Winner: Sean Hayman, Martin Rowbottom, Ismay Hutton, Rachel Bar, Hollie Irvine, Cara Halliwell – University of Stirling
Commended: Peter Dorman – Glasgow Caledonian University
Nominated: Colin Robertson – University of the West of Scotland
Franchesca Hashemi – University of the West of Scotland
Kevin O’Donnell, Jide Olanipekun, Kevin Boyle, Kaitlyn O’Brien, Ghader Mashhadi – University of Stirling
Student Publication of the Year
Winner: Browser – Fife College
Commended: Frowning – Edinburgh Napier University
Nominated: The Edit – Glasgow Caledonian University
Start Me Up – University of the West of Scotland
Calum MacDonald Memorial Award
Winner: Spotlight Productions – Glasgow Caledonian University
Commended: Peter Cassidy – Glasgow Clyde College
Nominated: Margaret Ann MacLeod – City of Glasgow College
Rebecca Weinberg – City of Glasgow College
Sports Story of the Year
Winner: Conor Cartwright – Glasgow Clyde College
Commended: Neil Sargent – University of Stirling
Nominated: Catrina Cochrane – Glasgow Clyde College
Colan Lamont – Glasgow Caledonian University
Sabine Kurz – University of Strathclyde
News Story of the Year
Winner: Alison Gilchrist – University of Strathclyde
Commended: Neil Sargent – University of Strathclyde
Nominated: Colin Robertson – University of the West of Scotland
Craig Todd – Glasgow Caledonian University
Jenny Cleeton – Glasgow Clyde College
Morven Quin – Glasgow Caledonian University
Rebecca McCurdy – Glasgow Clyde College
Sabine Kurz – University of Stirling
Feature of the Year
Winner: Catrina Cochrane – Glasgow Clyde College
Commended: Derek McLaughlin – Glasgow Caledonian University
Nominated: Colan Lamont – Glasgow Caledonian University
Colin Roberston – University of the West of Scotland
Conor Cartwright – Glasgow Clyde College
Erin McDermott – University of Stirling
Fraser Rummens – University of Stirling
Peter Cassidy – Glasgow Clyde College
Rachel Munford – University of Strathclyde
Scoop of the Year
Winner: Alison Gilchrist – University of Strathclyde
Commended: Sean Haynan, Martin Rowbottom, Ismay Hutton, Rachel Bar, Hollie Irvine, Cara Halliwell – University of Stirling
Nominated: Catrina Cochrane – Glasgow Clyde College
Neil Sargent – University of Stirling
Student Journalist of the Year
Winner: Catrina Cochrane – Glasgow Clyde College
Commended: Conor Cartwright – Glasgow Clyde College
