{"id":21847,"date":"2019-04-01T20:37:52","date_gmt":"2019-04-01T19:37:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.anfocal.ie\/?p=21847"},"modified":"2019-04-03T12:09:35","modified_gmt":"2019-04-03T11:09:35","slug":"10-nominations-for-ul-students-in-2019-student-media-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anfocal.ie\/index.php\/10-nominations-for-ul-students-in-2019-student-media-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"11 Nominations for UL Students in 2019 Student Media Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The nominees for the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a02019 National Student Media Awards were announced little under an hour ago. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">University of Limerick has secured eleven nominations overall across eight separate categories.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Both UL student newspapers, An Focal and The Limerick Voice, received nominations in this year\u2019s Website of the Year category.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An Focal are also listed in the People\u2019s Choice award which readers can vote for <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oxygen.ie\/peoples-choice-award-smedias-2019\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The fourth year journalism paper, The Limerick Voice also earned itself a nomination in the Best Layout and Design Category.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The 2019 Smedias will take place on April 11th, 2019 in the Aviva Stadium at 7pm.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Newspaper of the Year and Editor of the Year have yet to be announced.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">See below for a list of all UL nominees and links to their respective work:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aisling O\u2019Connor has been nominated for <\/span><b>Blog\/Vlog of the Year<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for her literary blog, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/thisdreamsalive.wordpress.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This Dream\u2019s Alive.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scholarship student from Beijing Sports University, Mingyang Pang, is nominated for<\/span><b> Sports Photographer of the Year<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Social Media manager for The Limerick Voice, <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/limerickvoice.com\/author\/federica-montella\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Federica Montella<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is nominated <\/span><b>for Arts &amp; Culture Features Writer.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">News &amp; Features reporter for The Limerick Voice, <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/limerickvoice.com\/author\/emil-trahan\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Emil Trahan<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is nominated for <\/span><b>Radio Production &#8211; News &amp; Current Affairs<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kathleen O\u2019Sullivan received a nomination in the <strong>News &amp; Current Affairs &#8211; Feature Writer<\/strong> category.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Ronan Coughlan and Ivan Smyth received a nod in the\u00a0<strong>Radio Production \u2013 Arts &amp; Features\u00a0<\/strong>category for their sports show on ULFM <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mixcloud.com\/BeyondTheGamePodcast\/\">Beyond The Game<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Last, but not least, both fourth year students from UL Journalism, <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/limerickvoice.com\/author\/evie-kearney\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Evie Kearney<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/limerickvoice.com\/author\/muireann-duffy\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Muireann Duffy<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are nominated for the prestigious, <strong>Journalist of the Year<\/strong> category.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Congratulations to all the nominees and best of luck on April 11th.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"pvc_stats_21847\" class=\"pvc_stats all  \" data-element-id=\"21847\" style=\"\"><i class=\"pvc-stats-icon medium\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" data-prefix=\"far\" data-icon=\"chart-bar\" role=\"img\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" class=\"svg-inline--fa fa-chart-bar fa-w-16 fa-2x\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M396.8 352h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V108.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v230.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zm-192 0h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V140.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v198.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 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