The National Student Media Awards will be held in person for the first time in three years following the easing of Coronavirus restrictions.<\/p>\n
‘The Smedias’ are one of the biggest and longest running student journalism events in Ireland.<\/p>\n
The awards event was held online in 2021. Despite the different setting, the event received over 1000 entries.<\/p>\n
The in-person event will likely be held in the Aviva Stadium on Thursday 28th April, 2022.<\/p>\n
There are 40 different categories covering areas from print to photography, blogging, radio, film, animation and more.<\/p>\n
Mostafa Darwish, an ulumnus of University of Limerick and a recent graduate of the MA in Journalism programme won the Student Journalist of the Year at the awards last year.<\/p>\n
Mr. Darwish won the coveted award for the second year in a row and now works as a professional journalist, with bylines in the Echo, Examiner and many more.<\/p>\n
Applications open on March 1st and close on the 24th of March. The entry fee is \u20ac15 for the first entry and \u20ac10 for every subsequent entry.<\/p>\n
A student who is interested in applying for a category can use any of their work from February 2021 up until the 24th March.<\/p>\n
The entry will be viewed by a panel of judges made up of industry professionals. The Smedias are the perfect opportunity to get your work viewed and possibly end up on the shortlist for an award.<\/p>\n
For more information on the SMEDIAS and for their full list of categories, including some of our niche categories, head to: oxygen.ie\/smedias-2022<\/a>, and @thesmedias on Facebook<\/a>, Instagram<\/a> and Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n