Today Student Journalism Awards

The Today Student Journalism Awards have been announced, at an awards ceremony in the BBC’s Radio Theatre.

The winner of the Today Programme Student Journalist of the Year - as shortlisted by Today Editor Sarah Sands, Kamal Ahmed Editorial Director BBC; Katie Lloyd Development Director BBC and Daniell Morrisey Head of Talent BBC:

HAMZAH ABBAS, the University of York

As part of the award, Hamzah will be offered a position on the BBC News Journalism Trainee Scheme as the Today Programme News Trainee, a role that will involve placements on the Today Programme and at various departments within BBC News.

SARAH SANDS, editor of The Today Programme and chair of the judges “Hamzah shows a remarkable understanding of and commitment to the power of the news story. He wants to expose wrongs and change things for the better and crucially knows how to do it through journalism”

STUDENT JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR 2019, selected by Sarah Sands, editor of the Today programme; Kamal Ahmed Editorial Director BBC; Katie Lloyd Development Director BBC and Daniell Morrisey Head of Talent BBC

WINNER: Hamzah Abbas: University of York

RUNNER UP: Ellie Kemp: University of Salford

SHORTLISTED
• Amber Sunner: University of Kent
• Georgina Arkley: Leeds Trinity University
• Joseph Cook: University of Cambridge

STUDENT BROADCASTER OF THE YEAR 2019, selected by Mishal Husain Today Presenter and Matthew Parris Author and Columnist

WINNER: Georgia Stewardson, City of London University

RUNNER UP: George Haigh: University of Salford

COMMENDED: Petrana Zermanova: Middlesex University

STUDENT CRITIC OF THE YEAR 2019, selected by : Martha Kearney Today Presenter, Andrew O’Hagan Author and Sathnam Sanghera Journalist and Author

WINNER: John Maier: London School of Economics

RUNNER UP: Nicholas Harris: University of Cambridge

COMMENDED: Gabriela Frost: University of Cambridge

STUDENT PUBLICATION OF THE YEAR 2019, selected by Justin Webb Today Presenter and Janice Turner columnist, interviewer and feature writer for The Times.

WINNER: The Boar: University of Warwick, Isabelle Atkins, Katie Tarrant, Megan Benham and Gurpreet Dhaliwal

RUNNER UP: Concrete, UEA: University of East Anglia: Sophie Bunce, Matt Nixon, Shannon McDonagh and Chris Matthews

COMMENDED: InQuire Media, University of Kent, George Knight, Bill Bowkett, Caitlin Casey and Ellie Fielding

STUDENT VISUAL JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR 2019, selected by Matthew Price Chief correspondent for the Today programme, and the host of Beyond Today, Rankin British portrait and fashion photographer, and Alice–Azania Jarvis Deputy Editor of Times 2 at The Times.

WINNER: Ollie Cameron, Kingston School of Art

RUNNER UP: Leia Morrison, University of West England

COMMENDED: Nathan Addai, University of Derby

STUDENT PROGRAMME OF THE YEAR 2019 selected by Nick Robinson Today Presenter and Afua Hirsch Author and Broadcaster

WINNER: “A week in Concrete” University of East Anglia: Editor: Sophie Bunce, Matt Nixon, Shannon McDonagh and Chris Matthews

RUNNER UP: “City News” City of London University: Editor: Alix Hatterson, Joshua Zitzer, Sam Mason and Naiomi Adedokun

COMMENDED: “The Pulse“ University of Nottingham: Editor: Hermonie Hern, Jeremey Dunn, Rebecca Hyde and Abigail Chitty