UL Journalism students receive 16 nominations at Student Media Awards
The Smedias take place on Wednesday, April 10
UNIVERSITY of Limerick Journalism students are well represented amongst the nominations for this year's National Student Media Awards - better known as the Smedias.
Journalism students at UL have received 16 nominations at the national awards which will be held in Dublin on April 10.
Among the nominees, the 2023/2024 Limerick Voice team has been nominated for Newspaper of the Year, Website of the Year, and Layout and Design of the Year for their recently launched 48-page newspaper and ongoing digital site.
Limerick Voice managing editor and fourth year journalism student, Molly Cantwell, has been nominated in the highly competitive Journalist of the Year – National Media category, as well as for the European Commission Award for Journalism Relating to EU Affairs, SFI Journalism relating to Science & Technology, Virgin Media Belonging Award, and Features Writer of the Year - Arts & Pop Culture categories.
Molly is also nominated for Radio Production of the Year – News & Current Affairs alongside her team-mates Rachel Kelly, Conon MacLeod and Oisín Nolan for their work as part of a live radio day earlier this year.
Fourth year journalism student Gemma Good has been nominated in the prestigious Journalism Relating to Health and Features Writer of the Year – News & Current Affairs categories.
Limerick Voice's Content Creation Manager, Daniel Ryan, has been nominated for the Virgin Media Digital Content Creator Award for work on the Limerick Voice social media platforms.
This category also sees Anna Powell, a third year UL Journalism student, nominated. Anna is also in the running for the Journalism Relating to Travel award.
In the EPA Award for Journalism Relating to the Environment category, second year journalism student, Abigail Hayden, is nominated.
Finally, UL Journalism graduate and Limerick Voice former social media editor, Aishlín Hennigan, is nominated in the TV Production of the Year category.