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The National Student Media Awards or Smedias[1] are an annual All-Ireland student journalism competition run by the Oxygen.ie website.[2][3] The awards have been labelled "Ireland's premier student awards".[4][5]
Since 2000, Oxygen.ie, a website aimed at third-level students, has run a student journalism competition.[6]
As of the 2020 awards[update], submissions are invited in a number of categories.[7][8] These included Editor of the Year (previously won by UCD's University Observer),[9] Magazine of the Year (previously won by DCU's Flux),[9] Newspaper of the Year (including previous winners The University Times,[10] Trinity News,[11] and University Observer), Sports Writer of the Year (previously won by The College View),[11] and Website of the Year (previously won by Sin.ie).[11][6]
Judges have included:
- Geraldine Kennedy, Editor of The Irish Times[9]
- Ruth Scott, 2fm DJ [8]
- Cathal Ó Searcaigh, Member of Aosdána[citation needed]
- Jason Sherlock, Winner of GAA GPA All Stars Awards[citation needed]
- Benjamin Cleary, Oscar winning filmmaker[12]
- Paul Howard, journalist and author[12]
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