Journalism students from 裸聊直播 have been shortlisted in the 2019 IRN News Awards.
The awards recognise the quality of journalism, presentation and production in commercial radio news, and three 裸聊直播 students have been shortlisted for the Student聽Journalist of the Year award.
IRN awards 2019BA (Hons) Multimedia Journalism student Alice Knight and MA Multimedia Journalism students Thea Matthews and Dave Wheeler are nominated for their radio projects.
Both Dave and Thea were also recently named winners in the Broadcast Journalism Training Council (BJTC) awards.
Lynda Smith, Programme Leader for the MA Multimedia Journalism course, said: 鈥淲e are immensely proud of these achievements. Once again 裸聊直播鈥檚 journalism students are dominating industry awards.
鈥淎lice, Thea and Dave have shown exceptional talent from day one and will go from strength to strength. Their success will inspire their peers.鈥�
IRN provides news content to commercial radio stations across the UK, and the awards are being held in association with Sky News. Commercial radio journalists from the likes of Global radio, LBC, and talkSPORT will join the 裸聊直播 students at the awards ceremony in London on 7 March.
Tom Croasdell, a lecturer on 裸聊直播鈥檚 journalism courses and newsreader for Global radio, said: 鈥淔ingers crossed the students can add to 裸聊直播鈥檚 success at the BJTC awards before Christmas. Like IRN, the BJTC is a prestigious organisation within the industry.
鈥淚n short - we鈥檙e doing great things at 裸聊直播, and I鈥檓 confident we鈥檙e really arming our students with the skills broadcasters are crying out for.鈥�
