The winner of the 2009 Headline Smedia award is Joey Kavanagh a journalism student from DCU. His winning entry "Stuck on repeat uncovering the truths about ocsessive compulsive disorder" is a doccumentry on OCD Obsessive Compulsive Dissorder. To hear or download the doccumentry please go to the Headline podcasts on the homepage or go to this link: http://headline.ie/podcasts/2009/apr/02/stuck-repeat-uncovering-truths-about-obsessive-com/
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Categories for 2009 Awards include-
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Categories for 2009
In Social Awareness
-Headline award for journalism relating to mental health or suicide prevention.
Entries can be in print, radio or TV.
In Print
-Newspaper of the Year
-Editor of the Year
-Layout and Design of the Year
-Journalist of the Year
-Sports Writer of the Year
-Journalist of the Year (National Press)
-Features Writer of the Year (Arts & Pop Culture)
-Features Writer of the Year (News & Politics)
-Feature Writer of the Year (Education Focus)
-Colour Writer of the Year
-Travel Writer of the Year
-Short story of the Year -Photographer of the Year
-News Photographer of the Year
-Sports Photographer of the Year
-Magazine of the Year
-Society Publication of the Year
-Small College Publication
-Peoples Choice
In Media
-Film Script of the Year
-Short Film of the Year
-TV Production of the Year
-TV Journalist of the Year
-Léiriúcháin Teilifíse i nGaeilge - Faisnéis (Television Production in Irish - Documenatary)
-Léiriúcháin Teilifíse i nGaeilge - Drámaíocht (Television Production in Irish - Drama)
-Radio Production of the Year (Arts/Features)
-Radio Production of the Year (News)
In Multimedia
-Website of the Year-Short Animation of the Year
| Category | Sponsor |
| Editor of the year | The Irish Independent |
| Sports writer of the year | The Mirror |
| Travel writer of the year | Hostel World |
| Short Film of the year | Movies @ |
| TV production of the year | BCI |
| Radio Production of the year (Arts and Features) | Phantom |
| Photographer of the year | Nokia |
| News Photographer of the year | Nokia |
| Sports Photographer of the year | Nokia |
| Headline award for Journalism relating to mental health or suicide prevention | Headline & HSE |
Headline sponsored a category for Social Awareness in the 2008 Smedia awards (student media awards). You will see on the site photos of winners holding their crystal globe awards. Each globe is engraved with the Smedia's Logo and the name of the category they won.
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ANDREA GILLIGAN WINS INAUGURAL HEADLINE STUDENT MEDIA AWARD
Andrea Gilligan, a journalism student from NUI Galway, has won the Headline Student Media award for journalism relating to mental health or suicide prevention. The award was presented by Geoff Day, Head of the HSE’s National Office for Suicide Prevention at the National Student Media Awards, which were held in Dublin 15th April 08. To listen to the winning entry please click : http://www.headline.ie/podcasts/2008/may/20/long-day-over/
The award was judged by Carl O'Brien the social affairs correspondent with the Irish Times. The award is a new category in the 3 Smedias – The National Student Media awards this year. The category was sponsored by Headline in association with the HSE’s National Office for Suicide Prevention.
Andrea, from Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal, won the award for ‘The Long Day is Over’, a powerful radio documentary about suicide and depression. Carl O’Brien, Social Affairs correspondent with the Irish Times judged the category. He said, “The overall standard of entries was very high and helped aid public understanding of mental health and suicide prevention. Andrea’s documentary was a powerful first-hand testimony from individuals and family members which helps debunk many of the myths about suicide.”
Categories 2008
Awards include-
In Social Awareness *** New Category ***
-Headline award for journalism relating to mental health or suicide prevention
List of nominated entries for the Social Awareness Award
| Title | Student | College | |
| 1. | Teenage pressures – Welcome to our life (CD) | Justin Dawson | NUI Maynooth |
| 2. | The long day is over (CD) | Andrea Gilligan | NUI Galway |
| 3. | One step on the long road to de-stigmatising mental illness | Una Geary | Trinity |
| 4. | Is student depression fuelling dropout rates? | Thomas Richardson | Trinity |
| 5. | Bipolar disorder confuses Shames Kills | Luke Maishman | Trinity |
| 6. | A students perspective | Anonymous | DCU |
| 7. | Suicide help group expands | Deborah Tierney | BCFE |
| 8. | Irish suicide and eating disorders | Janet Newenham | DCU |
| 9. | Counting the cost of mental health neglect | Sam Whelan-Curtin | UCC |
In Print
-Newspaper of the Year
-Editor of the Year
-Layout and Design of the Year
-Journalist of the Year
-Sports Writer of the Year
-Journalist of the Year (National Press)
-Features Writer of the Year (Arts & Pop Culture)
-Features Writer of the Year (News & Politics)
-Feature Writer of the Year (Education Focus)
-Colour Writer of the Year
-Travel Writer of the Year
-Short story of the Year -Photographer of the Year
-News Photographer of the Year
-Sports Photographer of the Year
-Magazine of the Year
-Society Publication of the Year
-Small College Publication
-Peoples Choice
In Media
-Film Script of the Year
-Short Film of the Year
-TV Production of the Year
-TV Journalist of the Year
-Léiriúcháin Teilifíse i nGaeilge - Faisnéis (Television Production in Irish - Documenatary)
-Léiriúcháin Teilifíse i nGaeilge - Drámaíocht (Television Production in Irish - Drama)
-Radio Production of the Year (Arts/Features)
-Radio Production of the Year (News)
In Multimedia
-Website of the Year
-Web Designer of the Year
For a more detailed list of categories, we recommend you click here.
Download or view document: uploads/files/awards/Andrea_Gilligan_The_Long_Day_is_Over.cda
