HEADLINE REGIONAL NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR 2011
CORK INDEPENDENT WINS HEADLINE REGIONAL NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR 2011
Headline has selected the Cork Independent as winner of the Headline Regional Newspaper of the Year Award 2011 for journalism relating to mental health or suicide prevention.
Headline created the award in recognition of the vital role played by regional newspapers in promoting positive mental health in their local communities.Kahlil Thompson Coyle of Headline said “The Cork Independent’s dedicated and consistently responsible coverage of suicide and mental health issues will not only contribute to greater public understanding, but also encourage those experiencing difficulties to reach out and seek the help that they need.”
Receiving the award, Deirdre O’Shaughnessy, Editor of the Cork Independent said, “Mental health is a massive issue in Cork as it is in Ireland generally, and our role as a local newspaper is to write about the issues that matter to Cork people. It is great to know that the message is getting across and I hope that what we are doing is making a difference.”
“Mental health problems affect so many people, but are still stigmatised to a great degree, and our work with John McCarthy and Mad Pride has sought to remove the stigma and to highlight ongoing flaws in the mental health services and mental health policy.
Media analysis conducted by Headline confirmed that a significant number of regional publications show a genuine commitment to responsible coverage of mental health issues. The Clare Champion was also shortlisted for the award for informative and positive feature writing on a wide range of issues related to mental health, with a strong focus on providing expert advice and giving voice to people with self-experience of mental health problems.
Headline’s media analysis also highlighted how regional media coverage of mental health issues varies greatly between regions. Regional coverage of mental health issues was strongest in quality and volume in Munster, followed by Leinster. However, the concentration of positive media coverage in Leinster lay outside of the Dublin area. Unfortunately, a small portion of regional publications still neglect to provide coverage of mental health issues to their readership.
Pictured above: Headline's Kahlil Thompson-Coyle presenting the Headline Regional Newspaper of the Year 2011 Award to Cork Independent Editor Deirdre O'Shaughnessy.(Photo: Billy macGill)
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Award Criteria
Coverage must adhere to the various media guidelines for reporting on suicide and mental health issues. Media guidelines available here; http://www.headline.ie/multimedia-resource/
In shortlisting local publications, Headline considers the volume and quality of articles relevant to suicide and mental health issues as well as the type of coverage afforded to mental health. The volume of news articles, the dedication of feature writing, editorials and opinions pieces to mental health issues can denote a genuine interest and acknowledgement of the importance of these issues.
Positive coverage of suicide and mental health issues in local media should:
• Be informative, accurate and encourage public understanding;
• Promote positive mental health;
• Encourage people who may be experiencing difficulties to seek the help that they need;
• Provide information on sources of support at local and national level;
• Prompt discussion of mental health issues;
• Challenge the stigma that surrounds mental health problems;
• Ensure accuracy by providing expert advice or feature someone with self-experience of a mental health problem.
Other Sponsors & Partners
Congratulations to Leanne Waters for winning the 2011 Headline Smedia award!
Leanne Waters of UCD's University Observer has won the Headline Smediaaward for journalism relating to mental health or suicide prevention with her article entitled "Eating Disorders." The article appeared in the 1, March edition of the University Observer where Leanne is Features Editor.
Carl O’Brien, Chief Reporter with the Irish Times who judged the category said that this personal account “was very powerful and helped demystify many of the aspects of the illness and gave practical solutions on how to access support.”
This is the fourth year that the category was sponsored by Headline - the national media monitoring programme for mental health and suicide in association with the HSE’s National Office for Suicide Prevention. This years award was presented by Geoff Day, Director at the National Office for Suicide Prevention (pictured with Leanne above). Headline sponsors the award in an effort to raise awareness among media students of the issues involved when reporting on mental health and suicide and to recognise the good work being produced.
Kahlil Thompson-Coyle, Headline’s Media Project Manager said that, “the media have a huge impact on the way we think about mental health problems. The standard of submissions for the Headline award suggests that the next generation of journalists will play a key role in raising awareness of and de-stigmatising mental health problems.”
You can read the winning article here as well as other excellent articles that appeared in a recent series on mental health published in the University Observer.
For photos of the cermony in the Mansion House, click here .
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And the nominees are.....
The winner of the 2011 Headline-NOSP Smedia award will be announced at the awards on the 6th April in the Mansion house. The judge for this year's Headline award is Carl O'Brien, Chief Reporter with the Irish Times.
The nominees for this years award for "Journalism relating to Mental Health or Suicide Prevention" are
Carrie Bermingham - BCFE Bulletin: Male Body Image - BCFE
Annabel Cleary - Let's Start Talking: Radio Documentary - Griffith College Dublin
Leanne Waters - University Observer: Eating Disorders - University College Dublin
Natalie Voorheis - The University Observer: Suicide Helplines - University College Dublin
Sarah Doran - University Observer: Obsessive Compulsive Disorder - University College Dublin
Headline is sponsoring the Headline award for reporting on suicide or mental health in the 2010 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.
Congratulations to Kate Mc Carroll for winning the 2010 Headline Smedia award!
Kate Mc Carroll, a student from DIT, has won the Headline Student Media (Smedia) award for journalism relating to mental health or suicide prevention. The award was presented at an awards ceremony held in the Mansion House, Dublin on the 21st April.
This is the third year that the category was sponsored by Headline - the national media monitoring programme for mental health and suicide in association with the HSE’s National Office for Suicide Prevention. Headline sponsors the award in an effort to raise awareness among media students of the issues involved when reporting on mental health and suicide and to recognise the good work being produced. The sponsorship of the award was made possible by the support of the HSE’s Let Someone Know campaign, which aims to encourage young people to confide in others about their problems. Kate, from Dublin, won the award for ‘Out of Mind’, a powerful documentary about electro-convulsive therapy. Carl O’Brien, chief reporter with the Irish Times judged the category. He said that the documentary was “a moving and beautifully crafted documentary on depression and the arguments for and against electro-convulsive therapy.”***************************************************************
The winner of the award will be announced at the awards on the 21st April in the Mansion house. the judge for this years Headline award is Carl O'Brien chief reporter with the Irish Times.
The nominees for this years awards are
Catriona Laverty : "Away in the head", The University Observer UCD
Stephen Mangan : "Mental health project", DCU
Cathy Buckmaster : "Back from black", The College Tribune, UCD
Kate McCarroll : "Out of Mind", DIT Aungier Street
Vicky Michelle Kavanagh : "A sence of abandonment", The College View, DCU
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/
Other Sponsors & Partners
Categories for 2009 Awards include-
Headline is proud to sponsor the 2009 Smedia awards
For full details on how to enter visit www.oxygen.ie
To hear last years vinning entry go to www.Headline.ie home page and listen to the podcast.
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.
Other Sponsors & Partners
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.
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