I am so glad to have spent this weekend with fellow student journalists and connecting with like minded people. Over the course of the two days I attended a number of workshops, from landing my first journalism job to the art of being a good editor. With this came the opportunity to speak to professional journalists. those who were once in the position I was in and are now leading successful careers in their given pathways.

Getting the help from SPA to be able to attend the conference, meet so many amazing and like-minded people has been life changing. I have learned so much over the course of the weekend, talked to industry professionals and student journalists, and only reassured myself that I chose the right career path.

Last year, obviously, it was all online and winning… I think we all got a bit teary, it was pretty amazing to be back together and then to actually win and celebrate together was incredible.

There’s just so so many workshops and talks and everything and that gave me so much information on how to be a journalist.

The team has worked so hard that winning Best Publication was the dream and being here to celebrate with the whole team was just magical, it made the whole year of work so worth it. And it was just great to see everybody cheering and celebrating other publications as well. That was also just really nice and just shows that every journalist, every student publication just wants to support each other.