Congratulations to our 2022 SPA National Award winners. You can find the full details below: 

 

BEST PHOTOGRAPHER AWARD

Sponsored by News UK

 

Special Mention: Zo Wu 

Highly Commended: Antonio Ross, The Mancunion

Winner: Abigail Mason, The Saint

 

BEST ARTS AND CULTURE PIECE AWARD

Highly Commended: Pui Kuan Cheah, Quench (Taylor’s Version: How Taylor Swift is reclaiming her art)

Winner: Isabelle Brown, The Boar (Asexuality in a sex-crazed world: reviewing modern representation)

 

BEST SCIENCE OR TECH PIECE AWARD

Sponsored by the Association of British Science Writers

 

Highly Commended: Emma Hattersley, The Mancunion

Winner: Cameron McAllister, Palatinate

 

BEST POLITICAL PIECE AWARD

Highly Commended: Gracie Daw, Nouse (In Conversation with Julian Sturdy MP)

Winner: Anasuya Virmani, The Gaudie (Field report from Poland: How is the Ukrainian refugee situation handled?)

 

BEST HUMAN RIGHTS STORY AWARD

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Special Mention: Flossie Palmer, Epigram  (Over 10 per cent of Bristol’s student population have a hidden disability, but how would you know?)

Special Mention: Lucy Dunn, The Glasgow Guardian (What progress has been made this Harm Awareness Month?)

Highly Commended: Billy Stockwell, Epigram (Recent rise in LGBTQ+ homelessness in Bristol explained)

Winner: Carolina Piras, Sane Magazine (The criminalisation of sex work is the spark of more violence: how sex workers are coping with UK laws since the pandemic)

 

BEST ENTERTAINMENT PIECE AWARD

Highly Commended: Tania Tang, The Cheese Grater (Molly-Mae is the Queen of Quotes) 

Winner: Alex Foster, The Oxford Student (Oxford Clubbing: A Guide by someone who has never been clubbing in Oxford) 

 

BEST LIFESTYLE PIECE AWARD

Highly Commended: Jeevan Farthing, The Glasgow Guardian (Sorry, I’m busy…)

Winner: Gracie Linthwaite, Palatinate (Nature’s galleries: outdoor art around the UK)

 

BEST SPORTS REPORTER AWARD

Highly Commended: Josh Collins, Impact Magazine

Winner: Ruth Kelner, York Vision

 

BEST COMMENT PIECE AWARD

Highly Commended: Abigail Williams, The Beaver (The paradox of Black excellence)

Winner: Ela Heeley, The Beaver (The Danger of De-platforming at the LSE)

 

BEST FEATURE AWARD

Highly Commended: Alexander Sampson, Epigram ( Deconstructing Bristol’s suicide narrative)

Winner: Charles Gorrivan, The Saint (Getting the Hole Story)

 

BEST INTERVIEW AWARD

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Highly Commended: Waseem Mohamed, Palatinate (‘There are Russian troops behind you’: Durham student and her cats escape Ukraine)

Winner: Marino Unger-Verna, Roar News (‘The Personal Toll of India’s Pandemic’)

 

BEST NEWS STORY AWARD

Sponsored by News Associates

 

Highly Commended: Jordan Hunter, Glasgow Guardian (New testing measures introduced after cheating rose exponentially last year)

Winner: Max Kendix, Sarah Matthews and Daniel Hodgson – Palatinate (Fygone: the story of the failed start-up)

 

RISING STAR AWARD

Highly Commended: Ruth Kelner, York Vision

Winner: Gemma Murphy, Strathclyde Telegraph

 

BEST REPORTER AWARD 

Sponsored by The Centre for Broadcasting and Journalism at Nottingham Trent University

 

Special Mention: Max Kendix

Highly Commended: Ella Robinson, The Mancunion

Winner: Poppy Askham, Palatinate

 

BEST SPORTS SECTION AWARD

Highly Commended: The Boar

Winner: Palatinate 

 

BEST SCIENCE OR TECH SECTION AWARD

Sponsored by the Association of British Science Writers

 

Highly Commended: I, Science

Winner: Concrete

 

BEST OVERALL DIGITAL MEDIA AWARD

Sponsored by City, University of London

 

Highly Commended: Empoword Journalism

Winner: The Glasgow Guardian

 

BEST DESIGN AWARD – MAGAZINE

Highly Commended:  The Magdalen

Winner: Glasgow University Magazine (GUM)

 

BEST DESIGN AWARD – NEWSPAPER

Highly Commended:  Epigram

Winner: Palatinate

 

BEST WEBSITE AWARD

Sponsored by Sheffield University

 

Highly Commended: Kindred Magazine

Winner: Palatinate

 

BEST SPECIALIST PUBLICATION AWARD

Special Mention: The Mic

Highly Commended: The Economic Tribune

Winner: ScienceMind

 

BEST NEWCOMER PUBLICATION AWARD

Special Mention: ScienceMind

Highly Commended: Carrot Magazine

Winner: Kindred Magazine

 

BILLY DOWLING-REID AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING COMMITMENT

Sponsored by Bloomberg

 

Highly Commended: Dolly Carter, Concrete

Winner: Niamh Robinson, Impact

 

BEST PUBLICATION

Sponsored by News Associates

 

Highly Commended: Roar News

Winner: The Mancunion