Rebecca Daly, winner of Editor of the Year at the Smedias 2021A student from Technological University Dublin (TUD) has won Editor of the Year at this year’s National Student Media Awards (Smedia). Rebecca Daly, a final year journalism student who is set to graduate this autumn, won the award for her work for Dawning Magazine. In total, four students from TUD won an award this year, but Queen’s University Belfast was the university with the largest awards haul. Trinity College Dublin were close runners up, winning a total of six awards, while UCD and UCC followed with four awards each. This year’s judges included award-winning director and screenwriter Robbie Walsh, social media star James Kavanagh and editors and producers from Ireland's leading media organisations.

Source: Irish Independent June 02, 2021 21:31 UTC