Heathfield Student Journalists reach final round of the Shine National Student Media Awards
1st May
Heathfield Community College online student newspaper, The Vine, has been shortlisted from schools that entered across the UK for the final round of judging for the Shine National Student Media Awards 2018.
The Shine School Award competition is designed to encourage students to work together to produce a school magazine, newspaper (in print or digital edition), podcast or website.
The aim is to encourage an interest in developing publishing skills in young people, help improve literacy, nurture creativity, develop commercial and business skills, encourage teamwork and develop leadership skills. The Shine School Media Awards are judged by a high profile group of industry professionals who recognise achievement and reward winning entries at a special gala awards ceremony at Stationers’ Hall in London each summer.
This is the fifth year that The Vine has been running at Heathfield Community College, Students from years 7-13 meet weekly to work on their editorial pieces to create a termly Issue of the online student newspaper which can be found at heathfieldcollegenewspaper.weebly.com.
Cathy Savage, KS5 English Subject Leader at Heathfield Community College said “I’m so proud of all the students who work on The Vine. They’re such a talented team of writers, with superb ideas and unswerving commitment to producing a great site. We have journalists from across the school- from y7 through to y13, led by our excellent editor, Louisa Dollimore (year 12). The immense range of topics they’ve covered shows their appetite for making their readers think and engage with the important debates of our time- from education cuts and Brexit to tackling LGBT+ prejudice, discussing feminism in modern society and reporting on school trips and campaigns.”
All winning entries will receive an engraved plaque to keep, the main winners will also receive cash prizes totalling £4,000 and the overall winner will receive the Harrison Cup to retain for one year.
