The best and the brightest of Cardiff’s student media gathered at the Park Place Hilton Hotel last weekend for the Cardiff Student Media Award 2008.
This year’s awards ceremony was bigger than ever with 39 awards in total.
The ceremony also saw the first awards for new student television station, CUTV, as well as established categories for contributors from gair rhydd and Quench, Xpress Radio, Film Society and Photography Society.
Amongst the talented winners, Huw Davies, third year English Literature, picked up two awards, for best opinion writer and best long feature.
He won the second accolade for a piece on living with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Huw was also named Mind Student Journalist of the Year 2008 for his feature, the second year in a row that a gair rhydd writer has taken home the prize.
Other big winners at the awards included gair rhydd Sport section which won best gair rhydd section for the second year running.
Xpress Radio news reporter Corinne Rhoades who took home both Xpress Radio news prizes for best news reporter and newsreader.
Jody Tozer also took away two of the inaugural CUTV awards winning best editor and most dedicated CUTV member.
Finally, one person was awarded for his outstanding work for all of Cardiff Student Media.
Paul Springett has been intergral in the creating the online presence for every branch of Cardiff Student Media and he deservedly walked away with an outstanding contribution to Cardiff Student Media.
