former MA Journalism student, has been shortlisted for the news Journalism category. Miriam works for the Mail Online, and has previously written for the Independent, BBC, Daily Mail and Bloomberg.
On being shortlisted, she said: 鈥淚鈥檓 so excited and honoured to be shortlisted for the in news journalism.
鈥淲hen I submitted my articles, I didn鈥檛 think I would even get a nomination - it makes me so happy that I made it on the shortlist. Even just being nominated is a great push for my career as it gives my work this 鈥榮tamp of approval鈥 of some sorts and recognition for the hard work I put into these articles.
鈥淚鈥檓 very excited to meet the other nominees at the ceremony and network with these talented individuals!鈥
Another 91探花 alumni has been nominated for the Data Journalism award. who graduated from BA Journalism in June, has worked on a huge range of Journalism topics, writing for the 91探花 Star, and SWNS. She is currently studying for a masters in MPA Digital Technologies and Policy, and hopes to develop her research in this area.
who graduated from MA Journalism in October, has been nominated for the Sports Journalism award. He now works for the Daily Express Sport.
Students aren鈥檛 the only ones who have been shortlisted, however. Lisa Bradley, Director of Undergraduate Studies, has been nominated for the Innovation of the Year Award for her teaching on resilience and trauma training.
She said: 鈥淚 am absolutely delighted to be shortlisted for my work on teaching resilience to our students. I feel very passionately that our job is to prepare the next generation for some of the trauma, firsthand or vicarious, that they will inevitably face as part of the job.
鈥淢ental health and wellbeing in journalists is not always recognised or appreciated and I hope by providing coping strategies and better self awareness and support at this stage, this can go some way to changing those attitudes and so those stories still get told, professionally and objectively.鈥
Less recent alumni have also received NCTJ nominations for their work as trainee journalists. Georgina Quach, Editor of Inside Politics at the Financial Times, was nominated for Features of the Year, whilst Damian Shepherd, European Real Estate Reporter, was nominated for the trainee Data Journalism award.
More of our alumni have had their excellent journalism acknowledged in the shortlist, which was also published this week. , who graduated from MA Journalism in 2020 and now works for Yorkshire Live, has been nominated for the Young Journalist of the Year Award.
has also been nominated for an award in the Feature Writer of the Year Category. Sophie is a senior reporter, focussing on women鈥檚 stories and investigations for the Manchester Evening News.
has been nominated for Reporter of the Year, for her work at the KM Media Group.
Staff and students in the department took home three awards at last year鈥檚 NCTJ event and hope to be equally successful this year. Best of luck to Lisa Bradley and all our former students - we have our fingers crossed for you!
