Shine 2018 – list of winners

On Monday 2nd July, the Shine School Media Awards 2018 took place at Stationers’ Hall in central London.

In a day full of excitement, drama and emotion, our prizes were awarded to outstanding secondary school pupils from around the UK who had produced a newspaper, magazine, podcast or website.

Here is the full list of winners…

Best Magazine Cover
Sponsored by The Copyright Licensing Agency

• Winner:
  ‘The Wall’
  Ibstock Place School 
• Highly Commended:
  ‘The Millhillian’
  Mill Hill School

Best Newspaper Cover
Sponsored by The Telegraph

• Winner
  ‘Fearns Chat’
  Fearns Community Sports College
• Highly Commended
  ‘The Citizen’
  City of London School

Best Homepage
Sponsored by Investor Publishing

• Winner
  ‘Vox’
  St Joseph’s College
• Highly Commended
  ‘Spyglass’
  George Heriot’s School

Best Design and Layout
Sponsored by Bobst UK & Ireland

• Winner
  ‘TiNT’
  Plymouth School of Creative Arts
• Highly Commended
  ‘Delirium’
  Headington School

Best Illustration and Artwork
Sponsored by Cavendish Care

• Winner
  Victoria Chen
  Dollar Academy
• Highly Commended
  Jonathan Cresswell
  Colyton Grammar School
• Highly Commended
  Anya Butler
  Bromsgrove School

Best Cartoon
Sponsored by The Cartoon Museum

• Winner
  Jemima Storey
  Berkhamsted School
• Highly Commended
  Thomas Wells
  Dartford Grammar School
• Highly Commended
  Kate Mercer
  The Marlborough Science Academy

Best Podcast
Sponsored by Voodoo

• Winner
  ‘Mars Project: Interview with Ricky Arnold on board the International Space Station’
  Kings High School Warwick
• Highly Commended
  ‘DGSChapter Extra’
  Dartford Grammar School
• Highly Commended
  ‘Nazareth House Guests’
  Plymouth School of Creative Arts
• Highly Commended
  ‘Popular Side Pod’
  Workington Academy

Best Overall Content
Sponsored by The Week

• Winner
  ‘Seven Stripes’
  Colyton Grammar School
• Highly Commended
  ‘The Wall’
  Ibstock Place School
• Highly Commended
  ‘ARTicle’
  Saint Olave’s Grammar School

Best Business Strategy
Sponsored by Picon

• Winner
  Kate Warburton & Lizzie Craven
  Tarporley High School & Sixth Form College
• Highly Commended
  Isaac Cooper
  Altrincham Grammar School for Boys
• Highly Commended
  Banbridge High School

Best Community and Environmental Initiative
Sponsored by Denmaur Paper Media

• Winner
  ‘Skive’
  Bodmin College
• Highly Commended
  ‘Body & Mind; Right Body, Right Mind, Right Choice’
  Right Choice Independent School

Best Photograph
Our Photographer of the Year
Sponsored by Getty Images Archive

• Winner
  ‘Bethan’ by Mo Shafeeq
  Prior Park School
• Highly Commended
  ‘Yellow Man’ by Connor Shiels
  Stationers’ Crown Woods Academy
• Highly Commended
  ‘How many likes’ by Marianne Wills
  Saint Olave’s Grammar School
• Highly Commended
  ‘So you want to be a boxer?’ by Isaac Polson & Reuben Gurney
  Plymouth School of Creative Arts

Best Feature Article
Our Journalist of the Year
Sponsored by the NCTJ

• Winner
  ‘Transgender and Proud’ by George Thornicroft
  Altrincham Grammar School for Boys
• Highly Commended
  ‘Sadiq’s Housing Bubble’ by Sami Kardos-Nyheim
  City of London School
• Highly Commended
  ‘Indifference Kills: How the World is Failing the Rohingya People’ by Benedetta Benzoni
  George Heriot’s School
• Highly Commended
  ‘Study. Die. Repeat’ by Issy Clarke
  Tarporley High School & Sixth Form College

Editor of the Year
Sponsored by PrintWeek

• Winner
  Rebecca Webster
  Ibstock Place School
• Highly Commended
  Kate Whittington
  Oxford High School

Most Inspirational Teacher
Sponsored by tes

• Winner
  Kate Nichols
  City of Norwich School
• Highly Commended
  Giles Marshall
  Sutton Grammar School
• Highly Commended
  Hayley Redfern
  The Marlborough Science Academy

Shine Scholar
Our Most Outstanding Pupil
Sponsored by Liz Hunt, Consulting Editor (Features), The Daily Mail

• Winner
  Alia Derriey
  Bromsgrove School
• Highly Commended
  Jacob Dean
  Bodmin College
• Highly Commended
  Ewan Sleath
  Sutton Grammar School

Best Online
Sponsored by Google UK

• Winner
  ‘VOX’
  St Joseph’s College
• Highly Commended
  ‘Spyglass’
  George Heriot’s School

Best Newspaper
Sponsored by The Printing Charity

• Winner
  ‘Fearns Chat’
  Fearns Community Sports College
• Highly Commended
  ‘The Citizen’
  City of London School

Best Magazine
Sponsored by Hearst

• Winner
  ‘The Wall’
  Ibstock Place School
• Highly Commended
  ‘Seven Stripes’
  Colyton Grammar School
• Highly Commended
  ‘TiNT’
  Plymouth School of Creative Arts

The Harrison Cup

Every year the Harrison Cup is awarded to a school whose entry the judges have particularly commended overall. A huge thank you from Shine to Stationer Richard Harrison for this special award.

• Winner
  ‘#Osborne’
  Osborne School

Special Awards

In addition to the main prizes, the judges awarded a set of special awards:

• Feature Article
  ‘Fast Food: The Obesity Pandemic’ by Tyreece McDonald
  Right Choice Independent School
• Schools Showing Exceptional Promise
  Oxford High School 
  Whitgift School
• Most Improved School
  Educational Diversity

Winners badges

If any winners require a special badge for their school website these are now available – please contact shine@stationers.org

Press enquiries

For any press enquiries please email shine@stationers.org