Shine news

It’s such a busy time of year settling into the new term… but now’s the perfect moment to start building a project with a target of entering the Shine School Media Awards next spring.

A school magazine or newspaper will bring new classmates together and foster teamwork – as well as generating a wealth of projects across the timetable. It’s a great potential mix: writers, artists, designers, podcasters and the leaders who the team will gravitate towards.

Welcome back to the Autumn Term!

It feels like we’re all in a new class this September, me included. Today I am taking my first meeting as Chair of the Shine School Media Awards and I have those first-day-back butterflies. Hopefully many of you will know me from my involvement over the last few years and I’m really looking forward to talking to (and encouraging!) teachers and students this year.

The publisher Hearst has been a part of the Shine competition since the very beginning, some thirteen years ago, so it was fantastic to welcome Katie Vanneck-Smith, CEO of Hearst UK, to speak to our nominees on awards day this year.

Hearst are long-time sponsors and supporters of the competition and Katie’s speech was one of three truly memorable speeches from Shine 2023.

We’re showcasing each of the speeches on the website and this is the third in that series.

On Shine School Media Awards day 2023, we had three memorable speeches by amazing and inspiring women.

We’re showcasing each of the speeches on the website to read what was said which had such an impact on the award nominees on the day.

The second speech is by Eliza Clark, 2022 winner of the Terry Mansfield CBE Award for Tomorrow’s Talent.

On Shine School Media Awards day 2023, we had three memorable speeches by amazing and inspiring women.

We will be showcasing the transcripts of the speeches here for anyone who wasn’t at the awards (and maybe a few people who were and would like to remember what was said!).

The first is by Sajeeda Merali, Chief Executive Officer of the PPA (Professional Publishers Association).

Congratulations to everyone who came along to the Shine School Media Awards 2023 yesterday. We had an amazing day celebrating tomorrow’s talent, back home in Stationers’ Hall.

Thank you to everyone who came and joined us and well done to all our winning and highly commended students.