A FINAL year student at Strathclyde University swept all before him at inaugural awards recognising the best of student journalism in Scotland.
Alan Robertson took a total of five titles at the Scottish Student Journalism Awards held earlier this evening, including in his capacity as managing editor of the student newspaper, The Glasgow Journal.
As well as Journalist of the Year, Robertson was named winner of the Scoop of the Year prize and the News Story of the Year one also.
The Glasgow Journal took the Student Publication of the Year and Multimedia Publication of the Year titles.
As well as completing his studies, he does subbing shifts at the Daily Record and Sunday Mail newspaper and two years ago spent a few weeks as an intern at allmediascotland.com.
Last year, he was named Journalist of the Year at the Scottish Student Journalism Awards run by The Herald newspaper.
Also among the major prize-winners was Glasgow Caledonian University, which took three of the first four prizes on offer.
Announcing Robertson as Student Journalist of the Year, Allan Rennie, editor-in-chief at Media Scotland – publishers of the Daily Record and Sunday Mail, plus numerous Scots local newspapers – praised Robertson’s ability to make a complex story accessible, to produce an effective opening paragraph.
The awards were organised by a group of HND Media students at Cardonald College, in Glasgow.
Attendees included Sunday Herald editor, Richard Walker; Caledonian Mercury editor, Stewart Kirkpatrick; and Mandy Rhodes, editor of Holyrood.
Also there were journalism lecturers Kathleen Morgan (Cardonald College) and Julian Calvert (Glasgow Caledonian University).
Welcoming everyone with an impressive opening speech was Charles Fletcher who, among other things, heads Scotland’s community radio network.
The winners list reads:
Arts and Entertainment Story of the Year, sponsored by the Herald and Times
Winner: Rosie Duncan, Glasgow Caledonian University
Commended: Harriet Brace, Glasgow Caledonian University
Nominated: Michael Reynolds, University of the West of Scotland
Scott Thomson, Edinburgh Napier University
Stuart Findlay, Cardonald College Glasgow
Kevin McCormack, Cardonald College Glasgow
Andrew Chamberlain, Glasgow Caledonian University
Christopher Taylor, Glasgow Caledonian University
Feature of the Year, sponsorship by NUJ
Winner: David Lyons, Glasgow Caledonian University
Commended: Collette Cullen, Glasgow Caledonian University
Nominated: Amy-Rose McCormack, Adam Smith College
Christopher Taylor, Glasgow Caledonian University
Jamie Brotherston, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow
Cheri Burns, University of the West of Scotland
David Coates, University of the West of Scotland
Kevin McCormack, Cardonald College Glasgow
Column of the Year
Winner: Christopher Gen, Adam Smith College
Commended: Lauren Aitchison, Adam Smith College
Nominated: Amy-Rose McCormack, Adam Smith College
Jamie Brotherston, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow
Sports Story of the Year, sponsored by Press Association Scotland
Winner: Craig Turnbull, Glasgow Caledonian University
Commended: Andrew Reade, Adam Smith College
Nominated: Scott Crossan, City of Glasgow College
Harriet Brace, Glasgow Caledonian University
Craig Telfer, Glasgow Caledonian University
Gareth Llewellyn, Cardonald College Glasgow
Collette Cullen, Glasgow Caledonian University
Jamie Brotherston, University of Strathclyde , Glasgow
News Story of the Year, sponsored by the Society of Editors
Winner: Alan Robertson, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow
Commended: David Lyons, Glasgow Caledonian University
Nominated: Maria Smith, Glasgow Caledonian University
Fraser Glen, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow
Matthew Coyle, Cardonald College Glasgow
Rachael Fulton, Glasgow Caledonian University
Angela Haggerty, Cardonald College Glasgow
Lauren Aitchison, Adam Smith College
Multimedia Publication of the Year, sponsored by Caledonian Mercury
Winner: Alan Robertson; The Journal, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow
Commended: Michael Reynolds; The Middle, University of the West of Scotland
Nominated: Rosie Duncan; A Package Deal, Glasgow Caledonian University
Maria Smith; The Spoken Word, Glasgow Caledonian University
Student Publication of the Year, sponsored by NUS Scotland
Winner: The Glasgow Journal
Commended: The Cardonald Courier
Nominated: The Convergent
Scoop of the Year
Winner: Alan Robertson, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow
Journalist of the Year
Winner: Alan Robertson, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow
