Students from the Centre for Advancing Journalism have been recognised among the country’s best emerging reporters, with multiple University of Melbourne Master of Journalism and Master of International Journalism students taking home honours at the annual national student journalism.
The Ossie awards, named for the late journalist and war correspondent Osmar S. White, celebrate the strongest student journalism from universities across Australia and the region. They are judged and presented annually by the Journalism Education and Research Association of Australia (JERAA).
This year’s winners include:
- Claudia Goundar’s story ‘For Too Long, Women Have Been Shouldering the Responsibility’: Sexual Harassment Remains Rife in Melbourne’s Live Music Scene, published in Rolling Stone. It won the Our Watch Award for Best-Practice Reporting of Violence Against Women and Non-Binary People.
- Meghan Andrea Fernandes’s story Between Worlds: A look into the lives of international students facing loneliness in Australia was awarded Best Visual Journalism
- Chancy Quan won the Getty Images Award for Best Photojournalism (Single Image) for a photograph from her series, When the war came to campus
- Brendan Kearns’s story It’s not your average share house. But it is a win-win for differently abled housemates won Best Video Story (Short Form)
- Brendan Kearns, Ellen Cutler and Yuqi Zhao’s Yarn episode, Distraction: Tech Overload, was highly commended for Best Audio Story (Long Form)
- Katherine Everset’s investigation Foiled again: critics condemn FOI delays as “political interference” was highly commended for the The Crikey Award for Investigative Journalism.
The Ossies highlight excellence across student journalism programs across Australia. The winner of the Student Journalist of the Year award went to RMIT student Charlotte Wilkes. The full list of winners and judges’ comments can be viewed here.