York Vision has taken the runner-up prize for Student Publication of the Year at the Guardian Student Media Awards.
Presenter and writer Rick Edwards announced the news at the 35th awards ceremony in London shortly after 8pm this evening.
Current editors Joanna Barrow and Patrick Greenfield were at the event to accept the award, alongside former editorial members Oliver Todd, Sarah Cattle, Georgina Strapp, Alex Finnis and website creator Magnus Tripp.
The coveted top gong went to Newcastle University’s The Courier – who also scooped the prize last year.
Other shortlisted contenders included the University of Oxford’s Medical School Gazette, the University of Nottingham’s Impact and the University of Exeter’s Exepose.
Meanwhile, University of York student Jonathan Roome also managed runner-up – coming second on Student Critic of the Year.
The Circulation writer was joined by Alisha Rouse from the University of Sheffield, who took Student Reporter of the Year, and by Paul Traynor, Julia Chapman and Clare Downey from City University London, who scooped Student Broadcast Journalists of the Year.
Online magazine The Student Journals took Best Student Website of the Year.
Vision Editor Barrow described how proud she was of the student newspaper. She said: “I couldn’t be prouder of York Vision and everything that they do. It’s amazing.”
Patrick Greenfield added: “I just shook Rick Edwards’ hand.”
The shortlist was decided by a panel from some of Britain’s leading newspapers, news websites and magazines including The Independent’s Senior Writer Archie Bland and the Deputy Editor of the Sunday Times Lisa Smosarski.
Despite coming second, York Vision remains the UK’s most-awarded student newspaper, having scooped a total of 22 prizes across media award outlets since 2001.
The paper was last awarded Best Publication of the Year by the Guardian in 2011.
Student publication of the year
Winner: The Courier, Newcastle University
Runner-up: York Vision, University of York
Student website of the year
Winner: studentjournals.co.uk, University of Warwick
Runner-up: cherwell.org, University of Oxford
Student reporter of the year
Winner: Alisha Rouse, University of Sheffield
Runner-up: Jonathan Robinson, University of Sheffield
Student feature writer of the year
Winner: Lucy Holden, University of Leeds
Runner-up: Adam Crafton, University of Cambridge
Student columnist of the year
Winner: Rosie Hore, University of Cambridge
Runner-up: Tom Beardsworth, University of Oxford
Student critic of the year – in association with NME
Winner: Nick Kennedy, Imperial College London
Runner-up: Jonathan Roome, University of York
Student photographer of the year
Winner: Souvid Datta, University College London
Runner-up: Jack Grange, Blackpool & The Fylde College
Student data interactive journalist of the year
Winner: Ben Hamilton, University for the Creative Arts
Runner-up: Glen Moutrie, University College London
Student digital journalist of the year
Winner: Corey Pellatt, University of Sussex
Runner-up: Paul Traynor, City University London
Student broadcast journalist of the year
Winner: Paul Traynor, Julia Chapman and Clare Downey, City University London
Runner-up: Sophie Mei Lan, University of Salford
“No prize for coming 2nd”…Oh wait