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TALENTED media students have received prizes at Teesside University’s annual Journalism Awards.

The annual Journalist Awards event, which was hosted by Helen Dalby, Audience & Content Director, Reach North East & Yorkshire, took place at the Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art (MIMA) as part of Teesside University’s Graduate Showcase.

Journalism students received awards based on exceptional work produced during the past academic year, with winners receiving a week’s work experience at the company which sponsors the individual award.

Winners were commended for the skills learnt on the BA (Hons) Journalism; BA(Hons) Sport Journalism and BA (Hons) Public Relations and Digital Communications degrees

Among the awards were Broadcast Journalist of the Year, Best Sport Feature Writer and Blogger of the Year.

Prizes included a number of work placements with Teesside Live, The Hartlepool Mail along with work experience at BBC Tees; Bauer Media and ITV News.

A number of special academic awards were also given out, including the award for the best degree Final Projects.

Award’s host Helen was promoted to digital editor in 2012 and was closely involved in the award-winning digital newsroom transformation which was piloted in Newcastle and Teesside in 2014 before being rolled out nationally.

Helen was made editor of ChronicleLive in 2016, and in 2019 became Editor-in-chief for the region, overseeing the newsrooms in Newcastle and Middlesbrough. She’s currently Audience and Content Director for Reach in the North East, Yorkshire and Humber, as well as leading Reach’s partnerships with the BBC Local Democracy Reporting Scheme and with Meta and the NCTJ for our community reporters.

Paul Bailey, Course Leader for Journalism in the School of Arts and Creative Industries, said: “These awards recognise the hard work and excellent calibre of our current journalism students and the students were thrilled to be awarded their prizes by Helen.”

“I would like to thank all of the media organisations who generously contributed prizes to this celebration of our students’ achievements.”

Below is a list of the winners

Winner of Vlogger of the Year – sponsored by Teesside University Communications and Development

Holly Havelock

Winner of Content Producer of the Year – Sponsored by Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art (MIMA)

Tyler Atkinson

Winner of Feature Writer of the Year – sponsored by The Northern Echo newspaper

Scott McDonald

Winner of Multimedia Journalist of the Year – sponsored by Teesside Live

Martyna Dydyk

Winner of Community Reporter of the Year, sponsored by The Hartlepool Mail newspaper

Alicia Cuthbertson

Winner of Audio Journalist of the Year, sponsored by Bauer Media

Chris Cassidy

Winners of Video Journalist of the Year, sponsored by UK Local TV

Alfie Lambert and Holly Havelock

Winner of Digital Communications Student of Year, sponsored by Harvey and Hugo PR Agency

Carina Gama

Winner of the Ali Brownlee Sports Coverage Award, sponsored by BBC Tees

Chris Cassidy

Winner of Creative Communications Campaign, sponsored by Durham County Cricket Club

Jamie Smith

Winner of Public Relations Student of the Year, sponsored by DTW PR Agency

Sarah Peacock

Winner of Broadcast Journalist of the Year, sponsored by ITV News

Charlotte Simpkin

Winner of Portfolio of the Year, sponsored by Great North Air Ambulance Service

Sarah Peacock

Winner of Sports Feature of the Year, sponsored by MFC Foundation

Tyler Atkinson.

Winner of Best Newcomer, sponsored by Teesside University

Gemma Woolston

Winners of Best Final Project, sponsored by Teesside University

Sarah Peacock and Martyna Dydyk

Curating – what’s it all about?

Straight from latest issue of the School of Arts & Creative Industries Magazine , we’re sharing extracts from an interview with MIMA’s exhibitions and collection curator, Helen Welford, who tells us a little bit about her job.

Helen studied BA (Hons) Fine Art in Manchester. Following graduation she moved back to the region and set up a studio. Keen to further her learning she undertook an MA Art Museum and Gallery Studies and began curating at Newcastle University, as well as getting involved with Saltburn Artists Projects. Helen’s role at MIMA has changed over the years. Beginning as a gallery assistant, she moved up through the ranks from assistant curator to exhibitions and collections curator

“My favourite thing about being a curator is working with artists to develop ideas for shows. I love working on commissions and helping artists develop new work. My job is incredibly varied and every day is different. From studio visits to planning an exhibition to designing the gallery’s look and feel, it can be very creative.”

The School of Arts & Creative Industries at Teesside University offers an MA Curating as well as a Degree Apprenticeship in Curating, which awards an MA Curating along with the apprenticeship qualification. The degree apprenticeship offers an excellent opportunity for individuals in a curating role to gain a masters level qualification in their specialism whilst discovering the benefits of networking with other like-minded curators, studying part-time in our international art gallery and museum MIMA (Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art), whilst still working and earning.

Helen’s advise for anyone considering a career in curating – “I recommend that you see as much art as possible. Read magazines and websites and soak it all up. Go to as much locally as you can but also try and go further afield. Art online has really advanced during the pandemic and it can be a great place to come across new artists. Go to openings and meet people. Ask for support and mentoring, people are happy to help. Middlesbrough is a great place to be in the art world and make things happen.”

Find out more about our Curating Degree Apprenticeship (MA)

Bamboozled

Fine Art students from the School of Arts & Creative Industries at Teesside University, recently curated their own exhibition with the support of Pineapple Black‘s contemporary arts space in Middlesbrough

The all-female student collective, in the second year of their Fine Art degree course, described their work as being based upon responding and reacting to the works that they have discovered within their environment.

The exhibition process created an opportunity for the students to experiment with their craft and to find their preferred methods of work. It also allowed them to find faults in their work and correct future pieces – all vital learning for future events as they progress on to employment within the creative industries following graduation.

Identifying the challenges of curating an exhibition as a group was a new experience for the students, who come from a variety of art backgrounds – some studied art in college but for others this was a completely new direction. Working out how their works were going to be installed, how to complement the space and each others work, and how to find appropriate entertainment to add that something extra to the event were all challenging considerations.

The students also recognised obstacles with their own work, with some pieces taking a lot of physical labour to complete and install, but these were overcome by working effectively as a team, resulting in an inspirational immersive arts experience, Bamboozled.

Lecturers from the School of Arts & Creative Industries supported the students, offering new perspectives to both making and displaying works and working closely with the them to ensure they were fully satisfied with the overall look and feel of their work and the exhibition as a whole.

“The installation period was collectively our favourite part of the process”

quotes student Leah Roberts,

“seeing all of our hard work come together in a much larger space was really enjoyable.”

More of the students’ work can be seen on their Instagram accounts:

@lozbrick.art
@emily_unthank_art
@kats_artandstuff
@alibdl.work
@art_leah_99
@mollymay_art_

The BA (Hons) Fine Art at Teesside University provides studio-based learning that allows students to specialise in painting, printmaking, sculpture, photography and/or new media. Students have open access to all media workshops to develop their personally defined project themes.

Teeside University’s has an Open Day on Saturday June 25th for anyone wishing to explore the facilities, tour the campus and chat with lecturers and students

Great Creations From Visiting Students

Students from Middlesbrough College and Stockton Riverside College spent the afternoon at Teesside University this week, participating in workshops delivered by the School of Arts & Creative Industries.

The workshops were part of the school’s MIMA Great Create activity days. A range of workshop activities were provided, from 3D modelling to drawing with nature and designing their own T-shirts.

One group of students made use of the university’s Adobe Create Campus status and were provided with guest logins, enabling them to use Adobe Spark. They were taught how they could source royalty-free images to create their own e-zine

Teachers accompanying the students enjoyed the activities, feeding back to the academic team “great to meet you and love the work the students did”

The School of Arts & Creative Industries is holding one more MIMA Great Create Activity Day on Wednesday 13th April – anyone interested in coming along to experience the facilities on offer can register here

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It’s Competition Time!

The School of Arts and Creative Industries at Teesside University opens its doors once again on 30th March, with workshops and activities to encourage creative thinking and possibly sow the seeds for some new entries to our MIMA Great Create competition. Register here if you want to come along and join us.

With 6 weeks to go until the deadline for entries Elinor Morgan, Artistic Director of MIMA (Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art) and judge for the competition, invites entrants to surprise her with their entries. Here’s what she has to say…

Elinor Morgan talks about the MIMA Great Create competition

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