One of the UK’s oldest and most prestigious universities swept the board at last night’s Guardian Student Media Awards.

The University of Cambridge won five of the 14 prizes in London at the 31st annual celebration of the best emerging talent at Britain’s colleges and journalism centres.

Patrick Kingsley took home the top prize of journalist of the year while his Cambridge peers scored successes in the reporter, feature writer, sports writer and columnist of the year categories.

Cambridge’s old adversary Oxford did not go home empty handed though with The Oxymoron being crowned magazine of the year.

Other winners came from journalism centres in Leeds, Blackpool, Edinburgh, York, Nottingham, London and Manchester.

Prizes included cash and work experience placements at the Guardian, Sky News and the NME and this year’s judging panel included Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger, Channel 4 broadcaster Jon Snow and BBC radio presenter Colin Murray.

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The award winners are below and click through to read the full shortlist.

Student Journalist of the Year

Patrick Kingsley, University of Cambridge

Newspaper of the Year

Leeds Student, University of Leeds

Magazine of the Year

The Oxymoron, Oxford University

Reporter of the Year

Michael Stothard, University of Cambridge

Feature Writer of the Year

Zing Tsjeng, University of Cambridge

Photographer of the Year

Stuart Capper, Blackpool & The Fylde College

Publication Design of the Year

The Journal, University of Edinburgh

Website of the Year

nouse.co.uk, University of York

Critic of the Year

Catherine Sylvain, University of Edinburgh

Broadcast Journalist of the Year

Steph Oliver, Nottingham Trent University

Sports Writer of the Year

Ben Riley-Smith, University of Cambridge

Diversity Writer of the Year

Jessica Tabalba, London School of Economics

Travel Writer of the Year

Clyde Macfarlane, University of Manchester

Columnist of the Year

Charlotte Runcie, University of Cambridge

Comments

Chris Youett (30/11/2009 10:51:28)
Warmest congrats to all winners. I tried to get into Fenland Poly (aka Cambridge) but I don’t speak Russian. Seriously, how are all the bright working-class journalists going to even have a sniff of getting into the profession when employers are obsessed with admissions policies based on lower middle class entrants?