Shine 2019: the winners

After a fantastic awards day at Stationers’ Hall yesterday, we’re proud to announce the Winners and Highly Commended students at the Shine School Media Awards 2019.

Best Magazine Cover
Sponsored by Bauer Media Group

• Winner:
  ‘The Wall’
  Ibstock Place School 
• Highly Commended:
  ‘Whitonomics’
  Whitgift School
• ‘#osborne’
  Osborne School

Best Newspaper Cover
Sponsored by Heidelberg

• Winner
  ‘The Reason’
  Ermysted’s Grammar School
• Highly Commended
  ‘The Marble’
  St Paul’s Girls’ School

Best Homepage
Sponsored by Immediate Media

• Winner
  ‘Sixth Sense’
  The Blackpool Sixth Form College
• Highly Commended
  ‘Russell’s Teapot’
  The Royal Russell School

Best Illustration & Artwork
Sponsored by Bobst UK & Ireland

• Winner
  ‘Two Zero One’
  Anya Butler
  Bromsgrove School
• Highly Commended
  ‘A wave from the future’
  Belle Owen
  Kingsbridge Community College
• Highly Commended
  ‘Computer generated graphic’
  Darcey Boyle
  Putney High School

Best Print & Design
Sponsored by The Printing Charity

• Winner
  ‘The Reason’
  Ermysted’s Grammar School
• Highly Commended
  ‘Pulse’
  Kings High School
• Highly Commended
  ‘TiNT’
  Plymouth School of Creative Arts

Best Cartoon
Sponsored by The Cartoon Museum

• Winner
  Julien Cheng
  Whitgift School
• Highly Commended
  Isis Stevens
  City of Norwich School
• Highly Commended
  Max Andrew
  Osborne School
• Highly Commended
  Emily Lou
  Bromsgrove School

Best Marketing Strategy
Sponsored by Denmaur Paper Media

• Winner
  ‘Highlights’
  Banbridge High School
• Highly Commended
  ‘The Word’
  Altrincham Grammar School for Boys
• Highly Commended
  ‘Term’
  Tarporley High School and Sixth Form College

Best Community and Environmental Initiative
Sponsored by Picon

• Winner
  ‘Abridged’
  Kingsbridge Community College
• Highly Commended
  ‘The Wall’
  Ibstock Place School
• ‘TiNT’
  Plymouth School of Creative Arts

Best Photograph
Sponsored by Getty Images Archive

• Winner
  ‘Masculinity in crisis’ by Feranmi Babajide
  Drapers’ Academy
• Highly Commended
  ‘Don’t look down’ by Nina Mulder Quereshi
  Kings High School
• Highly Commended
  ‘Tromsø’ by Karan Shah
  Merchant Taylors’ School
• Highly Commended
  ‘Is there a right size?’ by Lucy Unwin
  Marlborough Science Academy

Best Stand-Alone Piece
Sponsored by Liz Hunt

• Winner
  ‘I’m scared for the future of my Holocaust history’ by Louis Cantor
  City of London School
• Highly Commended
  ‘The sweet taste of freedom: the bakery giving ex-cons a second chance’ by Michael Smith
  St Thomas Aquinas Secondary School
• Highly Commended
  ‘Molossia: The DIY Dictator in the Desert’ by Ross Andrews
  The Marlborough Science Academy
• Best Travel Feature
  ‘Lebanon remembered’ by Charlotte Bouvier
  Latymer Upper School
• Best Fashion Feature
  ‘On the rise of thrifting: a moral blessing or an elitist curse’ by Daisy Robins
  Drapers’ Academy
• ‘I have Asperger’s’ by Kizzy Whitehurst
  Tarporley High School and Sixth Form College

Best Overall Content
Sponsored by PrintWeek

• Winner
  ‘The Wheatleyan’
  Bablake School
• Highly Commended
  ‘A Study in Purple’
  Putney High School
• Highly Commended
  ‘Geographical Magazine: The Arctic’
  Merchant Taylors’ School
• Highly Commended
  ‘The Wall’
  Ibstock Place School

Editor of the Year
Sponsored by Katherine Whitbourn

• Winner
  Adam Dickinson
  Bablake School
• Highly Commended
  Alan Vaz & Sam Healey
  Ermystead’s Grammar School
• Highly Commended
  Izzy Stallard & Alice Lowson
  Kingsbridge Community College

Most Inspirational Teacher
Sponsored by tes

• Winner
  Christopher Anderson
  Ibstock Place School
• Highly Commended
  Alice Ludlow
  Drapers’ Academy
• Highly Commended
  Tina McMillan
  Tarporley High School & Sixth Form College

Shine Scholar
Our Most Outstanding Pupil
Sponsored by Cavendish Care

• Winner
  Feranmi Babajide
  Drapers’ Academy
• Highly Commended
  Alexandra Misaila
  Royal Russell School
• Highly Commended
  Harvey Stroh
  Ermysted’s Grammar School

Best Podcast
Sponsored by Voodoo

• Winner
  ‘SQUAWK’
  Stationers’ Crown Woods Academy
• Highly Commended
  ‘VOX’
  St Joseph’s College

Best Online
Sponsored by Google UK

• Winner
  ‘Abridged’
  Kingsbridge Community College
• Highly Commended
  ‘A Study in Purple’
  Putney High School
• Highly Commended
  ‘The Heathfield Vine’
  Heathfield Community College

Best Newspaper
Sponsored by The Daily Mail

• Winner
  ‘The Reason’
  Ermysted’s Grammar School
• Highly Commended
  ‘QEGSpress’
  Queen Elizabeth Grammar School
• Highly Commended
  ‘The De Aston Voice’
  De Aston School
• Highly Commended
  ‘AX News’
  The Axholme Academy

Best Magazine
Sponsored by Hearst

• Winner
  ‘It’s Complicated’
  Drapers’ Academy
• Highly Commended
  ‘The Wall’
  Ibstock Place School
• Highly Commended
  ‘Pulse’
  Kings High School

The Harrison Cup

Usually, the Harrison Cup is awarded to a school whose entry the judges have particularly commended overall. This year we have decided instead to award it to two students whose achievements exemplify what this competition represents.

• Winner
  Ross Andrews
  The Marlborough Science Academy
• Winner
  João Lopes
  Plymouth School of Creative Arts

Rising Stars

In addition to our main prizes, this year the Chair would like to highly commend four new entries who show great potential:

• Coal Clough Academy
• Stockport Academy
• The Heights Free School
• Trinity School

Winners badges

If any winners require a special badge for their school website these are now available – please contact shine@stationers.org

Press enquiries

For any press enquiries please email shine@stationers.org