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The Shine School Media Awards were created to recognise young creative talent and develop literacy, publishing and business skills amongst students.

About The Stationers' Company

The Worshipful Company of Stationers’ and Newspaper Makers’ (The Stationers’ Company) is one of London’s older Livery Companies with its origins in the fourteenth century. In 1403, a guild was formed whose members included text-writers and illuminators, booksellers, bookbinders and suppliers of parchment, pens and paper. A Royal Charter was awarded in 1557 giving the

guild the power to control printing in all its aspects. Its involvement in training and education began when printing houses presented their apprentices at Stationers’ Hall during their first year for a fee of sixpence. In 1861, the first Stationers’ School opened just off Fleet Street and then, with an expanding school roll, built a larger school in Hornsey which opened in 1894. Over the years, the school established a high reputation as an excellent grammar school, but closed in 1984 following the introduction of the comprehensive system. However, the sale of the land on which it stood created a capital fund from which it derives income to support its charitable objectives in education. On 1 October 2007 The Stationers’ Company merged its charities to create The Stationers’ Foundation, which is responsible for overseeing the Company’s charities and, from the outset, one of the most important aspects of The Stationers’ Foundation’s activities has been to encourage training and education in the graphic arts world, which today includes the wider digital media world. There are a number of ways in which young people can benefit from the work of The Stationers’ Foundation. These include scholarships, bursaries, grants, equipment supply and opportunities to undertake further education and travel in order to prepare them for entry into a profession, trade, craft or occupation in the media and graphic arts industry.

11/12/2024

We’ve also got a lot of love for schools that already produce a Shine Awards-eligible project. And… you may not even realise your school is doing this...

Many schools that already produce a Shine-eligible project and may not even realise they're doing this and could enter the competition.

04/12/2024

This week we're talking about students and their innate call to write, investigate and share – one that runs strong in all our Shine entries.

Finding success in their teenage years materially affects how young people approach applying to and tackling their next stages in life

27/11/2024

Set your students the challenge of finding the scoop of the year

Our Scoop of the Year award is sponsored by the London Press Club – and are supporting us again for the Shine School Media Awards 2025.

06/11/2024

There are no finer ambassadors for school newspapers and magazines (and the Shine School Media Awards!) than teachers. In this week's post, three teachers tell us their experiences of these projects and what it's like to attend the awards.

Today, I’ve turned our blog over to the teachers of this year’s entrants, to tell you why they love the Shine Awards!

16/10/2024

A series of our awards focus on visuals made specifically for their school media project and each recognises artists who transform their classmates’ journalism into attractive, compelling layouts. Why not encourage young artists to get involved?

The Shine School Media Awards rewards young artists who contribute to their school newspaper or magazine. Find out more in this post.

09/10/2024

“Being invited to see how magazine designing and content creation for such publications happens on such a large scale has truly transformed my understanding of the media industry.” ... a report from Aashi Bains, a Shine award winner on her work experience prize.

Could your students be next?

Standing out. Showing raw talent. Making an impact. The Shine School Media Awards offer teenagers one more step on the ladder to success.

02/10/2024

As our name suggests, the Shine School Media Awards is open to all kinds of student publishing. Increasingly we’re seeing blended media, with digital publications often combined with student podcasts.

https://www.shine-schoolawards.org/2024/10/01/podcasts-teach-more-than-you-expect/

18/09/2024

An exciting update this week to tell you about the industry work experience that Ruby, one of our Shine Award winners, had this summer.

The Shine School Media Awards has partnerships with some of the UK's biggest media organisations who offer winning students work experience.

11/09/2024

If your school already produces a newspaper, magazine or podcast, or you have students keen to get one started, the Shine School Media Awards is a free competition that could motivate your students – and gain them national recognition.

Why not introduce your school to the Shine School Media Awards? It's a free national competition that rewards a diversity of talent from secondary schools ac...

23/04/2024

Today is the last round up and call for entries before we hit the deadline for the Shine School Media Awards 2024!

The Shine Awards deadline is almost here and we want your entries! Now is the time to fill out the form and submit...

19/03/2024

It's time for schools to submit their entry for 2024's awards... but first, here are a couple of massive pieces of advice that could well improve the chances of winning >>>

It's time to submit your entry... but first, here are a couple of massive pieces of advice that could well improve the chances of winning.

12/03/2024

Blank space! Students are nerve-wracked by empty pages or gaps. Often they take great articles and try to squeeze every word in by making text smaller and headlines bigger. Help is at hand in today's blog post.

Our first ever online teachers’ forum helped educators who are overseeing students putting together a school newspaper or magazine project.

05/03/2024

Today we're talking multimedia: could disparate elements of a student project with many strands actually be a whole?

29/02/2024

Great design is one of our buzz-topics for 2024 and we'd like to help Shine entrants, many of whom are at that critical stage right now. Here are our top 10 design tips...

This week we are offering students assistance to get creative with their media projects, with our ten top tips for great graphic design.

06/02/2024

"The moment I decided to study journalism, invest my time into it, and backed by my teachers, I never looked back. I was able to combine journalism with my love for sport and looking back it was one of the best decisions I've ever made."
.. the words of sports journalist Uche Amako, who writes for the Daily Telegraph. Read Uche's full advice for young journos, on today's blog.

When we’re asked as teenagers, ‘what would you like to be’ the answers used to be firefighter, spaceman or rocket scientist. These days our heroes are different: when we see reporters at the frontline in war zones, telling us what’s really happening in the most dangerous parts of the world, ...

30/01/2024

This week we’re talking podcasts - the most community-oriented and easily distributed of all the media we cover at the Shine Awards >>>

Podcasting may seem daunting at first, but with podcasts taking over the world we’re here to show you how easy they can be.

23/01/2024

Sometimes the best advice for students putting together a school magazine is from someone who has done it before (and won a Shine Award in the process). This week we hear about writing from the heart

Advice for students from a former Shine School Media Awards winner about how writing truly personal stories can change your life.

16/01/2024

We have some great news this week: we'd like to offer teachers their own masterclass in school media project mentoring, led by two academics with tons of experience. Interested? Read more...

We would like to offer teachers their own masterclass in guiding students putting together a newspaper, magazine or digital edition.

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The Shine School Media Awards is a national competition rewarding UK secondary schools who produce an outstanding newspaper, magazine, podcast or website.

The culmination of the competition is a spectacular gala awards ceremony at Stationers’ Hall in the City of London each summer.

Shine is proving to be a hugely beneficial project for the future potential of all students involved, boosting CVs and university application forms. Shine has significant benefits for teachers too, meeting the requirements of the school curriculum.

Overall, the goals of Shine are multi-faceted, with the primary aims being to: