VLV STUDENT ESSAY COMPETITION 2010

In association with Channel 4 Television

Voice of the Listener & Viewer (VLV) announced the winners of its fourth Student Essay Competition in association with Channel 4. Details of the winners are in the Winter VLV Bulletin No 103.

Competition Information

The winners and runner-ups of the 2010 Student Essay Competition were announced at VLV's Annual Autumn Conference held on Wednesday, 24th November 2010 at 1.45pm.  Roger Graef , writer, broadcaster, film-maker and criminologist, presented the Awards at The Geological Society, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London W1.

Voice of the Listener & Viewer (VLV) will shortly announced its sixth Student Essay Competition.  More information will follow soon

Competition Information

The Competition is supported by The Voice of the Listener Trust. Winning entrants in the two categories each received prize money of £400 kindly donated by Channel 4. The two winners and the two runners-up were given the opportunity to enjoy two weeks work experience with leading television or radio production companies: 

Jon Snow, presenter of Channel 4 news, pictured, lead the judging panel.

Broadcasting is changing more rapidly than ever before. Digital television and broadband have already brought an explosion of new services which threaten the survivial of the commercially funded public service broadcasters ITV, Channel 4 and Five, with implications for the BBC.  At the same time, new technology enables more and more people to generate their own content through podcasts, blogs and vlogs.  So, does the concept of public service broadcasting any longer have meaning?

VLV invited entries for its 2010 Student Essay Competition from students studying for a UK registered undergraduate or postgraduate degree, or similar professional qualifications, on the following subject:

"In the world of internet blogging, anyone can produce a news story.  Access this view in relationship to the standards demanded from professional journalists and explore the prospects for traditional news providers"

Entries submitted as a written essay of a maximum of 2,000 words.

The closing date for entries was Tuesday, 1st June 2010.  There was no entry fee.

Post Graduate Winner:  Hester Phillips from the London School of Economics, studying for an MSc in Media & Communications. 

Runner Up: Neelanjona Debnath from Brunel University, studying for an MA in Journalism - essay

Under Graduate Winner: Alexandra Irwin from Newcastle University, studying Media, Communications and Cultural Studies - essay

Runner Up: Andreea Magdalina from University of Westminster, studying Journalism - essay

Voice of the Listener and Viewer is grateful to the Voice of the Listener Trust for supporting the competition; to Channel 4 for kindly donating the cash prizes and to Films of Record and tiger Aspect Productions for providing the work experience places for these young students at the start of their media careers.

       From left to right: Andreea Magdalina, Neelanjone Debnath, Roger Graef, Alexandra Iwrin and Hester Phillips

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