The Ossies      

The 2010 Ossie Awards for student journalism

The annual Ossie Awards, named after journalist Osmar S. White, are organised by the Journalism Education Association of Australia. Senior journalists and editors judge the main award categories. Two categories – the Best Story (Any Medium) Prize and Dr Charles Stuart Prize for Best Student Publication (Any Medium) – are selected from category winners at a special meeting of the JEAA Executive. This year’s winners of Ossie Awards will be announced at the conference dinner at the JEAA Conference in Sydney on November 24-26, 2010.

Winners of the best story and photojournalism categories receive a $200 prize, which is funded by a generous donation by journalist and author Sally A White. The Hunter Institute Response Ability Prize attracts a $200 prize, sponsored by the Hunter Institute of Mental Health. The winner of Best Story (Any Medium) wins an additional $250. Prizes for news, feature and current affairs reports will be awarded to the student(s) who produced the winning entry. Certificates for Best Student Publications will go to institutions and to individual students nominated by the supervising lecturer of the winning institution.

Please note that only institutions with at least two (2) financial JEAA members are eligible to enter the awards. The deadline for entries for the 2010 Ossie Awards is October 8. Late entries will not be accepted.
 
Queries about the award categories, deadlines or entry criteria should be directed to:

Sandra Symons
JEAA Vice-President (Ossies)
UTS Senior Lecturer in Journalism,
Creative Practices
Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences
University of Technology, Sydney
PO Box 123
Broadway
Sydney NSW 2007
via email: sandra.symons@uts.edu.au

2010 Ossie Awards Entry Form

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1. Best Print News Story ($200) by an Undergraduate or Postgraduate Student
   (recommended length of 300 to 700 words* )
2. Best Radio News Story ($200) by an Undergraduate or Postgraduate Student
   (recommended duration of 30 to 80 seconds* )
3. Best TV News Story ($200) by an Undergraduate or Postgraduate Student (recommended duration of one to three minutes* )
4. Best Print Feature ($200) by an Undergraduate Student
5. Best Print Feature ($200) by a Postgraduate Student
6. Best Radio Current Affairs Story ($200) by an Undergraduate Student
7. Best TV Current Affairs Story ($200) by an Undergraduate Student
8. Best Broadcast Current Affairs Story ($200) by a Postgraduate Student
9. Best Online Story ($200) by an Undergraduate or Postgraduate Student
10. Best Story by an International Student ($200)
11. Best Photojournalism ($200) (Undergraduate or Postgraduate) (judged on the merit of both the photographs and accompanying text)
12. Hunter Institute Response Ability Prize for mental health reporting. ($200) (Any medium)
13. The Dart Centre for Journalism and Trauma Prize for reporting on violence, disaster or trauma in society.  ($200) (Any medium)
14. Best Regular Student Publication (For publications published or broadcast in any medium more than once per semester)
15. Best Occasional Student Publication (Any medium)
16. Best Online Publication
    

* Entries may exceed the recommended time and word lengths if the
content of the stories warrants it.
The Best Story (Any Medium) will be chosen from the winners of categories 1 to 13. The Dr Charles Stuart Prize for Best Student Publication (Any Medium) will be chosen from the winners of categories 14, 15 and 16.

2008 Ossie Award Winners

2009 Ossie Award Winners

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