Varsity sweep Guardian Student Media Awards

Six awards for members of the 2008-9 editorial team

by Emma Mustich

This article is 16 years old

Wednesday November 25 2009, 11:56pm

Six members of Varsity's 2008-9 editorial team won prizes at tonight's Guardian Student Media Awards (GSMA) in London.

The winners, in order of their announcement, were:

Ben Riley-Smith - Best Sports Writer

Robert Peal (Editor Michaelmas 2009) - Runner-up Columnist

Charlotte Runcie - Best Columnist

Zing Tsjeng - Best Feature Writer

Michael Stothard (Editor Lent 2009) - Best Reporter

Patrick Kingsley (Editor Michaelmas 2008) - Student Journalist of the Year

Two other Varsity writers, Decca Muldowney and Andrew Spyrou, were nominated for awards -- for Best Feature Writer and Best Music Critic respectively.

Varsity was the most decorated student paper nationally, and Patrick Kingsley is the first Cambridge student to be named Student Journalist of the Year since the category was established in 2001.

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