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22.10.08: Student categories added to the Record Of The Day Awards
Every year music industry daily digest Record Of The Day celebrates the best in music journalism and PR at its annual awards event - with the music industry and journalists voting on the media people they most admire.
During its five year history the Music Journalism And PR Awards have consistently championed the best in music journalism talent of the present and the past. But this year RotD is also teaming up with music business network CMU and collecting society PPL to champion the best music journalists of the future by launching two new awards for student media people.
To this end, we are currently inviting student writers and photographers from across the UK to enter themselves for these brand new ROTD Award categories - Best Student Music Journalist and Best Student Music Photographer.
Their work will be judged by an impressive bunch, NME features editor James McMahon, Observer Music Monthly editor Caspar Llewellyn Smith, Clash magazine editor Simon Harper, and music journalists Jude Rogers and Caroline Sullivan, with the overall winners receiving an award at the bash in London on 27 November, as well as the opportunity of work experience at both the Observer Music Monthly and Clash magazine, and a commission from NME.com.
PPL will specifically support the new Best Student Music Journalist prize. Confirming the society's support for the new award, Jonathan Morrish, Director of PR & Corporate Communications at PPL says: "Music writing is a critically important part of introducing music and musicians to new audiences. PPL is delighted to sponsor this new award and applauds RotD in encouraging the next generation of journalists".
CMU will help coordinate both student awards. CMU Co-Editor Chris Cooke says this: "Ever since we began, we've always looked to support and showcase creative people in the student community, because that's so often where the talent that will feed the music, music industry and music media of the future can be found. So we're really excited about being able to champion the best student media talent alongside the established mainstream music media industry at this year's Music Journalism and PR Awards".
So, how to enter... it's simple, it really is.
If you are a student journalist who writes about music, all you have to do is write a 150-200 word review of the track 'Steel' by new Dublin-based band Noise Control, which you can check out at this URL - www.muzu.tv/noisecontrol/Steel/32047 (though review the song not the video), and submit it along with two other music reviews or features that have been published in your student newspaper at some point in 2008; plus tell us your name, your university and the student newspaper you write for. You can email your entries to rotdawards@cmumusicnetwork.co.uk, or mail cuttings to RotD Awards, CMU, Unicorn House, 221-222 Shoreditch High Street, London, E1 6PJ.
If you are a student photographer it's even easier. Simply email three photos of artists or bands you have taken this year to rotdawards@cmumusicnetwork.co.uk. The pictures can be band portraits, live or studio shots. You should tell us what bands feature in the pictures and where they were taken, plus your name, your university and the student newspaper you work for. Photos should be saved as JPEGs and be no more than 300k each.
And that's it. It goes without saying that all work must be your own. So, spread the word. All entries must be received by 3 Nov.
MORE INFORMATION:
For more information about the new student categories at the Record Of The Day Awards contact George Stone at UnLimited Media by calling 020 7099 9050 or email georgina@unlimitedmedia.co.uk
For general enquiries about the Record Of The Day Awards contact Paul Scaife at paul@recordoftheday.com.
