The Oundle Chronicle attended the Shine Media Awards at Stationers’ Hall on Tuesday 21st June, and left with no fewer than seven awards.
The Shine Awards were presented by Dr Simon Heffer, Senior Columnist at the Daily and Sunday Telegraph and Louise Court, Director of Editorial Strategy and Content for Hearst Magazines UK. The Oundle Chronicle was presented with some of the most prestigious awards at the ceremony, including the prize for ‘Best Newspaper’, as well as ‘Best Business Strategy’. It was also highly commended for ‘Best Newspaper Cover’ and ‘Best Community Initiative’.
The paper was also jointly awarded the ‘BPIF Award for Exceptional Overall Promise’, presented by a former Oundle pupil, Charles Jarrold of the British Printing Industry Federation, which includes a course on ‘An Introduction to Print’ for the Chronicle team.
The judges said: “Best Newspaper in 2016 was deservedly won by Oundle School for the Oundle Chronicle. Winning other categories such as Business Strategy, Community Initiative, Best Cover and Best Feature article, Oundle’s entry scooped awards across the board. The almost professional appearance of this newspaper continues to shine amongst the top echelons of the competition.”
Upper Sixth Form Editor Thomas Lambton’s (18) achievements in the field of journalism were demonstrated by his award for ‘Best Feature Article’, for an article he wrote about a local resident who went to Syria to fight against ISIS. The judges remarked that Thomas’ article was ‘beautifully written and crafted, this is reporting at its best. This is an example of clever storytelling which underpins all good journalism’.