A busy week in CI: Media Ball Awards, Performing Arts AGM, and more!
Last week saw was a busy one for all things Creative Industries at the Union, with the annual Media Ball and their awards being held on Monday, Performing Arts electing their committee for next year at their AGM on Wednesday, and the Creative Industries Induction on Friday where we gave CI societies the essential information they’ll need for next year. This blog is pretty long, so hold on tight as I run through everything!
For those of you who haven’t seen me recently, the below photos of me feature me with a beard.
Media Ball Awards
First things first, here’s a run-down of all the winners of this year’s Media Ball Awards, where all the awards were judged by various alumni and industry experts.
Best News Coverage
Highly Commended: Alice Hearing for her article ‘University Plan Huge Hike in Fees for Sports Teams’
Winner: Toby Leveson for his interview with the Vice-Chancellor, Sir Christopher Snowden
Best Interview
Highly Commended: Xavier Voigt-Hill for his interview with Honne
Winner: Toby Leveson for his interview with the Vice-Chancellor, Sir Christopher Snowden
Best Review
Highly Commended: Sophie Trenear for her Raindance Film Festival review of Anti-matter
Winner: Ashleigh Millman for her Sydney Film Festival review of Swiss Army Man
Best Feature
Highly Commended: Dave Williams, Kate Briggs-Price, and Amy Haycock for their documentary Undercurrent: Sexual Consent Awareness
Winner: Toby Leveson, Georgia Rytina, and Theatre Group for their satirical radio play The Union
Best Behind-the-Scenes Contribution
Highly Commended: Wessex Scene’s Nuala McBride
Winner: The Edge and Surge Radio’s Xavier Voigt-Hill
Best Design
Highly Commended: Dave Williams for his work on the SUSUtv re-brand
Winner: Mackenzie Brown & Beth Garrett for their spread ‘Social Media is Making us Miserable’
Best Publicity
Highly Commended: Surge Radio for their Jailbreak coverage publicity
Winner: Surge Radio for their 48-hour Marathon publicity
Best Event
Highly Commended: Surge Radio for their 48-hour Marathon
Winner: The Edge and Wessex Films for the University of Southampton Film Festival
Best Collaboration
Highly Commended: Wessex Scene and Surge Radio for their US Elections coverage and event in The Stag’s
Winner: SUSUtv and Union Southampton Dance for their Southampton Dance Competition coverage
Newcomer of the Year
Highly Commended: Ben McQuigg
Winner: Tara Granea
Innovation Award
Highly Commended: Kieran Hyland for the Wessex Scene website’s speciality tab
Winner: Wessex Scene’s Study Abroad issue
Outstanding Contribution to Surge Radio
Highly Commended: Polly Marquis, Programme Controller
Winner: Georgia Rytina, Assistant Station Manager
Outstanding Contribution to Wessex Scene
Highly Commended: Nuala McBride, Deputy Editor
Winner: Mackenzie Brown, Head of Design
Outstanding Contribution to The Edge
Highly Commended: Octavia Woodward, Head of Events
Outstanding Contribution to SUSUtv
Highly Commended: Ben McQuigg, Performing Arts Exec
Winner: Tara Granea, Head of Publicity
Best Department
Winner: Surge Radio
Huge congratulations to all the winners, highly commended awardees, and to everyone who was nominated. It was a great night, and it was a pleasure to co-host it and chuck in a few awful jokes! This year has been another fantastic year in media and I couldn’t be prouder! 🙂
Performing Arts AGM
Performing Arts held their AGM last Wednesday, where it was announced that they had one of their most successful years for ticket sales ever! Committee elections were also held, and I am proud to announce that the Performing Arts committee for 2017-18 is:
Performing Arts Societies Representative: Lucy Grant
Secretary: Victoria Richards
Music Societies Representative: Chris Hartland
Dance Societies Representative: Kallie Townsend
Theatrical Societies Representative: Gem Tunley
Technical Representative: Joe Lynch
Finance Officer: Jamie Christie
Web Officer: Anna Walker
Events and Publicity: George Gatehouse
Facilities Officer: Vacant
Congratulations everybody! I look forward to see (from afar) what Performing Arts achieve next year! 😀
Creative Industries Induction
We held our Creative Industries Induction last Friday where we gave our CI societies’ new committees the essential information they’ll need to get started over the summer, tips for applying for Union Grants in round one, and a run-through of all the changes that have happened due to the Students Groups Review this year. We also held elections for the next Creative Industries Societies Representative, who is responsible for being a voice for the many creative interest societies we have – ranging from Art Society, Tea Society, and even Cocktail Society! Huge congratulations to Rachel Gray who was elected for 2017-18!
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