MELBOURNE (Journalism Education Association of Australia / Pacific Media Watch): The University of the South Pacific journalism newspaper Wansolwara has won an awards double at the Journalism Education Association of Australia's (JEAA) annual Ossie awards for student journalism.
Wansolwara's story on the Miss World Fiji beauty pageant in its June issue, by Edward Tavanavanua and Parijata Gurdayal, was named Best Print News Story of the Year.
Wansolwara was also awarded the Dr Charles Stuart Prize for Best Publication after judges noted the difficult circumstances under which it was published, including state censorship until earlier this year.
Irene Manueli, a former senior journalist on The Fiji Times, is supervisor of this newspaper.
Edward Tavanavanua is a first-year Journalism student. Parijata Gurdayal was a third-year student when the beauty pageant story was published. She has since graduated and is employed in the Attorney-General's office.
The Miss Fiji fiasco article was also published by Pacific Scoop.
The University of the South Pacific regional journalism programme won three Ossie awards in 2000 for its coverage of the George Speight coup plus other prizes.
It has won a total of 14 Ossie awards since the first for Wansolwara in 1999.
The full list of USP awards:
OSSIE AWARDS JOURNALISM EDUCATION (JEAA)
2009 Highly Commended, Print Edition, Best News Story
2007 Winner, Print Edition, Best News Story
2007 Highly Commended, Print Edition, Best News Story
2006 Highly commended, Print Edition, Best News Story
2006 Highly commended, Print Edition, Best Feature Story
2005 Highly commended, Print Edition, Best Print Story
2004 Winner, Print Edition, Best Regular Student Publication, any medium
2002 Winner, Best Regular Student Publication, any medium
2000 Winner, Online Edition, Best regular Publication
2000 Winner, Dr Charles Stuart award
2000 Highly Commended, Best Regular Publication, Print
1999 Highly Commended, Best Regular Publication, Print
2010 Vision Pasifika Media Award
Winner, Overall Category (Wansolwara)
Winner, Student Journalist Category, Print
Special Commendation, USP Journalism, for helping develop environmental journalism in the Pacific
PINA/SREP AWARD FOR ENVIRONMENTAL JOURNALISM
2007 Winner, Print Edition, Student Category
SPREP Vision Pasifika Climate Change Media Awards
2009 Winner, Print edition, Student Category
Fiji Awards fro Media Excellence
2008 Winner, Best Student Journalist
2007 Winner, Print Edition, Best News Story
2007 Winner, Student Journalist Award
2005 Winner, Best Print news Story
Fiji Human Rights Commission Award
1999 Winner, Media Category
Journalism Education Association of Australia
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