In the final episode of the series, Nicola Blackburn and Jake Helm are joined by Aisha Rimi, Editor of XCity magazine, and Chloé Meley, chatting all about the XCity Award.
City’s Associate Dean wins John C. Hartsock Prize
An essay about Belarusian writer Svetlana Alexievich has landed City lecturer an award.
Fifth name on XCity Award shortlist announced: Ben Hunte
The BBC’s first LGBT correspondent and their newest West Africa correspondent has been shortlisted for the XCity Award for his work shedding light on anti-LGBT discrimination.
Second name on XCity Award shortlist announced: Mary Fitzgerald
The outgoing editor of openDemocracy has been shortlisted for the XCity Award for her work in holding the government to account through its interrogation of social and political issues.
City alumna’s company nominated for diversity award
A company started by a City alumna has been nominated for the National Diversity Award. Shine Media, founded by Joanna Abeyie (Magazine, 2009), was nominated for the Microsoft and PWC-sponsored award. The organisation has once again been recognised for promoting diversity and has been nominated for ‘Best Community Campaigner’. It has
25 City journalism graduates longlisted for 2016 XCity Award
Being nominated for an Oscar, interviewing Prince William and becoming Time Inc.’s youngest editor are just a few of the accomplishments City graduates have achieved this year. The nominees for the £500 XCity Award, for outstanding journalism by a City graduate, have been chosen by both alumni and members of
Ex-City student misses out on Oscar for Best Documentary Short
An ex-City magazine student missed out on the Oscar for Best Documentary Short at the 88th annual Academy Awards. Adam Benzine, who completed his PGdip in Magazine Journalism in 2005, wrote, directed and produced the nominated film: Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah. The self-financed film, which took four years to make
XCity Award 2015 shortlist revealed: Adam Barr and Ryan Ramgobin
Two online video journalists who captured uniquely honest footage of the fierce moods on the streets on the streets of Glasgow ahead of the 2014 Scottish Referendum, have been shortlisted for the XCity Award.