A team of fourth-year students from the Department of Communication of the Faculty of Social Sciences (FSS) at the University of Macau (UM) won second runner-up in two English categories, Best in News Writing and Best in Art and Culture News Reporting, at the 2023 Campus News Awards organised by China Daily Hong Kong for their English publication UM Bridges 2023—Élan.
This year’s Campus News Award attracted the participation of a total of 3,600 students from 84 leading universities in mainland China, Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan, with more than 1,000 entries. The awards presentation ceremony was held at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou). Li Xu and Lam Ieng Ieng, who are both fourth-year students in the Department of Communications of FSS and Cheong Kun Lun College, attended the ceremony on behalf of the UM team, together with their instructor José Carlos Matias. Matias said that he was pleased to see that the competition offered students from different places the opportunity to exchange ideas and that he was proud of the winning students.
The publication UM Bridges 2023—Élan was created by seven fourth-year students in the Department of Communication of FSS under the instruction of José Carlos Matias. The articles ‘Culture on Your Hands’ and ‘Inheriting Cultural Identity’ were awarded second runner-up in the English categories of Best in News Writing and Best in Art and Culture News Reporting, respectively.
The Campus News Award aims to encourage university students to actively participate in campus news reporting, hone their news writing and multimedia production skills, and provide a platform for young students from mainland China, Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan to engage in exchange and interaction. The award, now in its 12th edition, has a judging panel consisting of more than 100 government officials, media professionals, business executives, and university professors, and has attracted attention from the academic community and the news industry.
https://www.um.edu.mo/news-and-press-releases/press-release/detail/57481/
澳門大學社會科學學院傳播系四年級學生憑實習英文刊物《UM Bridges 2023 – Élan》，於中國日報（香港版）舉辦的“2023大學新聞獎”奪得英文組最佳新聞寫作及最佳文化藝術新聞報道的季軍。
今屆大學新聞獎吸引來自內地及港澳台地區84所知名大學共3,600名學生參加評選，參選作品1,000多份。頒奬典禮在香港科技大學（廣州）舉行，澳大獲獎學生代表：社會科學學院傳播系四年級、張崑崙書院的李旭和林盈盈，以及指導老師馬天龍出席領獎。馬天龍表示，樂見比賽為各地學生提供交流機會，亦為獲獎學生感到自豪。
《UM Bridges 2023 – Élan》由七名澳大社會科學學院傳播系四年級學生共同創作，刊物的指導老師為馬天龍。該刊物中的《Culture on Your Hands》及《Inheriting Cultural Identity》在比賽中分別獲得英文組最佳新聞寫作及最佳文化藝術新聞報道的季軍。
“大學新聞獎”評選活動旨在鼓勵大學生積極參與校園新聞報導，訓練新聞寫作及多媒體製作技巧，同時也為內地及港澳台地區的青年學子提供一個交流互動的平台。新聞獎創辦至今已第十二屆，由100多名政府官員、資深媒體人、商界人士及大學教授擔任評審工作，受到學界和新聞業界的廣泛關注。
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