National award for student through powerful storytelling

Ms Remy Naughton (pictured), a second-year communication student in Bathurst, was named the winner of the Our Watch (individual, any medium, undergraduate) award for a story about best practice reporting of violence against women.

Remy won the Ossie Award for outstanding student journalism for delicately telling the story of sexual assault survivors. The “meticulous and succinct” storytelling from a “compelling angle” of a powerful narrative of survival and recovery earned her recognition even before her professional career has begun.

The Ossie Awards, organised by the Journalism Education and Research Association of Australia (JERAA), showcase Australia’s best student journalism. Charles Sturt communication students write and produce their own news stories from their first session of study and gain on-the-job experience through the National Radio News (NRN) newsroom at Bathurst.

Remy’s story was produced for NRN with an extended interview and was subsequently aired on the national current affairs show The Wire. “When I received the email that I had won, I felt very humbled,” Remy said. “As a second-year journalism student, this award has given me the confidence to know that I have chosen the right career path and that I can make a difference.”