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SHINE SCHOOL MEDIA AWARDS 2021 After triumphing for IPS in this national competition once again earlier this year, four members of The Wall editorial team represented School at The Shine Media Awards. These took place in the stunning former library of Guildhall in central London. They write: After inspirational speeches given by previous student winner Vivianne Zhang Wei and the Chairperson of Shine, Alison Strachan, we enjoyed a delicious lunch. At our table, we had engaging conversations about book binding and university decisions with Victoria Mansfield and Alison Strachan. It was then time to collect our awards. We won the categories of ‘Best Magazine’, ‘Best Sustainable Initiative Leading to a Greener Future’, ‘Best Illustration and Artwork’ and ‘Most Inspirational Teacher’. Additionally, we were highly commended in the categories of ‘Best Magazine Cover’, ‘Best Print and Design’, ‘Best Marketing Strategy using Social Media’ and ‘Editor “It is both wide-ranging and personal and deserves the accolade of overall winner for its outstanding coverage, stylish design and honesty” The Shine Judges

Alex, Trinity, Ines and Kirsty with Mr Anderson

“This superbly polished edition deals with ‘Young Minds’ and its theme of mental health has been expertly managed by the editor Alex Mortimer.” The Shine Judges

of the Year’. It was wonderful to be able to celebrate these awards, which are all achievements of the IPS community! We were particularly proud of the ‘Most Inspirational Teacher’ award. Mr Anderson, the magnificent English teacher we all know and love, was our sage leader throughout the production of last year’s edition of The Wall and it gave us great pleasure to see him be recognised for his talents. It takes quite an extraordinary teacher to take a bunch of new Lower Sixth formers and amateur editors and transform them into avid journalists and editors.

In addition, our Editor, Alex Mortimer, was awarded the Terry Mansfield CBE Prize for Tomorrow’s Talent. This award was created as a tribute to one of the founding members of the Shine School Media Awards, Terry Mansfield CBE, who tragically died of coronavirus last year. Alex’s vision of a ‘Young Minds Issue’ for last year’s edition of The Wall really inspired the judges, and so it was fitting that she was awarded this inaugural prize. We congratulate her on winning these impressive accolades and thank her for leading our editorial team so excellently and always striving to change our school community for the better. Going to Guildhall and talking to lots of fascinating people was truly a unique experience for which we are all grateful. We are sure that the current LVI journalists will be back there next year! Alexandra Mortimer (Editor), Kirsty McMillan (Deputy Editor), Trinity Riad and Ines Anoustis