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Student journalists have celebrated the end of the academic year with their 18th annual awards at the University if the South Pacific.

They were in jovial spirits as 14 awards and cash prizes to the tune of $6000 were awarded to many of the students in a ceremony on Friday evening.

Solomon Islands students did especially well, taking away many of the prizes.

Keynote speaker was a former coordinator of the USP journalism programme, Professor David Robie, director of the Pacific Media Centre.

Media Association of the Solomon Islands (MASI) president Charles Kadamana, a senior Solomon Star journalist who graduated from the USP programme last year, also spoke.

Full awards list | Professor David Robie’s speech

  • Photographers: Harrison Selmen, Jovesa Naisua and David Robie
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USP1: Graduating final year students and their awards with USP journalism coordinator Dr Shailendra Singh (left) and PMC director Professor David Robie. Image: Harry Selmen/Wansolwara
ISP2: Part of the crowd at the USP journalism awards night. Image: Harry Selmen/Wansolwara
USP3: Invited speakers ... USP journalism programme coordinator Dr Shailendra Singh (from left) with Pacific Media Centre's professor David Robie, head of the School of Literature and Media (SLAM), and MASI president Charles Kadamana. Image: Harry Selmen/Wansolwara
USP4: MASI president Charles Kadamana and PMC director professor David Robie with graduating student journalists. Image: Harry Selmen/Wansolwara
USP5: PMC's Dr David Robie speaking at the USP journalism awards. Image: Harry Selmen/Wansolwara
USP6: Keynote speaker Professor David Robie (left) presents a koha from New Zealand to USP journalism programme coordinator Dr Shailendra Singh during the awards ceremony. Image: Jovesa Naisua/Fiji Times
USP7: PMC's Professor David Robie, Fiji Times editor-in-chief Fred Wesley and USP journalism coordionator Dr Shailendra Singh at the awards. Image: Harry Selmen/Wansolwara
USP8: Fiji Times editor-in-chief Fred Wesley presenting an award with the Storyboard in the background. Image: David Robie/PMC
USP9: PMC's David Robie making a prsentation at the awards. Image: Harry Selmen/Wansolwara
USP10: Second year student journalists - smartest dress award? Image: David Robie/PMC
USP11: Kava not Fiji Gold. Image: David Robie/PMC
USP12: USP Journalism's Geraldine Panapasa amd PMC's Professor David Robie share a joke. Image: Harry Selmen/Wansolwara
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