Trim journalist’s UK internet award

Trim student David Murray recently scooped a national prize in the UK for his outstanding internet journalism. David recently completed an MA in Multimedia Journalism at Bournemouth University in the UK and won the award for the best multi-platform story at the Broadcast Journalism Training Council annual awards presented at the BBC in London. A past pupil of Boyne Community School, he also has a degree in Multimedia from Dublin City University. He said: “I am surprised and proud to have this award. The course helped me diversify my skills. You don’t have to be an expert on something but if you can cover a lot of bases, it prepares you.” David’s website charted the crisis in regional newspapers and included inserts of video, audio, text and graphics. He fought off competition from students from undergraduate and postgraduate courses in universities across Britain and Ireland to win the category. David is now a formats developer at the internet portal Yahoo, based in London.