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Pupils behind ‘TY Times’ win top schools’ journalism prize at Press Pass awards

Pupils at Moville Community College Donegal praised for ‘attention-grabbing’ front page and excellent news coverage

Pupils from Moville Community College, Donegal celebrate their Newspaper of the Year win at the 2023 Press Pass awards. Picture: Paul Sherwood Photography

Transition Year pupils at Moville Community College in Donegal have won the newspaper of the year prize for their paper, TY Times, at the annual Press Pass awards in Dublin.

In its 11th year, Press Pass is a Transition Year student journalism and news literacy programme, run by NewsBrands Ireland.

At the awards ceremony at the Aviva Stadium, TY Times was praised by the judges for its “attention-grabbing front page, excellent news and production values ...