Griffith College Cork Radio lecturer nominated for prestigious European award

Radio lecturer, Jason Murphy has made the shortlist for a prestigious European award

Griffith College Cork radio lecturer Jason Murphy has made the shortlist for a prestigious European award for a documentary about a young marathon runner with epilepsy. Murphy’s documentary: No Time To Lose was broadcast as part of RTE’s Documentary on One slot in October 2016 and has now been nominated for the Prix Europa, which honours the best in European broadcasting annually. Murphy’s moving documentary followed 19-year-old Katie Cooke, who has been epileptic since the age of 9, and suffers up to 15 seizures a day, as she prepared to run the Dublin City half marathon in September 2016. The documentary was also honoured with Gold at the New York Festivals last June.

In 2016, Murphy won a PPI radio award for his documentary An Open Verdict, which told the story of the 36-year-old Iranian-born author Marsha Mehran, who died as a recluse on Ireland’s west coast in 2014.

Murphy is currently researching a PhD in the Department of Media and Communications at Mary Immaculate College in Limerick where he is looking at ways to engage young people in participatory media.

Since 1987 PRIX EUROPA honours the best media productions of the continent. The festival differs from similar events through its open jury groups, open-ended debates and individual voting in the different categories. The festival takes place from 14 to 20 October 2017 in Berlin.