Journalism Fellowships Announced

Read the recipients' experiences at the Poynter Institute

Jack Webster Foundation Co-Chairs Neil Soper and Debora Sweeney today announced more than $22,000 in funding for 2008 recipients of the JWF Fellowships.

Five recipients will attend the Poynter Institute in Florida in the following courses: Strategies for Online Leaders, TV Power Reporting, Narrative Writing, the Complete TV Producer and Backpack photojournalism. Two recipients will attend courses offered by IRE (Investigative Reporters and Editors) in Missouri and one recipient will conduct a research project in South Korea.

"We're very proud that the Jack Webster Foundation is able to provide professional development opportunities for BC journalists," Sweeney said.

"These annual fellowships are coming just as a group of BC journalists is returning from Rwanda and Mozambique on our CIDA-sponsored Seeing the World through New Eyes program," said Soper. See their blogs here.

The 2008 Jack Webster Foundation Fellows are:

Dean Broughton editor, 24 Hours	Gregg Carmichael assignment producer, CTV British Columbia	Gloria Chang freelance broadcaster
Melanie de Klerk weekend assignment editor, Global National News	Denise Helm news editor, Times Colonist	Hazel MacClement producer, CTV British Columbia
Catherine Pope reporter-producer, Global BC	Janis Warren reporter, Tri-City News	Jonathan Woodward reporter-editor, CTV News

Deadline for entries to the 2009 fellowships is February 13, 2009.

The Jack Webster Foundation was established in 1986 to recognize and support excellence in BC-based journalism.

The work of the Foundation is made possible by the generous sponsorship of Accenture, Bell Canada, British Columbia Lottery Corporation, CGA Association, CN, HSBC Bank Canada, Labatt Breweries of British Columbia, Terasen Gas, Vancouver International Airport Authority, Vancouver Port Authority and WorkSafe BC.


For more information, please contact Nora Newlands, Executive Director, Jack Webster Foundation at 604-261-6184 or by email at info@jackwebster.com.