While the world has been gripped by the stories of Boko Haram’s mass abduction of girls and women in Nigeria, comparatively little attention has been paid to the experiences of those who managed to escape the terrorist organization. MJ student Halima Sogbesan will be travelling to Nigeria this summer, supported by a $10,000 Diane King Stuemer Award, to document the experiences of girls and women attempting to reintegrate into society.
Established by the King family in memory of their daughter, Diane King Stuemer, a graduate of the Bachelor of Journalism program, the award underwrites travel and research for an outstanding student. Ms. Sogbesan graduated summa cum laude from the American University of Nigeria, where she was class valedictorian and editor-in-chief of the campus newspaper. She has interned with The Nation newspaper and worked for a year with the NGO ActionAid Nigeria.
Meanwhile, Spencer Van Dyk will be travelling to Tanzania, supported by the Bill McWhinney Memorial Scholarship for International Development and Journalism, to investigate the impact of food aid dumping on the livelihoods of local small-scale women farmers.
The $10,000 McWhinney Scholarship was established in recognition of the contributions of Bill McWhinney, the first executive director of CUSO, in furthering Canadians’ understanding of the developing world. Ms. Van Dyk holds a Bachelor’s degree in International Studies and Modern Languages from the University of Ottawa, where she was news editor and online editor of The Fulcrum. She has also served as social media coordinator for the Canadian University Press national conference.
And Nicole Wiart is the winner of a $1,100 Harold A. Morrison Fellowship, which she will use to travel across the country researching the back-to-the-land movement of young people who have started or purchased farms with little or no farming experience.
The fellowship commemorates Harold Morrison, one of the first graduates of the Carleton Journalism program, who went on to serve as Washington and London bureau chief for Canadian Press. Ms. Wiart joined the MJ program after two years as a producer with Global News, Edmonton. She has written for The Walrus, Avenue Magazine, and Buzzfeed Canada. She is a recipient of the Canadian Journalism Foundation’s Aboriginal Journalism Fellowship.
Tuesday, May 17, 2016 in Journalism News, News
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