Mark Gayn Award
Jagg Carr-Locke and 2019 Mark Gayn Award recipient Emily Latimer.
Awarded to a Master of Journalism student on the basis of a major project proposal and budget submitted in Fall of the final year.
In his 1944 autobiography, Mark Gayn wrote that ���at the age of 13 I found my true love: journalism.��� It was a love affair which began in his birthplace of Manchuria and took him to Columbia���s journalism school, Vladivostok, Shanghai, Tokyo, Hong Kong and North Korea before finishing his career in Toronto where he had a syndicated column in the Toronto Star. He worked as a foreign correspondent for some of the world���s most respected news sources: the Washington Post, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Chicago Sun, Newsweek, Time, as well as the Toronto Star. This award, which formerly supported students entering the two-year bachelor���s program, now makes it possible for master���s students to travel in pursuit of their own storytelling.
How to Apply
To be eligible for this award, students must:
- Submit a major project proposal;
- Submit a detailed project budget.
Award worth approximately $1,000. Subject to availability of funds.
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