Thompson Rivers University faculty and School of Journalism Chair Dr. Maxine Ruvinsky has been awarded a Jack Webster Foundation Fellowship to attend the Poynter Institute in Florida.
“I’ll be learning to shoot and edit video, to build multimedia slide shows, and all kinds of stuff about online resources in the classroom, ” said Dr. Ruvinsky. “I’m pretty stoked to be able to take these courses and to be able to bring these sought-after skills back to TRU journalism students.”
Ruvinsky will take Multimedia Journalism for College Educators, at the Poynter Institute in StPetersburg, Florida, July 20 to 23.
Jack Webster Foundation co-chair, Debora Sweeney announced more than $22,000 in funding for 2009 recipients of the JWF Fellowships.
“To date, the Jack Webster Foundation has supported 40 BC journalists with professional development programs and 20 additional BC journalists who have participated in our CIDA-sponsored Seeing the World through New Eyes program,” Sweeney said. “It’s a privilege to support BC journalists in Jack Webster’s name and to provide unique opportunities to enhance their education and experiences.”
The other 2009 Jack Webster Foundation Fellows are:
Caroline Arbour, freelance
Colleen Dane, reporter, Comox Valley Record
Sandy Heimlich-Hall, assistant news director/assignment editor, CFJC TV
Aaron McArthur, reporter, Global BC
Sarah Petrescu, reporter/columnist, Times Colonist
Paolo Pietropaolo, freelance
Cheryl Rossi, reporter, The Vancouver Courier
The Jack Webster Foundation was established in 1986 to recognize and support excellence in BC-based journalismContact Nora Newlands, Executive Director, Jack Webster Foundation at 604-261-6184 or by email at info@jackwebster.com for more information, or on the web at www.jackwebster.com.
The Poynter Institute, established in 1975 by the publisher of the St. Petersburg Times, is a school for journalists, future journalists, and teachers of journalism, more online at www.poynter.org.
Contact: DrMaxine Ruvinsky, TRU School of Journalism Chair, (p) 250.371.5925
