Two students share journalism award

TORONTO - Two Journalism Students - one in print journalism, the other in radio - share the Stephania Bublliuk Award in Journalism Studies for 1995.

They were Mariana "Marichka" Melnyk of Etobicoke, Ontario, and Thomas Halyk of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Ms. Melnyk, a student at Ryerson Polytechnical University (Toronto) is currently interning with the St. Louis Post-Dispatch in Washington, while Mr. Halyk is completing his studies at the Mount Royal College in Calgary.

The discretionary awards of $500 each were made to encourage promising students of journalism to pursue their goals.

Ordinarily, only students in print journalism would he considered, but due to the rising importance of the electronic media it was decided to broaden eligibility criteria. In future, students in radio, television, and film journalism will also be eligible to apply for the full $1,000 award.

The Stephania Bubniuk Award in Journalism Studies was founded by Mrs. Bubniuk, a prominent Canadian-Ukrainian journalist who for many years served as editor of Zhinochy Svit (Women's World), the journal published by the Ukrainian Women's Organization of Canada.

The award is administered by the Canadian Foundation for Ukrainian Studies.

Copyright © The Ukrainian Weekly, January 7, 1996, No. 1, Vol. LXIV

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