Fanshawe student wins BEAC Award

LONDON – Coverage of the Bandido biker murders near Shedden, Ont., helped Fanshawe College student Katie Simpson win the Broadcast Educators Association 2006 president's award for Spot News Coverage, sponsored by MediaIntelligence.ca. "Katie Simpson is the first of a new breed of broadcast journalism student," said Jim Van Horne, professor, broadcast journalism, at Fanshawe. "Katie is a part of our first graduating class of a collaborative program between the University of Western Ontario and Fanshawe College (both are in London, Ont.)." Her talent has "been recognized by Corus Entertainment," added Van Horne. "She has been employed at AM 980 in...