RTNDA awards annual student scholarships

TORONTO - The Radio Television News Directors’ foundation has awarded over $12,000 in scholarships to five broadcast journalism students across Canada. More than 40 applications were received from across the country as students submitted samples of their work in one of five categories. The 2009 scholarship recipients are:- Stefanie Masotti of Fanshawe College in London, ON who won two scholarships - the $2,000 Marketwire scholarship for the top first year student, and the $2,500 RTNDA George Clark scholarship for the overall winning entry; - Russ Courtney, also of Fanshawe College, won the $2,000 BNN/Jim O'Connell scholarship for a student interested in...