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Zac de Silva wins 2020 Brian White Scholarship
Commercial Radio Australia (CRA) has revealed Zac de Silva is the recipient of 2020’s Brian White Scholarship.
The prize includes four two-week paid internships across NOVA Entertainment, Nine Radio, Australian Radio Network (ARN) and Southern Cross Austereo (SCA).
de Silva was selected from a pool of 12 finalists from six universities, following a workshop with leading radio news directors.
COVID forced the workshop to move online this year, and finalists took part in a series of newsroom exercises including recording a live cross about a current news event. The workshop was led by commercial radio news leaders Deborah Clay (national news director, ARN), Natalie Peters (Sydney news director, Nine Radio), Amy Drew (Queensland news editor, SCA), and Michelle Stephenson (national news director at Nova and smoothfm).
Zac de Silva named winner of 2020 Brian White Scholarship
December 11, 2020 10:34
Zac de Silva has been named the winner of the 2020 Brian White Scholarship.
The announcement:
Macquarie University student Zac de Silva has been named the winner of the 2020 Brian White Scholarship, Commercial Radio Australia announced today.
Zac, a final year journalism student from Mount Colah, was selected as the recipient of the award from among 12 finalists from six universities, following a workshop with leading radio news directors.
CRA chief executive officer Joan Warner congratulated Zac on winning the scholarship, which will see him undertake a paid eight-week internship, consisting of two weeks each at Nine Radio, Southern Cross Austereo, ARN and NOVA Entertainment in 2021.