A young graduate who topped the Asia-Pacific Journalism course at AUT University tonight won the inaugural Radio New Zealand International prize for regional reporting.
The RNZI prize, an all expenses paid internship for a week in the radio station’s Wellington newsroom, was presented by manager Linden Clark.
“We are delighted to be supporting Asia-Pacific journalism at AUT with this new award,” Clark said.
Kim Bowden recently graduated as a journalist with AUT’s Postgraduate Diploma in Communication Studies to add to her political studies and geography degree.
The move into journalism had been a change in career path for Bowden. She had previously worked for six years with adventure tour company Intrepid Travel in Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Fiji, Vanuatu and New Zealand.
She also had a year-long stint as an electoral secretary.
Bowden, who filed frequent Asia-Pacific stories to PMC Online and Pacific Scoop over the past year also won the Kunda Dixit prize for international journalism – a book from the Nepali Times publisher's photojournalism trilogy on the decade-long Maoist civil war in Nepal.
She won the APN National Publishing Award as the "outstanding graduate" among postgraduate student journalists.
Pacific Media Centre director Dr David Robie praised Bowden for her "commitment, dedication and maturity" for her portfolio of Asia-Pacific stories.
Bowden is also one of three recipients of the 2011 Pacific Media Centre international internships, sponsored by the Asia New Zealand Foundation. She will be attached to China Daily.com in Beijing for three months.
Kim Bowden stories on Pacific Scoop
AUT's School of Communication Studies Award Winners 2010
School of Communication Studies Award for Top Student in the Certificate in Communication Studies:
Alana McIsaac
School of Communication Studies Award for Top Year One Bachelor of Communication Studies:
Jamie Barrett
School of Communication Studies Award for Top Year Two Bachelor of Communication Studies:
Dante Pragier
School of Communication Studies Award for Excellence in Communication Theory:
Judy Ingham
Dean’s Award for Excellence in First Year Postgraduate Study:
Lewis Tennant
Dean’s Award for Top Bachelor of Communication Studies (Hons) Student:
Aimee Moore
Dean’s Award for Excellence in Postgraduate Research - Master of Communication Studies:
Josephine Latu
Dean’s Award for Excellence in Postgraduate Research - Doctorate:
Tarek Cherkaoui
AUT /PIMA Pasifika Communications Scholarship Winners:
- Undergraduate: Suzanne Suisuiki
- Postgraduate: Yvonne Brill
TVNZ Diversity Journalism Scholarship:
Nilam Patel
AUT /PMC China Daily.com Exchange and Asia New Zealand Foundation International Internship Winners:
China Daily.com – Kim Bowden & Yvonne Brill
Jakata Globe – Corazon Miller
Asia New Zealand Foundation sponsorship for Asian Journalism Fellowship:
Rukhsana Aslam
Indian Newslink Scholarship for Postgraduate Journalism:
Andrew Fernando
Storyboard Award and Spasifik Magazine Prize for Diversity Journalism by a graduating student 2010:
Corazon Miller
Radio New Zealand International Award and Kunda Dixit Prize for Asia-Pacific Journalism:
Kim Bowden
John Foy Memorial Award for Excellence in Broadcast Journalism:
Hannah Spyksma
Fairfax Magazines Award for Excellence in Magazine Journalism:
Celeste Gorrell Anstiss
APN National Publishing Award for the Outstanding Graduate in the Post Graduate Diploma in Journalism:
Kim Bowden
National Business Review Award for Outstanding Graduate in the BCS Journalism Major:
Jo Twyford
Baldwin Boyle Group Award for Overall Excellence in Public Relations:
Eloise Hay
Public Relations Institute President’s Award for the Top Public Relations Graduate from the Bachelor of Communication Studies:
Kirsten McConchie
Network PR Practical Project Award for The New Zealand Rugby Foundation Team:
Isaac Banks, Victoria Ellis, Angela Campbell, James Roberts, Safia Van Der Zwan
Media Monitors Evaluation Award for The Gynaecological Cancer Foundation Team:
Duchesne Alder, Kate Allinson, Courtney Bennett, Moniquea Frear, Jess Miller
The Radio Bureau Award for Top Graduate in Applied Radio Techniques:
Lochleah Schofield
The Radio Bureau Award for Top Radio Graduate:
Kim Sole
Cyclone Computers Award for the Digital Media BCS Graduate of the Year:
Julia Price
School of Communication Studies Award for Academic Excellence in the Creative Industries Major:
Kelsey O'Brien
School of Communication Studies Award for Entrepreneurialism Spirit in the Creative Industries:
Jack Baigent
School of Communication Studies Award for Professional Communication Graduate of the Year:
Zoe Wake Hyde
TVNZ Awards for:
Art Director of the Year - Frances Cooke
Copywriter of the Year - Wicky Tafau
Creative Team of the Year - Sasha Arandelovic & Kevin Bachtiar
TV3 Award for Excellence in Practical Production:
Shani Bennett
Sky Award for Excellence in Studio Production jointly awarded to:
Jess Lawrence & Cam Nealie
TVNZ Award for the Television Graduate of the Year:
Aziz Al Sa'afin
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