Two scribes familiar to readers of The Drumheller Mail have been honoured by receiving journalism bursaries from the Alberta Weekly Newspaper Association (AWNA).
Last Saturday Adelle Ellis was awarded the Fred Row Journalism Bursary and Donella Swan was awarded the C.A MacLean Memorial Journalism Bursary.
Ellis Grew up in Standard Alberta and has always been active in the community. She was involved in 4-H as well as figure skating. She also joined the Standard Horticulture; Club, which worked to make the streets of Standard more esthetically pleasing.
Adelle Ellis, left accepts the Fred Row Journalism Bursary from Gary Smith of Alberta Newsprint.
In October 2011, she began to write and contributed the Standard community news column for the Strathmore Standard and The Drumheller Mail. This may have been the beginning of her stirring to become a journalist and when she completed high school, she enrolled in the SAIT Journalism program.
Readers also recognized Donella Swan’s name from the pages of The Drumheller Mail. Swan is currently enrolled in the Bachelor of Communications Program at Mount Royal University.
Brett Harris of Cenovus, left, presents Donella Swan with the C.A. MacLean Memorial Journalism Bursary.
She has written for the Calgary Journal, the Strathmore Standard and the Strathmore Times. During the summer of 2012, Swan interned at The Mail. She contributed coverage on various beats throughout the summer and completed a special project chronicling some Drumheller’s area roadside memorials.
Currently she is interning in a communications role with Agrium.
The Fred Row Bursary is awarded annually by a committee of editors from the AWNA and presented jointly by Alberta Newsprint Company. Each year two students are awarded $1,000 each to go towards their schooling.
The C.A. MacLean Memorial Journalism Bursary is awarded annually by a committee of editors from the Alberta Weekly Newspapers Association (AWNA) and presented jointly by Cenovus Energy. Each year two students are awarded $2,000 each for their education.
