First Kiwi Asian journalism scholarship awarded

MANILA, Philippines - A young Filipino-New Zealander has been awarded the first Asia New Zealand Foundation Kiwi Asian Journalism Scholarship. Corazon Miller, is of Filipino and New Zealand European descent. She is also bilingual in Tagalog and English. Miller is currently employed as a nurse at Auckland Hospital’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. She intends to use the communication and cultural awareness skills she has acquired during her short career as a health professional to embark on her new direction as a journalist. “Despite our growing Asian population, New Zealand has a shortage of Asian journalists. Many of the Asian population as a result fail to identify with the mainstream media. As Asian New Zealanders it is their right to have access to the media. As a Kiwi-Asian journalist I hope that I will be able to facilitate that within their community and within the media industry,” she said. The Kiwi Asian Journalism Scholarship is designed to attract more young Kiwi Asians into journalism study and to encourage increased representation of Asian communities in mainstream journalism. The 2011 scholarship will be open for applications in August. For more information, contact: Charles Mabbett, media adviser, Asia New Zealand Foundation, [email protected]