Supporting young journalists

The Sue Lloyd Roberts Scholarship - designed to support the training of young journalists at Cardiff University's School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies - has received a £50,000 donation from the BBC. The donation will make a substantial contribution to the scholarship fund launched by the friends and family of Sue Lloyd Roberts - the former BBC journalist - following her death in 2015. It will support the fees of one student per year to be trained at the UK's leading journalism school at Cardiff University. The gift matches another made by Google earlier in the academic year. Friends and family have been working with the University's Development and Alumni Relations department to continually grow the fund - which now boasts exactly 50 separate donors - and remains open to further support. Recipients of the scholarship have to demonstrate a commitment to the kinds of issues Sue Lloyd Roberts reported - including human rights, international affairs and the environment. Tony Hall, Director-General of the BBC, said: "Sue Lloyd-Roberts was an exceptional journalist.
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