Jessica Haney | March 29, 2010
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| Photo by Jessica Haney |
| Junior Elvia Malagon will join eight other college journalists traveling to Japan as winners of the Roy W. Howard National Collegiate Reporting Competition. The group tours media organizations in Japan June 11-20. |
Malagon recently won the Roy W. Howard Collegiate Reporting Competition, securing her a spot on the 10-day prize trip to Japan to learn about international media. The Scripps Howard Foundation awarded Malagon and eight other young journalists from across the country this opportunity in memory of the man who headed Scripps Howard newspapers from 1922-1953.
Dean Brad Hamm, a Roy W. Howard scholar himself, will lead the expenses-paid trip from June 17-27. The program, which is sponsored in part by the School of Journalism, will tour Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto and Hiroshima. Malagon said she is especially interested to visit the site where the atomic bombs were dropped during the 65th anniversary of such a historic event.
“I would really be interested in going just because of the uniqueness of Japan,” said Malagon. “When you look at Japan compared to other Asian countries, it’s just really different.”
Malagon, whose second concentration is International Studies, has primarily focused on Latin America as her international region of choice. She has never taken a full course about Japan, but is excited to experience it firsthand instead.
“You’re bound to come out with a different perspective on life,” said Malagon.
Like Malagon, Roy W. Howard greatly valued international reporting. Even while leading newspaper companies, he never lost his love for reporting. Howard’s Asian ties resonate in his coverage of the Sino-Japanese war in Manchuria in 1933.
He also has ties to the School of Journalism. In addition to co-sponsoring the program, the school houses the Roy W. Howard Archive of correspondents and supports the Roy W. Howard Professorship currently held by David H. Weaver.
While touring the country, winners of the competition will meet with journalists from all areas of the field. They will also visit one of the biggest newspapers in the world, which falls right in line with Malagon’s journalism expertise.
“I think it will be interesting to see how they deal with those larger markets,” said Malagon, who has worked for smaller-circulation papers like the Indiana Daily Student and the Post-Tribune in Merrillville, Ind.
Malagon and other competition winners will blog about the trip while traveling. She joins Renee Bruck of Franklin College, Caleb Fleming of Virginia Tech, Todd Petty of The College of New Jersey, Natalie Podgorski of Arizona State University, Katy Ralston of Texas A&M University, Jennifer Siino of California State University, Elizabeth Sile of Ithaca College and Rebecca Smith of Elon University.
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