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Gordon Sinclair Graduate Award in Journalism

Jagg Carr-Locke and Gordon Sinclair Graduate Award in Journalism recipient Sean Young.

Jagg Carr-Locke and 2019 Gordon Sinclair Graduate Award in Journalism recipient Sean Young.

For the most deserving graduate student in the Master of Journalism program.

At 22, Gordon Sinclair landed a reporting job with the Toronto Daily Star. In the late 1920s and 1930s he travelled the world, contributing stories as he went. In 1942, he made the jump to radio. Years later, U.S. President Ronald Reagan mentioned to Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau that he possessed a recording of Sinclair’s most famous broadcast, “The Americans,” first aired in 1973. His trips around the world resulted in several books, including Footloose in India, Will the Real Gordon Sinclair Please Stand Up and Will the Real Gordon Sinclair Please Sit Down.

How to Apply

To be eligible for this award, students must:

Award amount approximately $2,500. Subject to availability of funds. 

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