A bursary to help a student embarking on a career in journalism has been awarded for the fifth time by Archant Anglia in memory of former Royston Crow editor Fred Sillence.

The £500 grant was given to 21-year-old graduate Joanne Jarvis from Royston, Hertfordshire who will start a 20-week fast-track NCTJ course at Harlow College on September 6.

She will join one of seven Archant Anglia newspapers when the course finishes in February 2005.

Jo, (left), has spent ten weeks helping at Camp America after gaining a BA (Hons) in Communication Studies from Anglia Polytechnic University.

Mike Almond, managing editor of Archant Anglia, which publishes the Royston Crow, said: "Fred cared passionately about journalism. This bursary has been our way of saying thank you for being an inspiration and for helping so many young people start their careers."

Fred, who died in August 1999, was editor of the Crow from 1965 to 1981 and when he retired he told his colleagues: "I'd choose the same career if I had my time again."

Previous Sillence Bursary students are:
• 2003-2004: Amanda Breen from Papworth Everard, Cambs, now working for the Hunts Post
• 2002-2003: Carla Challis from Isleham near Ely, now working for the Crow in Royston
• 2001-2002: Catherine Bell from Somersham near Huntingdon
• 2000-2001: Duncan Sandes from Saffron Walden, Essex

• For more information on the bursary, contact Mike Almond by e-mail on mike.almond@archant.co.uk or visit www.royston-crow.co.uk and follow the homepage link to Fred Sillence Bursary.

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