The Scripps Howard Foundation announced Julia Wong (B.A. communication '09) as one of nine nationwide winners of a 13-day journalism study trip to Japan and South Korea as part of the annual Roy W. Howard National Collegiate Reporting Competition.

Wong, from Toronto, is a producer for Annenberg Television News and a former writer for the Daily Trojan. Off campus, she is a newsroom intern at the Los Angeles bureau of CNN.

The competition, established in 1984 in cooperation with the Indiana University School of Journalism, honors the memory of the journalist who led Scripps Howard Newspapers from 1922-1953 and United Press International from 1912-1920.

Mike Philipps, president and CEO of the Scripps Howard Foundation, said the prize responds to the need for today's student journalists to better understand international affairs.

The expenses-paid trip will be led by Bradley J. Hamm, dean of the journalism school at Indiana University and a Roy W. Howard scholar, who has extensive travel experience throughout Asia. Travel begins June 14 and concludes June 27 with an awards luncheon in Chicago.

"We are honoring the legacy of Roy Howard with this reporting award because he lived a global life as a reporter and editor long before most journalism schools taught about international reporting," Dr. Hamm said. "These young journalists will have the opportunity of a lifetime to learn about the media and culture of Japan and South Korea."