{"id":2110,"date":"2025-12-09T16:38:59","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T05:38:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/?p=2110"},"modified":"2025-12-09T16:38:59","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T05:38:59","slug":"kate-cleaver-named-winner-of-2025-brian-white-scholarship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/2025\/12\/09\/kate-cleaver-named-winner-of-2025-brian-white-scholarship\/","title":{"rendered":"KATE CLEAVER NAMED WINNER OF 2025 BRIAN WHITE SCHOLARSHIP"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Curtin University student Kate Cleaver has been named the winner of the prestigious 2025 Brian White Scholarship, announced today by Commercial Radio & Audio (CRA). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kate will embark on a four-week paid placement, gaining invaluable experience across the ARN, Nine Radio, NOVA Entertainment, and SCA newsrooms. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The scholarship recipient was chosen following an intensive workshop hosted by NOVA Entertainment for the four finalists. The workshop was conducted by leading commercial radio news figures, including Fiona Ellis-Jones (ARN), Penny Ghosn (2GB, Nine Radio), Michelle Stephenson (NOVA Entertainment), and Amy Goggins (SCA). <\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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 Finalists and judges pictured (L to R): <\/em><\/strong>Penny Ghosn (2GB, Nine Radio), Scarlett Coppola, Fem Snel, Kate Cleaver, Ella O\u2019Neill, Michelle Stephenson (NOVA Entertainment), Fiona Ellis-Jones (ARN), and Amy Goggins (SCA)<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lizzie Young, CEO at CRA said:<\/strong> \u201cThe Brian White Scholarship, part of our Sound Start<\/a> program, is our investment in the next generation of Australian commercial radio talent – a medium reaching 15 million* Australians weekly. Kate’s talent stood out, and we\u2019re proud to support her hands-on experience across four major newsrooms.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kate Cleaver, 2025\u2019s Brian White Scholarship recipient said:<\/strong> \u201cI am beyond thrilled to get selected for the Brian White Scholarship, I can\u2019t wait for the opportunity to immerse myself in commercial radio whilst getting to work alongside some of the best in the business.\u201d  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The annual Brian White Scholarship honours the legacy of radio legend Brian White, the first Australian commercial radio cadet journalist. White pioneered the news talk format and had a career spanning three influential decades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2025 Finalists (L to R): <\/em><\/strong>Scarlett Coppola, Kate Cleaver, Fem Snel, Ella O\u2019Neill. <\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Entries for the 2026 Brian White Scholarship will open mid next year. The competition is open to recent graduates or students in their final year of a relevant course such as Communications, Media, Journalism, and Radio.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more details, visit Sound Start – Audio Careers Hub<\/a>.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

*Source:<\/strong> Edison Research, Infinite Dial 2025, National Commercial Radio Reach (AM\/FM\/DAB+ or streaming), P10+ <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Curtin University student Kate Cleaver has been named the winner of the prestigious 2025 Brian White Scholarship, announced today by Commercial Radio & Audio (CRA).  Kate will embark on a four-week paid placement, gaining invaluable experience across the ARN, Nine Radio, NOVA Entertainment, and SCA newsrooms.  The scholarship recipient was chosen following an intensive workshop … Continue reading “KATE CLEAVER NAMED WINNER OF 2025 BRIAN WHITE SCHOLARSHIP”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-australian"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2110","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2110"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2110\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2111,"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2110\/revisions\/2111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}