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Your gift towards CBA's Media Scholarship Programme will help equip the next generation to be salt and light in our media.

Meet your 2024 scholarship winners

  • Jordan Penisula

    STUDYING SCREEN PRODUCTION AT AUT

    As he prepares to graduate, Jordan sees social media content creation as a key outlet for his videography talents – but says his ultimate goal is to “reflect the goodness of God” through his creative work.

    “God has called us to be the light. He’s called us to love and care for people, and show that without fear. The end goal is to make some impactful stuff that is unapologetically faith-based.”

  • Joshua Currie-Cook

    STUDYING COMMUNICATIONS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY

    Joshua is open to however God uses him through journalism, but believes his strong sense of empathy and heart for social justice will lay a solid foundation for his career.

    “The media has a worldly focus, and God works through the world for heavenly purposes. So I think it’s important that I’m making the world a better place, that I’m a small part of His plans.”

  • Micah Smyth

    STUDYING SCREEN PRODUCTION AT AUT

    While his study is ongoing, Micah is already working commercially as a freelance filmmaker, and also posts regular Gospel content on his own social media platforms.

    “It says in the Bible, whatever work you do, do it for the glory of God. And so I hope that, whatever I do in media, that it is for God – I just hope I’m serving Him and being a good steward.”

“I feel like it [getting the scholarship] was God saying, ‘You’ve got this - this is what you’ll need to be a storyteller and this is your purpose’. It was really reassuring.”

Micah Smyth

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