NEW YORK: Parents and friends of Kim Wall honored her memory in New York Friday, on what would have been the slain Swedish journalist's 31st birthday. — AFP PHOTOWall's parents, Ingrid and Joachim Wall, along with her brother and some hundred friends -- many who knew Wall during her time at Columbia University's graduate journalism school -- gathered to celebrate the life of the plucky freelance journalist, presenting a scholarship of $5,000 to a Danish woman inspired by Wall. Wall's family, along with the US International Women's Media Foundation, established the annual award in the late journalist's honor. Ingrid Wall, herself a former journalist, said the scholarship aims to help "courageous young women who want to get out in the world and make a difference. "When you don't meet people, you miss so much; she wanted to go out in their own environment."

Source: New Strait Times March 24, 2018 11:26 UTC