Diaspora to honour Dervan Malcolm with memorial scholarship

NEW YORK, USA — An initiative to honour the memory of veteran broadcaster Dervan Malcolm — who died last week following a period of illness — got under way here on Tuesday during a meeting involving representatives of 19 diaspora organisations.

Led by Peter Gracey — the former Global Jamaica Diaspora Council representative for the Southern United States — the representatives decided to establish the Dervan Malcolm Diaspora Memorial Scholarship in Journalism and Media Practice.

Malcolm developed close ties with the diaspora during his more-than-30-year career at Power 106FM, especially through the popular programme he hosted, Both Sides of the Story.