Baldwin, funder of South Carolina’s biz journalism program, dies – bestinau

Ken Baldwin Jr., who funded the enterprise journalism program on the College of South Carolina, died on June 13 on the age of 96.

Barbara Ball of The Voice of Blythewood writes, “A College of South Carolina Alumnus with a level in journalism (B.A., 1949) and former enterprise editor, Baldwin believed immediately’s journalists have to be enterprise savvy if they’re to report on the essential monetary points that affect readers. He continued to reinforce their training by his beneficiant contributions, totaling greater than $3 million, to the USC College of Journalism and Mass Communications.

“Baldwin established, in 2009, the USC Baldwin Enterprise and Monetary Journalism Endowment Fund that helps pupil and college initiatives that embrace analysis, symposia, lecturers, visiting professors, pupil assistantships and associated packages.

“The Baldwin Chair that he established within the College of Journalism and Mass Communications permits college students to study from an completed journalist with experience in enterprise and monetary journalism.”

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