A writing competition has been launched in memory of a renowned journalist.

Cardiff University’s School of Journalism, Media and Culture has announced the launch of the Gareth Jones memorial travelling scholarship in association with the Cardiff-based Western Mail.

Former Western Mail reporter Gareth Vaughan Jones was instrumental in exposing the Holodomor – Great Famine – in Ukraine during the 1930s.

He was also a famous researcher and author who reported on tensions in Europe, as well as the rise of the Nazi Party in Germany.

He met his death in 1935 at the hands of supposed Chinese ‘bandits’ in Inner Mongolia.

The winner of the prize will receive £2,500 to fund travel to help them write a feature on the topic of Wales and the World, which will be published in the Western Mail.

Western Mail editor Catrin Pascoe, pictured, said: “There is no doubt that Gareth Jones’ journalistic integrity continues to inspire our work at the Western Mail each day. We remain very proud of his legacy 90 years on.

“We are also delighted to be able to support this important scholarship and help young aspiring Welsh journalists progress in their careers – it feels particularly timely and poignant given the war in Ukraine and the everlasting need for factual reporting. I look forward to reading their entries.”