▁The ▁Commonwealth ▁Digital ▁Challenge ▁is ▁a ▁competition ▁aim ed ▁at ▁providing ▁young ▁and ▁asp iring ▁media ▁man agers ▁from ▁the ▁Commonwealth ▁with ▁the ▁skills ▁and ▁tools ▁necessary ▁to ▁help ▁their ▁organis ations ▁face ▁the ▁digital ▁challeng es ▁in ▁their ▁countries . ▁It ▁is ▁fund ed ▁by ▁the ▁Elizabeth ▁R ▁Media ▁Fund ▁and ▁managed ▁by ▁the ▁Thom son ▁Foundation . ▁It ▁was ▁originally ▁established ▁as ▁The ▁Elizabeth ▁R ▁Broadcast ing ▁Fund ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 5 ▁to ▁assist ▁the ▁development ▁of ▁broadcast ing ▁skills ▁in ▁the ▁Commonwealth ▁with ▁a ▁don ation ▁from ▁Buck ingham ▁Palace . ▁The ▁don ation ▁came ▁from ▁roy alt ies ▁from ▁“ El iz abeth ▁R ”, ▁the ▁ 1 9 9 2 ▁BBC ▁document ary ▁which ▁marked ▁the ▁ 4 0 th ▁anni versary ▁of ▁the ▁reign ▁of ▁Queen ▁Elizabeth ▁II . ▁ ▁Online ▁learning ▁Journal ism ▁Now is ▁the ▁foundation ' s ▁on ▁line ▁training ▁programme . ▁It ▁is ▁designed ▁to ▁develop ▁journal ists ' ▁ab ilities ▁to ▁work ▁across ▁multiple ▁platforms ▁and ▁media . ▁ ▁Person nel ▁The ▁Foundation ' s ▁first ▁Director ▁of ▁Studies ▁was ▁Don ▁Row lands , ▁former ▁editor ▁of ▁the ▁Western ▁Mail ▁in ▁Card iff . ▁In ▁ 1 9 6 4 , ▁he ▁was ▁joined ▁by ▁Tony ▁Cro ok , ▁then ▁on ▁the ▁Daily ▁Mail , ▁as ▁his ▁deput y . ▁The ▁pair ▁visited ▁numerous ▁countries , ▁training ▁their ▁journal ists ▁in ▁their ▁own ▁offices , ▁which ▁was ▁seen ▁as ▁the ▁best ▁way ▁forward ▁after ▁over se as ▁journal ists ▁had