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DOCUMENT RESUME ED 090 577 . CS 201 259 TITLE 1974 Journalism Scholarship Guide. INSTITUTION Newspaper Fund, Inc., Princeton, N.J. PUB DATE Oct 73 NOT 108p. AVAILABLE FROM The Newspaper Fund, Inc., P.O. Box 300, Princeton, New Jersey 08540 (Free) BDRS PRICE MF-$0.75 HC-$5.40 PLUS POSTAGE DESCRIPTORS College Programs; *Educational Finance; Graduate Study; .Guides; Higher Education; *Journalism; *Scholarship Funds; *Scholarships; Undergraduate Study ABSTRACT This booklet is a guide to available financialaid for students majoring or minoring in journalismor communications. It is divided into two sections. Partone lists aid offered through schools and departments of journalism in UnitedStates colleges and universities, as well as by newspapers andprofessional societies. Entries are listed according to an alphabeticalarrangement of states. Part two includes informationon miscellaneous scholarships and internships, as well as journalism scholarshipsoffered to students by other organizations and foundations. Thebooklet concludes with a list of additional publicationson financial aids and an index to schools offering aid, (RB) US DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. EDUCATION 1SVELPARR NATIONAL INSTITUTE Oi EDUCATION THIS DOCUMENT HAS SEEN REPRO DuCED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED FROM THE PERSON OR ORGANIZAT ION ORIGIN ATIND IT POINTS OF VI EA' OR OPINIONS SLATED DO NOT NECESSARILY REPRE SENtOFF iCoAL NATIONAL I NS1uTuTE OF EDUCATION POSITION OR POLICY 1974 Journalism Scholarship Guide Prepared and Distributed By The Newspaper Fund, Inc. P. 0. Box 300 Princeton, New Jersey The Booklet Was Prepared AugustOctober, 1973 No Charge For Individual Copies Table of Contents Introduction. Page Summary of Contents iv Editor's Note v The Newspaper Fund of Board of Directors vii Definitions viii Part I Journalism Scholarships (Universities and Colleges, Newspapers, Professional Societies) Part 2 Other Journalism Scholarships Minority Grants 90 Miscellaneous Scholarships and Internships 92 Continuing Education for News People and Teachers 95 Bibliography 97 Index of Schools Offering Aid 98 Quick Reference To Listed States Alabama . ...... .... ............. 1 Kentucky 33 North Dakota 56 Alaska 2 Louisiana 34 Ohio 57 Aritona 2 Maine 36 Oklahoma 61 Arkansas 4 Maryland 36 Oregon 64 California 6 Massachusetts 37 Pennsylvania . 66 ,Colorado 12 Michigan 38 Rhode Island 68 'Connecticut 14 Minnesota 40 South Carolina 68 Distria of Columbia 14 Mississippi 42 South Dakota 68 Illotida 16 Missouri 42 Tennessee 70 Georgia 18 Montana 45 Texas 71 illaWait 19 Nebraska 46 Utah 79 fefaho 20 Nevada 49 Virginia 81 [Illinois 21 New jersey 49 Washington 82 Indiana 23 New Mexico 51 West Virginia 84 IOwa 28 New York 52 Wisconsin 85 Kansas 31 North Carolina 55 Wyoming 88 Sununaryof Contents Universities and colleges. newspapers,- professional societies and journalismrelated organi/at ions offer more that $2 million in financial aid for college students who want to study journalism or communications in the i974.75 academic year. These four sources and other fours of limn/lid aid are eniphasitcd in this 13th edition of the Journalism ScholarshipGuide, Grants are available to more than 2,500 individuals, trots those beginning their freshman year in college to those pursuing a Ph.D. Information on available loan programs is also presented in this Guide. The index at the hack of the Guide may be used to locate the page where information on a particularschool is listed. The 13th edition lea*mes two main sections. Part 1 deals with aid offered throug schools and depat itnents of journalism in U. S. colleges and universities, as well as by news papers and professional -societies. Part 2 lists miscellaneous sources of scholarship aidan. those grants specifically designed for minority students. Part 1 Beginning on page 1, the first section of the Guide lists information on more tha !2,300 scholarships, fellowships and assistantships available ONLY to journalism major. and minors. 'total value of the join nalisni study aid, excluding loans, listed in Part 1 $1,889,000. Entries are listed according to states. A particular state's section may be located by referring to the Table of Contents. Individual schools are listed alphabetically in thc Index of Schools Offering Aid on page 9$.. STUDENTS WISHING MORE INFORMATION ABOUT AID LISTED IN THI. SECTION' SHOULD CONSULT THE JOURNALISM DEANS OR DIRECTORS OR THE FINANCIAL AID DIREGFORS AT THE RESPECTIVE COLLEGES The Newspaper Fund re_ommends that students check listings in neighboring state as well as their home states. Included in the first section are average yearly school costs at colleges offering journal ism study. These quoted school costs are based on the 1973.74 College Facts Chart pre pared by the National Beta Club, Spartanburg, South Carolina. The average yearly cos represents !:he average total for tuition and room and board ONLY. Costs are provided. students cnt compare the value of specific scholarships to the average annual cost a particular schools. (Also, see Bibliography on page 97). The fit st section also includes aid offered by newspapers and Women in Communica Lions and Sigma Delta Chi, the professional journalism societies. Newspaper, Wo-mrn I Conunintications and Sigma Delta Chi financial aid listed in this Guide is intended for joutival ism majors and mi nor sON I .Y. Suidents seeking additional Scholarship informatien -should Contact the individual newspaper or professional organization chapter offering th aid. iv Although not.consittered by many to be a "scholarship," students should be aware that Sigma Delta Chi sponsors an annual Barney Kilgore ANS'atti. provides a $2,500 cash grant to an outstanding student member of Sigma Delta Chi who will be a senior at the time of the annual national convention. The winner will be selectedon the basis Of his or her previous news work and jotnnalisite outlook. Nominations most be sub- Mitteci by May 1 to the adviser of the Sl)X student chapter to which the smdent belongs. Winners chosen froth nominations submitted by SDX eampas chapters, chapter advisers and professional members, The awiud honors the late &maid Kilgore, former president of the NM jollt's and Co., national tumoral y president of Sigma Delta Chi, and a founder Of the Newspaper Fund. Part 2 The second major section of the 1971 Journa/ism Scholars/tip Guide includes mis cellaneous scholarships and internships, as well as journalism scholarships offered to students by other organizations and foundations. The minorities scholarship section includes mote than 125 grams totaling more than $200,000, most of which are also listed by schools in the first section of the Guide, Past 2 includes infmmation on other grants and internships valued at $219,000, and information On continnitig education lot professional newsmen and journalism and communications teat hers. Editor's Note This booklet is only a guide to available financial aid for students majoring or minoring in journalism or communications. Because many other scholarship oppot tun.. ities exist beyond those listed here, thir Guide contains a Bibliography on page 97 to serve as a reference to additional sources wining millions of dollars in financial aid to college students, regardless of major or minor. Information in this Guide was gathered through the ccxlmation of schools and departments of jotunaliS111, Sigma lklta Chi, We in Communications, Inc., the National Beta Club, and stlu)larship chairmen at contributing newspapers arid or- ganitations. Grams of less than $100 .m not lisaAt. Since 1962, when the first edition was publislml, 270,000 copies of the Journatism Scholarship Guide have been distributed free to students, teachers, counselors and parents. Companies, schools, organizations and individuals who wish to distribute the Guide On a bulk basis (20 or more copies) may purchase it from the Newspaper Fund at cost. The Newspaper Fund The Newspaper Fund's goal is encom aging young people to consider careers in news- palm journalism. One of the Fund's major programs is assisting high school instructors who teach jouttialism/mass communications or base school publications responsibilities. In 1973 nearly 70 teachers and publications advisers in high schools, junior colleges, and liberal arts colleges were provided basic join nalism training in Newspaper Fund institutes at three sehools of journalism. (See page 95). Two scholarship programs for college students will provide grants to 70 junior class- men in-1974 who successfully complete a summer of work as beginning newspaper re- porters and copyeditors. (See page 93). In cooperation with local newspapers and journalism schools and departments; the Fund sponsors Urban Journalism kshops for minority high school students. In 1973 six minority workshops attracted about 70 students. More than 800 high school students have participated since program began in 1968. The joulnalisns can't." information program is an important aspect of the Fund's service for students, teachers, counselors, and parents. The Journalism- Scholarship Guide is an integral pall of the career literature program which also includes A NewS- paper Career and You, a-journalism career booklet; Some Specifics on Newspaper Careers, a booklet concerning employment and educational information; the Newsletter for high school teachers; and several brochures dealing with the newspaper profession and journal- ism education. This literature is distributed free to individuals; bulk requests of some publications arc available at cost. The Newspaper Fund is a non-profit foundation supported by Dow Jones and Co., Inc. Dow Jones publishes TheI Vail StreetJournal, TheNationalObserver, Barron's financial weekly, and the Dow Jones News Services. A wholly-owned subsidiary of Dow Jones; Oita- way Newspapers, Inc., put lishes 12 general circulation dailies and five Sunday news- papers in Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Oregon. For more info, mat ion on the Fund's programs or on career opp ides in newspaper journalism write: The Newspaper Fund P. O. Box 300 Princeton, N. J. 08540 Board of Directors Yilliam E. Kerby, Chairman ol the 11<xird Don Carter, Executive Editor Dow Jones tle Compari}, The Telegraph and ,Vews, Macon, Georgia 'arren II.