Scholarship Grant & Financial Aid

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BLACK JOURNALISTS SCHOLARSHIPS

Annually, NABJ awards some-more than $60,000 in scholarships to honourable students meddlesome in posterior careers in journalism. Scholarships have been value up to $25,000. Scholarships have been open to any unfamiliar or American innate student, now in attendance or entering an accredited four-year college/university in a U.S. or those who have been possibilities for connoisseur school.

Application deadline: Friday, Apr 16, 2010

General Requirements
  • All field contingency be a tyro part of of NABJ.
  • All field contingency be a broadcasting vital or posterior a career in journalism.
  • All field MUST finish a online application. Mail or email submissions will not be accepted.
  • All field contingency be enrolled in an accredited college or university as well as have during slightest a single year of propagandize remaining. Awards will be postulated for a 2010-2011 propagandize year.
  • Previous NABJ grant winners have been not authorised to reapply.
  • Some awards embody one some-more requirements. See particular endowment descriptions.
  • Scholarship Descriptions

    Allison E. Fisher Scholarship – $2,500
    Carole Simpson Scholarship - $ 2,500
    Newhouse Foundation Scholarship up to $5,000
    Visual Task Force Scholarship up to $1,250
    Larry Whiteside Scholarship - $2,500
    Sports Illustrated Scholarship – $5,000

    Application Requirements

    • A one-page resume (Microsoft Word)
    • A 500-800 word letter describing your accomplishments as a journalist, your career goals, as well as your monetary need for a scholarship. (Microsoft Word.)
    • Official college twin (Scanned JPG or PDF)
    • Contact report of 3 references from veteran journalists, professors, advisors who have been informed with your journalistic work. Letters have been not required.
    • Five samples of your most appropriate work in any of a formats below. Make certain your work samples prominence your reporting, editing, and/or producing skills. Work representation submissions should be formed upon a particular grant (i.e. print, broadcast, online, etc.) Please see particular grant descriptions above. Required report as well as supposed formats include:
      • Print stories: Please upload your clips to Google Docs or any alternative third celebration sites as well as contention links to your work around a focus form.
      • TV packages: Please upload videos to YouTube or Google Video as well as yield links to your work around a focus form.
      • Radio packages: Please upload  packages to mypodcast.com as well as contention links around a focus form.
      • Photos  Please upload JPEG print selects to Flickr.com as well as emanate a “SET” patrician “NABJ Scholarships” as well as yield a couple to a SET around a focus form. Or contention couple to your online portfolio around a focus form.(NOTE: Minimum of twenty images)
      • Slideshows: Please contention links to your work around a focus form.
      • Web Sites: Please contention links to your work around a focus form.
      • Flash animation: Please contention links to your work around a focus form.
    • Financial Assessment Questions (Newhouse Scholarship Only)( (Microsoft Word)
      • Create a apart Microsoft Word request responding a following: How most is tuition, room as well as board, as well as books? How most will we as well as your relatives minister to your preparation costs? How most do we already have in grants, scholarships, as well as loans?

    Tips

    To safeguard your focus is ready to be submitted, have an physical education instructor or advisor examination your package to endorse that:

  • Your resume is transparent as well as highlights any of your accomplishments
  • Your letter is entertaining as well as tells us because we wish to be a journalist
  • You have explained your monetary need
  • Please have certain to examination a “Application Requirements” territory before to commencement a online application.

    Application deadline: Friday, Apr 16, 2010

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    Have questions? Visit the often asked questions.

    For some-more report about scholarships, hit Irving Washington, Program Coordinator during 301-445-7100 Ext. 108 301-405-7520 or iwashington@nabj.org.

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