Scholarship Grant & Financial Aid

Annually, NABJ awards more than $60,000 in scholarships to deserving students interested in pursuing careers in journalism. Scholarships are worth up to $25,000. Scholarships are open to any foreign or American born student, currently attending or entering an accredited four-year college/university in the U.S. or those who are candidates for graduate school.

Application deadline: Friday, April 16, 2010

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 essay describing your accomplishments as a journalist, your career goals, and your financial need for the scholarship. (Microsoft Word.)
• Official college transcript (Scanned JPG or PDF)
• Contact information of three references from professional journalists, professors, advisors who are familiar with your journalistic work. Letters are not required.
• Five samples of your best work in any of the formats below. Make sure your work samples highlight your reporting, editing, and/or producing skills. Work sample submissions should be based on the individual scholarship (i.e. print, broadcast, online, etc.) Please see individual scholarship descriptions above. Required information and accepted formats include:

• • Print stories: Please upload your clips to Google Docs or any other third party sites and submit links to your work via the application form.
  • TV packages: Please upload videos to YouTube or Google Video and provide links to your work via the application form.
  • Radio packages: Please upload  packages to mypodcast.com and submit links via the application form.
  • Photos  Please upload JPEG photo selects to Flickr.com and create a “SET” titled “NABJ Scholarships” and provide a link to the SET via the application form. Or submit link to your online portfolio via the application form.(NOTE: Minimum of 20 images)
  • Slideshows: Please submit links to your work via the application form.
  • Web Sites: Please submit links to your work via the application form.
  • Flash animation: Please submit links to your work via the application form.

• Financial Assessment Questions (Newhouse Scholarship Only)( (Microsoft Word)

• • Create a separate Microsoft Word document answering the following: How much is tuition, room and board, and books? How much will you and your parents contribute to your education costs? How much do you already have in grants, scholarships, and loans?

Tips

To ensure your application is ready to be submitted, have an instructor or counselor review your package to confirm that:

Please make sure to review the “Application Requirements” section prior to beginning the online application.

Application deadline: Friday, April 16, 2010

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Have questions? Visit our frequently asked questions.

For more information about scholarships, contact Irving Washington, Program Coordinator at 301-445-7100 Ext. 108 301-405-7520 or iwashington@nabj.org.

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