The AAJA District of Columbia chapter — with members from Baltimore to Richmond, Va., — is offering two US$1,000 scholarships to outstanding undergraduate and graduate students who have summer journalism internships in Washington, D.C. Recipients must be AAJA members. They will be asked to write a summary of their internship for the AAJA-DC website and … Continue reading
Got a great idea on how you can use existing platforms to drive innovation in media and journalism? Enter Knight Foundation’s News Challenge to win a grant to make it happen! The first contest of the year, themed “Networks,” opens February 27! Knight will launch a second contest later in the spring as an open … Continue reading
The Overseas Press Club Foundation is offering 14 scholarships or internships to students who aspire to be foreign correspondents. Students must be studying at an American university; Americans studying abroad are also eligible. The Foundation pays travel and living expenses for interns in foreign bureaus at such leading news organization as the Associated Press and … Continue reading
The Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan is taking submissions for its Swadesh DeRoy Scholarship. The top prize is 300,000 yen (nearly US$4,000). Any current undergraduate or graduate student in Japan, or any Japanese student enrolled in an overseas journalism program, is eligible to apply. The deadline is February 15, 2012. More details on the FCCJ … Continue reading
