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.
General Requirements
All applicants must be a student member of NABJ.
All applicants must be a journalism major or pursuing a career in journalism.
All applicants must be enrolled in an accredited college or university and have at least one year of school remaining. Awards will be granted for the 2010-2011 school year.
Previous NABJ scholarship winners are not eligible to reapply.
Some awards include additional requirements. See individual award 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 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:
Your resume is clear and highlights each of your accomplishments
Your essay is readable and tells us why you want to be a journalist
You have explained your financial need
Please make sure to review the “Application Requirements” section prior to beginning the online application.
The scholarship deadline has passed.
Please check back again in the spring for the 2011 application.
Have questions? Visit our frequently asked questions.
For more information about scholarships, contact Irving Washington, Program Coordinator at 301-405-7520 oriwashington@nabj.org.
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