SCHOLARSHIPS: Foreign Press Assn Scholarships - for intl students
FOREIGN PRESS ASSOCIATION SCHOLARSHIP FUND
333 East 46th Street, Suite 1K
New York, NY 10017
(212) 370-1054
ATTENTION: FOREIGN GRADUATE STUDENTS OF JOURNALISM
The Foreign Press Association is offering a minimum of three scholarships to
foreign graduate students of journalism in the United States, one for
$10,000.00, one for $7,500.00 and the other for $5,000.00. The awards are
meant to encourage the pursuit of a career in journalism focusing on
international affairs.
Applicants must:
1) Submit a one page statement of purpose about why they feel they
deserve a scholarship. Indicate if financial aid is needed. List all
scholarships and fellowships you have received towards your studies in the
United States.
2) Submit an OP-ED article (maximum 750 words) on the following:
There is a rapidly growing consensus that Global Warming will have
calamitous implications for the 21st century. Having been exposed to this
subject as students of journalism, how do you view coverage of this in the
United States? Equally important, how is this issue being addressed, or
ignored, by governmental decision makers and the media in your country?
3) Present proof of enrollment in a Graduate program.
4) Submit two letters of reference:
a) from a current professor,
b) from an editor you have worked for.
5) Submit only two samples of published or broadcast work. If work is in a
foreign language, please send it with an English translation.
6) Submit a curriculum vitae. Outline your previous experience in
journalism and academic background.
Five individual copies (collated) of all submissions must be sent.
The awards will be presented at the Annual Awards Reception in May, 2008.
Submissions must be received no later than December 28, 2007. Send to:
Suzanne Adams
FOREIGN PRESS ASSOCIATION SCHOARSHIP FUND
333 East 46th Street, Suite 1K
New York, NY 10017
Phone: (212) 370-1054
The Foreign Press Association, founded in 1918, is the oldest foreign press
organization in the United States. We have a current membership of over 500
representing print, broadcast and photographic media from 55 countries.
