FOREIGN PRESS ASSOCIATION: Scholarship
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:
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.
Submit an OP-ED article (maximum 750 words) on the following: Jeffrey Sachs, in his book, The End of Poverty :Economic Possibilities For Our Time, discusses how to help the world’s poorest people. There are substantial barriers to overcome in the fields of health, agriculture and education. His basic argument states that the developed countries should help, but they are not willing to ante up the money and instead blame the underdeveloped countries for their plight. We ask that you argue for or against his thesis.
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 separate copies (collated) of all submissions must be sent.
The awards will be presented at the Annual Awards Reception in May 2009.
Submissions must be received no later than December 30, 2008. 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.
