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Interested in pursuing a career in business and financial journalism?
Then you may want to apply to the NYFWA Scholarships for Business Journalists

The New York Financial Writers’ Association is offering $30,000 in scholarships this spring to undergraduate or graduate journalism students in the Metropolitan New York area who are seriously interested in pursuing a career in business and financial journalism.

The number of winners varies from year to year. Last year, ten scholarships were awarded of $3,000 each.

Applicants should follow these directions:

(1) Complete application providing your present address and telephone number and, if different, your permanent home address and telephone number. Applications should be available at your department or the NYFWA website: www.nyfwa.org. If you do not have access to an application, simply send a cover letter with the information.

(2) Send an essay explaining why you are pursuing a career in business and financial journalism.

(3) Include a current resume, relevant personal information, and list any other scholarships you have received.

(4) Send samples of your financial writing and clippings.

Awards will be presented at the Association’s Annual Awards Dinner before an audience of leaders from the business, financial and journalism communities.

Applications may be emailed to nyfwa@aol.com. If mailed, they must be postmarked no later than April 15, 2009. We encourage applicants to apply early as possible. Only applications sent to the PO Box will be accepted.

Send material to:

Scholarship Committee

New York Financial Writers’ Association, Inc.

PO Box 338

Ridgewood NJ 07451-0338

Direct questions to:

Jane Reilly
Executive Manager
New York Financial Writers’ Association
PO Box 338
Ridgewood NJ 07451
www.nyfwa.org
201.612.0100 (voice)
201.612.9915 (fax)

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.

Graduate and undergraduate students, studying at American colleges and universities, who aspire to become foreign correspondents, are invited to apply for one of twelve $2,000 scholarships to be awarded by the Overseas Press Club Foundation.

Winning an OPC Foundation scholarship is more than a cash award. Winners are invited to join the Overseas Press Club family. They are encouraged to network and keep the organization informed of their career moves. From among the scholarship winners, the Foundation also selects up to six scholars and pays travel and living expenses for them to intern at foreign bureaus at such leading news organization as the Associated Press and Reuters and foreign English-language media like Cambodia Daily and the South China Morning Post. In many cases, winning a prestigious OPC Foundation award has helped launch careers.

The judges require that applicants submit a Cover Letter, Resume and Essay. The applicant’s name and school should appear at the top of each page. The Essay of approximately 500 words should concentrate on an area of the world or an international issue that is in keeping with the applicant’s interest. It can be in the form of a story, news analysis or essay. Recent winners have written on such diverse topics as playing black jack on the Trans-Siberian Railroad, political activism in Morocco, and social upheaval in China. Applicants are also encouraged to submit essays showing a strong understanding of, or interest in, global economic issues such as trade, finance, emerging markets, immigration or environmental impacts.

The Cover Letter should be autobiographical in nature addressing such questions as how the applicant developed an interest in this particular part of the world, or how he or she would use the scholarship to further journalistic ambitions. The judges respond well to applications showing strong reporting skills, color, and understanding or passion.

Winners will be contacted in December so that arrangements can be made for them to attend the Foundation Scholarship Luncheon in February 2009 in New York City at the Foundation’s expense. Recipients are expected to attend.

Applicants do not have to be US citizens.
Applications may be sent by mail, fax or email. Please choose one. Email is preferred (Word or PDF).

DEADLINE: Monday, December 1, 2008
Email: foundation[at]opcofamerica.org
Fax: 201-612-9915
Mail: William J. Holstein, President, Overseas Press Club Foundation, 40 West 45 Street, New York NY 10036
Website: www.overseaspressclubfoundation.org

For more information, contact Jane Reilly, Executive Director, at foundation[at]opcofamerica.org or call 201-493-9087.

Dear Colleagues:

My name is Sree Sreenivasan, and I am the Dean of Students at the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism. Melanie Huff, Asst. Dean of Students, and I will be getting to know all of you well during your time here. To e-mail both of us at the same time, please write to dos@jrn.columbia.edu (you may want to add this address to your e-mail system right away).

Congratulations on getting into the School - it’s a very competitive process and your being selected is a major accomplishment.

We look forward to having you here as a student (the Part-Time Program starts in May; the Full-Time Program in August). I know many of you have already accepted our invitation to attend, while others are awaiting the Open House sessions this Friday and Saturday to make your decisions.

For those of you who will be able to attend the Open House sessions, please take a look at the schedule:
http://www.jrn.columbia.edu/prospective_students/admit_07openhouse.asp

We will be able to answer a lot of the questions you have during the sessions. We also have e-mail contacts below that you are welcome to use.

STUDENT FINANCIAL SERVICES, located in 210 Kent Hall, is open Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.- 5 p.m., so you can stop by and see them when/if you are on campus.
Phone: 212-854-4206 (press 2 for financial aid and loans)
Web Site: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/sfs/
Student Services - Ask Us: http://askus.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/cu.cfg/php/enduser/ask.php

FINANCIAL AID: Dean Sharon Handelsman: sh2553@columbia.edu

MA PROGRAM: Dean Evan Cornog: ewc2@columbia.edu

PT PROGRAM: Dean Sree Sreenivasan: ss221@columbia.edu

UNIVERSITY HOUSING: 212-854-9300 or uah@columbia.edu
University Housing Information: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/ire/
University Housing Application: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/ire/preform.html
User name: housing
Password: uah548947
University Housing Journalism Liaison: Melanie Huff: mgh2@columbia.edu (Only inquiries about the approval process should be directed to the housing liaison. All other inquiries regarding housing assignments, policies, and procedures should be addressed to University Housing directly)
Non-University Housing: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/ire/ocha/; 212-854-2773 or ocha@columbia.edu (The Off-Campus Housing Assistance (OCHA) office helps Columbia affiliates in their search for rental housing in non-Columbia-owned buildings located in the metropolitan area. You must have made your deposit and have activated your UNI to use this system)

The international students in the Class of 2006 created a welcome video for the incoming class of 2007. It’s available on YouTube and continues to be relevant to all our students. Take a look:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbtDbebpDf8

That’s it for now. Good luck with your decision. We hope to see you this weekend or when classes begin.

Prof. Sree Sreenivasan | sree@sree.net
Dean of Students, Columbia Graduate School of Journalism http://www.sree.net | http://www.sreetips.com

The New York Financial Writers’ Association is offering $30,000 in scholarships this spring to undergraduate or graduate journalism students in the Metropolitan New York area who are seriously interested in pursuing a career in business and financial journalism.

The number of winners varies from year to year. Last year, ten scholarships were awarded of $3,000 each.

Applicants should follow these directions:

(1) Complete application providing your present address and telephone number and, if different, your permanent home address and telephone number. Applications should be available at your department or the NYFWA website: www.nyfwa.org. If you do not have access to an application, simply send a cover letter with the information.

(2) Send an essay explaining why you are pursuing a career in business and financial journalism.

(3) Include a current resume, relevant personal information, and list any other scholarships you have received.

(4) Send samples of your financial writing and clippings.

Awards will be presented at the Association’s Annual Awards Dinner before an audience of leaders from the business, financial and journalism communities.

Applications may be emailed to nyfwa@aol.com. If mailed, they must be postmarked no later than April 15, 2007. We encourage applicants to apply early as possible. Only applications sent to the PO Box will be accepted.

Send your material to:

Scholarship Committee
New York Financial Writers’ Association, Inc.
PO Box 338
Ridgewood NJ 07451-0338

The New York Financial Writers’ Association again is offering a number of scholarships to undergraduate or graduate journalism students in the Metropolitan New York area who are seriously interested in pursuing a career in business and financial journalism.

The number of winners varies from year to year. Last year, ten scholarships were awarded of $2,400 each.

Applicants should follow these directions:

(1) Complete application providing your present address and telephone number and, if different, your permanent home address and telephone number. Applications are available at www.nyfwa.org (click on scholarship on the right hand navagation bar and then on application which will then appear in the right hand navigation bar). If you do not have access to an application, simply send a cover letter with the information.

(2) Send an essay explaining why you are pursuing a career in business and financial journalism.

(3) Include a current resume, relevant personal information, and list any other scholarships you have received.

(4) Send samples of your financial writing and clippings.

Awards will be presented at the Association’s Annual Awards Dinner before an audience of leaders from the business, financial and journalism communities.

Applications must be postmarked no later than April 15, 2006. We encourage you to submit them as early as possible. Only applications sent to the PO Box will be accepted.

Send your material to:

Scholarship Committee
New York Financial Writers’ Association, Inc.
PO Box 338
Ridgewood NJ 07451-0338