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UPIU National Student Journalism Writing Contest!

Have your written voice heard by millions of viewers and build your portfolio.

What matters to you most at this critical time in your life? Submit a 400- to 800-word article on one of the following topics:

A key racial, gender or sexual issue either on your own campus or at another college across town or across the country

A controversial national political topic about which you have strongly held beliefs and possible solutions

An influential role model in a passionate field of interest—anything from sports to music, business to politics and beyond

The Prize
The grand-prize winner takes home:
$500 cash
An all-expense-paid trip to UPI’s national headquarters in Washington, DC to work with key UPI personnel and to have lunch at the National Press Club
An opportunity for international exposure and local press through a byline seen by millions of readers at upi.com

Judging Criteria
We actively seek op-ed submissions that include current facts relevant to your chosen topic; ask yourself:
Does it convey vital facts within an imaginatively told story?
Is it engaging, with clarity of purpose clearly conveyed?
Does it insightfully contribute to our understanding of your chosen issue or person?
Within these parameters, show us your brilliant written word!

Instructions
All submissions are due by Sunday evening, November 15th, with grand-prize and runner-up winners announced on December 11th.
Submissions are accepted through uwemp’s online system at http://www.uwemp.com/contest

Please submit any questions to contest@uwemp.com

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.

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.
(more…)

From: “Jane Reilly, OPC Foundation”

Overseas Press Club Foundation Scholarships

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.
(more…)

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