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Essex scholarship

Send a letter of interest, noting your journalistic experience and your intention to major in News-Editorial along with your 200-word essay detailing why you should receive this scholarship.
• Must be a journalism major
• Sophomore standing
• 3.0 cumulative GPA
Deadline: March 3
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Grimes $1,000 grant

Submit a sample of your writing, a recommendation from one of your instructors, and a few paragraphs explaining how you would use a $1,000 grant for foreign or domestic travel from the George and Eva Grimes Memorial Fund.
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Roper sports writing competition

• Submit original tear sheets of two published sports-related stories from the 2013 calendar year to Scott Winter at 244 Andersen Hall by 5 p.m. Jan. 27, 2014.
• Add a cover sheet with your contact information and the dates of publication.
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Abe & Belle Lieberman Prize for Excellence in Reporting

Abe & Belle Lieberman Prize for Excellence in Reporting
The Abe and Belle Lieberman Prize for Excellence in Reporting will go to one senior journalism major who will graduate in May, August or December 2014.

To enter, submit four samples of the best public affairs reporting and writing you have don Continue reading…

 
Originally published January 12, 2014 - Submit an Item