Deadline- May 3, 2013
Asian American Journalists Association(AAJA) has announced 2013 Council for International Cooperation/Anna Chennault Undergraduate Scholarship program in Journalism.
The winner will receive a $3,900 scholarship and an opportunity to be a Voices student news project participant at the 2013 AAJA convention in New York with all travel, lodging and registration costs covered.
Main aim of Scholarship is-
- To encourage students to pursue journalism as a career.
- To increase students’ critical thinking skills and abilities to research, learn and give an opinion on a topical news item and to take a stand on this particular issue.
Benefits–
- $3,900 will go towards the student’s college education.
- $1,100 will go towards travel, lodging and registration costs for the student to attend AAJA’s national annual convention in August 2013 in New York as a Voices student news project participant.
- Depending on the winner’s area of study, the student will also be paired with a professional print, online or broadcast mentor at the convention to help them network.
Eligibility-
- Applicants must be committed to AAJA’s mission.
- Applicants must be college freshmen going into their sophomore year.
- AAJA membership is not required to apply, but if the student is awarded the scholarship he/she must become an AAJA student member.
How to apply?
- Create a new user account
- Go to “Awards and Competitions” on your personal account page
- Then “View Open Competitions”
- Then”view” of “2013 CIC/Anna Chennault Scholarship.”
- Complete the application requirements by the given deadline
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