The National Press Club, the world’s leading professional organization for journalists, has chosen Ashlee Korlach of Virginia as the recipient of its 2024 Shirley & Dennis Feldman Fellowship. The award for graduate students is a one-time scholarship of $5,000. Korlach is a multiplatform editor for The Boston Globe, where she edits stories for both print…
The National Press Club, the world’s leading professional organization for journalists, has chosen Sofia Andrade of Miami, Florida, as the recipient of its Lewis Scholarship for summer 2024. The scholarship provides housing and a $4,000 stipend to support a student journalist of color interning at a news media outlet in Washington, D.C. Andrade has accepted…
The National Press Club, the world’s leading professional organization for journalists, has chosen Gabrielle Pippins of Dallas, Texas, as the recipient of its 2024 Wes Vernon Broadcast Scholarship. The judges called Pippins a “trailblazer” not only for her dedication to journalism, but also her impressive volunteer work and excellent grades. The scholarship, which promotes diversity…
The National Press Club, the world’s leading professional organization for journalists, has selected Fanta Kaba of New York, New York, as the recipient of its 2024 Richard G. Zimmerman Journalism Scholarship. The award is given to an exceptional high school senior who plans to pursue a career in journalism, and includes a $5,000 one-time scholarship….
The National Press Club, the world’s leading professional organization for journalists, has chosen Alice Scott of Austin, Texas, as the winner of its 2024 Julie Schoo Scholarship for Diversity in Journalism. The award for an incoming college freshman totals as much as $20,000 over four years. Scott, a senior at McCallum High School in Austin,…
The National Press Club, the world’s leading professional organization for journalists, has chosen Kevin Palomino of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, as the recipient of its Lewis Scholarship for Spring 2024. The scholarship provides housing and a $4,000 stipend to support a student journalist of color interning at a news media outlet in Washington, D.C. Palomino will…
The National Press Club, the world’s leading professional organization for journalists, has chosen Veronica Irwin of San Francisco, California, as the recipient of its 2023 Shirley & Dennis Feldman Fellowship. The award for graduate students is a one-time scholarship of $5,000. Irwin, a graduate of the University of California at Berkeley, recently worked as a…
The National Press Club, the world’s leading professional organization for journalists, has chosen Heidi Perez-Moreno of Miami, Florida, as the recipient of its Lewis Scholarship for Summer 2023. The scholarship provides housing and a $4,000 stipend to support student journalists of color who are interning at news media outlets in Washington, D.C. Perez-Moreno has accepted…
The National Press Club, the world’s leading professional organization for journalists, has chosen Tanya Velázquez of Fort Worth, Texas, as the recipient of its 2023 Wes Vernon Broadcast Scholarship. The award, which promotes diversity within the field, is given to an aspiring broadcast journalist and totals as much as $20,000 over four years. Velázquez impressed…
The National Press Club, the world’s leading professional organization for journalists, has selected Alexa D’Amato of Boxford, Massachusetts, as the recipient of its 2023 Richard G. Zimmerman Journalism Scholarship. The award is given to an exceptional high school senior who plans to pursue a career in journalism, and includes a $5,000 one-time scholarship. D’Amato impressed…
The National Press Club, the world’s leading professional organization for journalists, has chosen Amaya Collier of Austin, Texas, as the winner of its 2023 Julie Schoo Scholarship for Diversity in Journalism. The award for graduating high school seniors totals as much as $20,000 over four years. Collier, a senior at McCallum High School in Austin,…
The National Press Club, the world’s leading professional organization for journalists, has chosen Komlavi Adissem of St. Louis, Missouri, as the inaugural recipient of its Lewis Scholarship. The scholarship provides free housing and a monthly stipend to support student journalists of color who are interning at news media outlets in Washington, D.C. Adissem has accepted…
A new scholarship program will provide free housing and a monthly stipend to support student journalists of color who plan to intern at news media outlets in Washington, D.C., beginning in 2023. The Lewis Scholarship has an estimated value of $10,000 and will be awarded to one undergraduate student journalist of color each fall, spring,…
Three journalism students are making their own headlines as winners of 2021 National Press Club scholarships and awards, announced Sept. 27, 2021: Kaleb Anderson of Washington, D.C., was recognized with the 2021 Julie Schoo Scholarship for Diversity in Journalism totaling as much as $20,000 over four years. The graduate of Benjamin Banneker Academic High School…