From Our Archive
June 15, 2000
Scripps Howard
Foundation names
"Top Ten" scholarship winners
CINCINNATI -- The Scripps Howard
Foundation today awarded $100,000 in scholarships to 10
college journalism students from across the U.S. who were
nominated to participate in the foundation’s Top Ten
Scholarship program.
Each of the students will receive
$10,000 scholarships this fall. The scholarships are one-time
awards, covering a full academic year.
"The foundation’s Top Ten Scholarship
program was created to identify and reward the brightest
college journalism students in the country and the 10
outstanding scholars selected this year certainly fit that
bill," said Judith G. Clabes, president and CEO of the
foundation.
This year’s winners were
selected from among 44 nominees, based on academic achievement
and a demonstrated interest in a career in journalism. They
also were required to submit a personal essay emphasizing
long-term goals. A special scholarship committee of the
foundation, made up of industry professionals and foundation
trustees, selected the winners.
The "Top Ten"
scholarships are offered annually to full-time students
entering their junior or senior year. To qualify, students
must be enrolled for the full academic year in any journalism
discipline. Students are nominated by the colleges and
universities they attend.
Here are this year’s "Top
Ten" winners:
Shashank
Bengali, University of Southern California. Bengali,
a senior from Cerritos, Calif., is a contributing writer for
Indiainfo.com and USC’s Annenberg TV News. He worked as a
reporting intern at the San Jose Mercury News during the
summer of 1999.
Iliana Rene Limon, University of New Mexico.
Limon, a junior from El Paso,
Texas, has worked as a reporter, photographer and editor for
the university’s student newspaper, the New Mexico Daily Lobo.
She also is president of the Journalism Students
Association.
DeMarco DeJuan
Morgan, Jackson State University. Morgan, a junior from
Tulsa, Okla., is a reporter and news anchor for Jackson
State’s campus television station, W23BC. He also is an
associate producer for WJTV, News Channel 12, the CBS
affiliate in Jackson, Miss.
Jason Begay,
University of Montana. Begay, a junior from Gallup, N.M.,
is a reporter for the University of Montana’s student
newspaper, The Montana Kaimin. He interned as a general
assignment reporter for three months in 1999 at The Oakland
(Calif.) Tribune, and this summer is working as an intern at
The Wichita (Kan.) Eagle.
Alissa R. Swango,
University of Iowa. Swango, a senior from Bloomington,
Ill., served as news director of KRUI radio, the university’s
student-operated radio station during the spring semester. She
also has worked as a reporter and news anchor for the station.
She is president of the University of Iowa chapter of the
Society of Professional Journalists.
Stacey Pamela Patton, New York
University. Patton, a senior
from New York City, is interning this summer as a reporter for
The Washington Post. This is her second internship at the
newspaper. In 1999 she received the William Randolph Hearst
Award for feature writing and the New York Association of
Black Journalists Award for Excellence in Student
Journalism.
Lacy J. Papai, Ohio
University. Papai, a senior from Carrollton, Ohio, worked
this spring for the Scripps Howard Foundation Wire, part of
the foundation’s Semester in Washington program. She also has
worked as a writer for the university’s student newspaper, The
Post.
Daniel P. Keegan, Northeastern
University. Keegan, a junior from Chelmsford, Mass., is a
reporter for the university’s student newspaper, The
Northeastern News. He also is a reporter for the Federal
Computer Weekly and worked as a student co-op reporter for The
Eagle-Tribune in Lawrence, Mass., in 1999.
Justin Juozapavicius, Oklahoma State University.
Juozapavicius, a senior from Stillwater, Okla., will serve
as editor in chief this fall of the university’s student
newspaper, The Daily O’Collegian. He will complete an
internship this summer at the Tulsa
World.
Chris Frates, University of
Maryland. Frates, a junior from Sewell, N.J., is working
as a reporting intern this summer for The Tampa Tribune.
During the spring semester, he worked as a state house
reporter for the Capital News Service, a wire service operated
by the University of Maryland.
Dedicated to
excellence in journalism, the Scripps Howard Foundation is a
leader in industry efforts in journalism education,
scholarships, internships, literacy, minority
recruitment/development and First Amendment causes.
Contact: Vickie Martin, Scripps Howard Foundation, 513-977-3034, vlmartin@scripps.com