From Our Archive
March 30, 2000
Scripps Howard Foundation
commits $2.3
million to
Hampton University's journalism program
CINCINNATI -- The
Scripps Howard Foundation has named the five winners of
its first annual "Most Valuable Staffer" competition,
which was open to U.S. college newspaper staff members.
The winners, selected from 74 nominees, are:
Kelly Furnas , senior, editor-in-chief of the Kansas
State Collegian, Kansas State University, Manhattan.
Jon
Knolle , senior, art director for The Orion, California
State University, Chico.
Mark
Jennings , senior, executive editor for The Community
News, Howard University, Washington, D.C.
Paul
Glader , junior, managing editor of Volante, University
of South Dakota, Vermillion.
Andrew
M. Gammill , junior, reporter for the Indiana Daily
Student, Indiana University, Bloomington.
Each
of the winners will receive a $5,000 scholarship and an
all-expenses paid trip to New York for the National College
Media Convention, co-sponsored by the Columbia Scholastic
Press Association and College Media Advisers, March
16-19. The college newspapers where the students work also
will receive a $5,000 grant.The competition was sponsored
by the Scripps Howard Foundation in cooperation with College
Media Advisers.
"Scripps Howard Foundation is proud to recognize the accomplishments
of these fine college newspaper staffers," said Judith G.
Clabes, president and CEO of the foundation. "Each
exemplifies the dedication and talent needed to meet the
unique challenges of college journalism. We wish them the
best and hope a career in journalism is in their future."
Chris Carroll, president of College Media Advisers and media
adviser at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, said, "This
competition has provided a great opportunity for these deserving
college students who might not otherwise have been so well
rewarded for their hard work. Their college papers also
are happy beneficiaries thanks to the unprecedented matching
grants."
The competition was open to staffers of any college newspaper
in the U.S. that publishes at least weekly during the regular
school year. Nominees had to be enrolled as full-time students
in the college or university. They were not required to
be journalism or communications majors, and could work in
any department of the newspaper. The competition was judged
by a panel of academic and newspaper professionals.
College Media Advisers, with more than 700 members coast
to coast, represents the people who advise the nation. s
collegiate newspapers, yearbooks, magazines and electronic
media.
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: Patty Cottingham, Scripps Howard Foundation, 513-977-3847, cottingham@scripps.com