From Our Archive
July 18, 1996
Scripps Howard Foundation
Awards $312,000 in scholarships
CINCINNATI -- The Scripps
Howard Foundation has awarded journalism scholarships totaling
$312,000. Albert J. Schottelkotte, Foundation president, said
the awards are for 131 students for the 1996-97 school year.
The winner of the Foundation's Lighthouse Scholarship
of $15,000 is Carla Bass. Ms. Bass will be a junior at the
University of Texas at Austin, and enters classes this fall
with a 4.0 GPA. This summer she is serving as a full-time
intern at the Tyler Morning Telegraph and Tyler
Courier-Times-Telegraph, where she earned the T. B. Butler
News Writing Award for prolific reporting.
Bass is on the National Dean's List and was selected as
one of 20 members on the First Team of the All-USA Community
and Junior College Academic Team.
Dave Berry,
managing editor of the Tyler Morning Telegraph, wrote: "In 25
years in the business, I can count on one hand the young
college journalists who have so impressed me."
The Lighthouse Scholarship annually recognizes an
outstanding junior-year journalism student. The goal is to
inspire and encourage talented journalism students. "The
Foundation and its trustees believe our best investment is
scholarships for journalism students," said Schottelkotte. "In
this way we can help provide the industry with well trained
future employees who are eager to be a part of this
profession."
Recipients of this
year's foundation scholarships will study at 90 campuses. The
University of Missouri, with nine Scripps Howard Foundation
scholarship students, has the most recipients. Ohio University
and Syracuse University, with four scholarship students each,
have the second most recipients.
Other schools with
multiple recipients are: Northwestern University, Indiana
University and the University of Arizona. Women received 59
percent of the scholarships; minorities received 34 percent.
The Foundation annually awards scholarships to
encourage full-time undergraduate students to prepare for
careers in print and broadcast journalism. Recipients were
chosen from 700 applicants by a panel of eight college
professors. In addition to maintaining a good scholastic
average, successful applicants must demonstrate career
interest through work on high school and college newspapers,
magazines, radio, television, cable stations, or in private
industry. Regular individual scholarships range from $1,000
for freshman and sophomore students to $3,000 for juniors and
seniors.
Dedicated to
excellence in journalism, the Scripps Howard Foundation is a
leader in industry efforts in journalism education and
scholarships, literacy, minority recruitment and development,
and First Amendment causes.
Contact: Sue Porter, The E.W. Scripps Company, 513-977-3030