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Note: Please visit the web sites of these organizations for the most up-to-date information and deadlines.

About.com (Various Scholarships)

http://collegeapps.about.com/od/payingforcollege/tp/scholarshipsweb.htm

Association for Women in Sports Media

http://www.awsmonline.org/scholarship.htm
Note: Open only to female students

Association for Young Journalists and Writers

http://www.ayjw.org/about.php

The John Bayliss Broadcast Foundation

http://www.baylissfoundation.org/radio.html
Note: Open only to students majoring in broadcast communications

Blacknews.com (Scholarship Essay Contest)

http://www.blacknews.com/scholarship.html

Business and Professional Women' Foundation

http://www.bpwusa.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3381
Note: Applicants must be female and be at least 25 years of age

The Chronicle of Higher Education (David W. Miller Award)

http://www.chronicle.com/help/milleraward.htm

Communication Workers of America (CWA) (Joe Beirne Foundation Scholarship)

http://www.cwa-union.org/members/beirne/

Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute (CHCI)

http://www.chci.org/chciyouth/scholarship/scholarshipawards.htm
Note: Open to Latino students with demonstrated financial need

Jack Kent Cooke Foundation

http://www.jackkentcookefoundation.org/jkcf_web/content.aspx?page=Grad
Note: Students interested in this scholarship must be nominated by the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation faculty representative at their institution. For a list of member schools, visit
http://www.jackkentcookefoundation.org/jkcf_web/content.aspx?page=GrFaculty&_redir=859

Dow Jones Newspaper Fund

http://djnewspaperfund.dowjones.com/fund/cg_gen_scholarships.asp
http://djnewspaperfund.dowjones.com/fund/cg_jschools.asp

Hispanic Scholarship Fund

http://www.hsf.net/scholarship/cont.php
Note: Open only to Hispanic students

Institute for Human Studies (Felix Morley Journalism Competition)

http://theihs.org/subcategory.php/41.htl?menuid=4

Inter American Press Association

http://www.sipiapa.org/otheractivities/scholarships.cfm
Note: Under this program, U.S. and Canadian scholars spend an academic year studying and reporting in Latin America and the Caribbean, and Latin American and Caribbean scholars spend an academic year studying at a recognized U.S. or Canadian journalism school

Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Awards

http://www.rfkmemorial.org/legacyinaction/journalismawards
Note: Submitted articles must deal with problems faced by society' disadvantaged groups

Kosciuszko Foundation Tuition Scholarship Program

http://www.kosciuszkofoundation.org/EDScholarships_US_Tuition.html
Note: Applicants must be U.S. citizens of Polish descent

Mexican and American Legal Defense and Education Fund (for non-U.S. or legal resident students)

http://www.maldef.org/pdf/Scholarships.pdf

National Association of Black Journalists

http://www.nabj.org/programs/scholarships/index.html

National Association of Hispanic Journalists (Ruben Salazar Scholarship Fund)

http://www.nahj.org/educationalprograms/currentscholarships/shtml

National Gay & Lesbian Task Force (Messenger-Anderson Journalism Scholarship)

http://www.thetaskforce.org/aboutus/messenger.cfm
Note: Applicants must self-identity as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or trans-gendered

National Institute for Labor Relations Research (William B. Ruggles Right to Work Journalism Scholarship)

http://www.nilrr.org/ruggles.htm

National Italian American Foundation

http://www.niaf.org/scholarships/about.asp
Note: Eligible applicants fall in two categories: Category 1 are Italian-American students who demonstrate outstanding potential and high academic achievement; Category 2 are students from any ethnic background majoring or minoring in Italian language or Italian studies

National Press Photographers Foundation Scholarships

http://www.nppa.org/professional_development/students/scholarships/

Native American Journalism Association

http://www.naja.com/programs/students/scholarships/

The Newspaper Guild-CWA (Heywood Brown Award and David S. Bar Award)

http://www.newsguild.org/awards/display.php?storyID=906

New York Financial Writers Association

http://nyfwa.org/
Note: Must be interested in pursuing a career in business or financial reporting

New York Women in Communications Inc. Foundation Scholarship

http://www.nywici.org/foundation/scholarships.html
Note: Applicants must be female, and must be permanent residents of NY, NJ, CT, or PA

Overseas Press Club of America

http://www.opcofamerica.org/scholarships/scholarships.php

Chips Quinn Scholars Internship Program by Freedom Forum.org

http://www.chipsquinn.org/apply/index.aspx

Radio-Television and News Directors Association and Foundation

http://rtnda.org/asfi/index.asp

Society of Professional Journalists (Greater Philadelphia Chapter)

http://www.spj.org/phillypro/scholarship.html
Note: Applicants must reside in the greater Philadelphia area

South Asian Journalists Association

http://www.saja.org/events/scholarship.html
Note: Applicants must be of South Asian descent

Stoody-West Fellowship

http://umcom.org/pages/news.asp?class=6&type=2&id=427
Note: Must be a United Methodist who intends to pursue a career in religion journalism.

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