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The 2011 Phillip W. Porter ScholarshipThe SPJ Cleveland is pleased to announce its 47th annual Philip W. Porter Scholarship competition for 2011 graduating high-school seniors in the six Northeast Ohio counties of Cuyahoga, Lake, Ashtabula, Lorain, Medina and Geauga.Each May, the SPJ Cleveland awards a $4,000 scholarship ($1,000 per year over the course of four years) to a talented high school journalist from this area. The student must be planning to enter the field of journalism or communications after college graduation. The scholarship is named for Philip W. Porter, a long-time Plain Dealer editor who was one of the co-founders of the Cleveland Chapter. Applications will be mailed to all area high school guidance counselors and journalism advisors for whom we have records as of January 31st, 2011. If you or your school do not receive an application, download the application form by clicking here. Incomplete application forms or applications without complete documentation will not be considered for the scholarship. We will also not accept online submissions or e-mail attachment-file submissions. Please return the completed application, documentation and samples in a single envelope as early as possible. Application and accompanying materials for consideration as a candidate must be in the hands of the SPJ Scholarship Committee by April 1, 2011. Eligibility RulesGraduating seniors of public, private and parochial high schools in Cuyahoga, Lake, Ashtabula, Lorain, Medina and Geauga counties who stand in the upper third of their class are eligible for the Society of Professional Journalists Scholarship (Philip W. Porter Scholarship). Scholarship nomination must be made by a faculty member or administrator or committee within each school. Only one candidate may be nominated from each school each year, and should be selected on the candidate’s merits, academic and other, that the nominator feels are significant and exceptional. Multiple submissions from one school shall result in disqualification for all candidates from that school. Candidates for this scholarship must signify an intent to enter the journalism profession (newspaper, radio, television, business publication, magazine or online media) upon graduation from college. Please note our definition of journalism profession here excludes the public relations and advertising professions, even though former journalists, who retain SPJ membership in good standing, in some instances have changed career paths and remain active in the chapter. The winner of the Philip W. Porter Scholarship may attend any accredited college or university in the United States. A scholarship winner is not required to take either a minor or major in journalism, but must demonstrate intent to pursue a professional career in journalism. For questions, if any, please contact the SPJ Cleveland Scholarship Committee Chair Dr. Jae-won Lee ( j.lee@csuohio.edu) or SPJ Cleveland President Claudia Taller (ctallerwrites@wowway.com). Documentation RulesYour application packet should contain in one envelope all of the following:1. Completed application form. 2. Transcript of high-school credits. 3. One letter from your school principal or journalism adviser supporting your application and telling why you should win this award. 4. A short personal statement, not to exceed 200 words, on why you think you should be awarded the SPJ Scholarship. Emphasize the role you anticipate for yourself in the journalism profession, touching on your academic experience to date. 5. Four to six samples of your writing and reporting. Please do not include more than six. Please include published feature and/or news writing, not school assignments or poetry. If applicant is in broadcasting, please include scripts for shows and/or sample tapes of broadcasts. If voice skills and announcing or reading the news are part of the entry, include at least one audio (if radio) or video (if television) sample on a CD. It is important that written scripts accompany broadcast samples. Please send the application to: SPJ Scholarship Committeec/o Prof. Jae-won Lee Cleveland State University 2121 Euclid Ave., MU-278 Cleveland, Ohio 44115 |
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