From Our Archive
Feb. 11, 2000
Foundation sponsoring search for "Most Valuable" college broadcaster
CINCINNATI -- Scripps Howard Foundation, in partnership
with College Media Advisers Inc., is sponsoring its first
competition to identify the "Most Valuable Staffer"
of U.S. college broadcast stations.
Five winners will be selected, each receiving a $5,000 scholarship.
Winners also will receive an all expenses paid trip to Washington,
D.C., for an awards presentation Nov. 11 during the National
College Media Convention, co-sponsored by the Associated
Collegiate Press and College Media Advisers. The broadcast
stations where the students work will each receive a matching
$5,000 grant.
"Our intention in initiating this competition is to recognize
the unsung accomplishments of students who make campus broadcast
stations tick," said Judith G. Clabes, president and CEO
of the Scripps Howard Foundation. "Whether they're
on-air personalities, or working behind the scenes, we know
there are student broadcasters out there who are worthy
of this award."
Chris Carroll, president of College Media Advisers and media
adviser at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, said, "This
competition is patterned after a similar award created last
year for college newspaper staffers. The interest and excitement
generated by that awards competition made it clear to the
Scripps Howard Foundation and College Media Advisers that
a similar program was needed for student broadcast journalists."
Winners will be chosen by a three-judge panel, including
a representative from College Media Advisers, the foundation
and a professional at-large.
The competition is open to any member of student-operated
college radio or television stations licensed for broadcast
by the Federal Communications Commission or available campus-
or community-wide via a closed circuit system.
The nominee must be a full-time freshman, sophomore or junior
in good standing. Nominees do not have to be journalism
or communications majors. Winners must be enrolled in an
undergraduate program in the fall of 2000, when the award
will be made.
Entries must be postmarked by May 19. Winners will be announced
by Sept. 1.
The nomination package should include a resume; a portfolio
tape consisting of at least three examples of the student's
work; a letter from the applicant explaining his/her philosophy
of what a student operated station should be and how his
or her contribution has helped the station; a 500-word essay
discussing a current industry issue of the student's choice;
a transcript of college course work; and station documentation.
The station documentation, not to exceed 10 pages, should
include the station philosophy or mission statement; explanation
of station hierarchy; summary of the station's program offerings;
description of the station's technical facilities; an accounting
of service to the academic department or student media,
college or university and the greater community.
Mail complete nomination packet to:
Most Valuable Staffer -- Broadcast
Scripps Howard Foundation
P.O.Box 5380
Cincinnati, Ohio 45201-5380
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