From Our Archive
June 15, 1999
Foundation
announces winners
of "Top Ten" scholarships
CINCINNATI -- The
Scripps Howard Foundation today awarded $100,000 in the
inaugural round of the foundation's new "Top Ten" scholarship
program for college journalists.
Ten journalism
students from across the United States each will receive
$10,000 scholarships this fall. The scholarships are one-time
awards, covering a full academic year.
"These 10
exceptional scholars carry with them the promise of a bright
future for American journalism," said Judith G. Clabes,
president and CEO of the foundation. "Their academic
excellence, dedication and hard work makes them deserving
recipients of these scholarships. The Scripps Howard
Foundation takes great pride in being able to help them
advance their careers."
This year's winners
were selected from among 31 nominees, based on academic
achievement and a demonstrated interest in a career in
journalism. They also were required to submit a personal essay
emphasizing long-term goals. A special scholarship committee
of the foundation, made up of industry professionals and
foundation trustees, selected the winners.
The "Top Ten" scholarships will be offered annually to
full-time students entering their junior or senior year. To
qualify, students must be enrolled for the full academic year
in any journalism discipline. The foundation invited 49
universities to participate in the nomination process this
year.
Here are this year's "Top Ten"
winners:
Scott Aldis-Wilson, Kansas State University.
Aldis-Wilson, a senior from Manhattan, Kan., is president of
the Kansas State Chapter of the Society of Professional
Journalists and reports for the university newspaper, the
Kansas State Collegian. He is interning this summer as a
reporter for the Salina (Kan.)
Journal.
Ryan
T. Alessi, Ohio University. Alessi, a senior from
Baltimore, is a reporter for The Post, the independent daily
newspaper at Ohio University. He headed a new "In-Depth"
reporting team at the newspaper during the past academic year
and served as president of the Ohio University Chapter of the
Society for Professional
Journalists.
John
R. Ingold, University of Colorado. Ingold, a senior
from Colorado Springs, Colo., has worked as a reporter, sports
editor and editor-in-chief for the Colorado University Campus
Press. He also has served internships at the Denver Rocky
Mountain News, the Colorado Springs Gazette and the Rocky Ford
(Colo.) Gazette.
Dory
R. Knight, Florida A&M University. Knight, a
junior from Detroit, is interning at The Boston Globe this
summer. She also has interned at The Philadelphia Inquirer,
the Fernandina Beach (Fla.) News-Leader, and served an
apprenticeship at the Detroit News. She also has worked as a
reporter and editor for the university newspaper, The
Fauman.
Rachel
Elizabeth LaCour, University of Missouri-Columbia.
LaCour, a senior from Atlanta, is studying to become a
photojournalist. She has worked as an editor and staff
photographer for Stir Magazine, a creative arts publication,
and worked as a scout and researcher for The New York Times
Magazine. She is a staff photographer for the university
newspaper, The Columbia
Missourian.
Katherine Tang Newberger, Northwestern
University. Newberger, a senior from Evanston, Ill., has
interned in the Washington D.C. bureau of The Chicago Tribune,
at The Oregonian in Portland, and in the Chicago bureau of
U.S. News and World Report. She also has worked as a reporter,
assistant city editor and city editor for the campus
newspaper, The Daily Northwestern.
Jennifer Seelhorst, Northeastern University.
Seelhorst, a senior from Clayton, N.J., is a staff writer for
the Northeastern News campus newspaper. She also has worked as
a reporter and photographer for The Daily Journal covering
Bridgeton, N.J. She is majoring in print journalism with a
minor in photography.
Leif
B. Strickland, University of Southern California.
Strickland, a junior from Arlington, Texas, is interning this
summer at the Dallas Morning News. He previously has interned
in the features department of the San Diego Union-Tribune and
was a metro intern for the Fort Worth (Texas)
Star-Telegram.
Nahal Halley Toosi, University of North
Carolina. Toosi, a senior from McKinney, Texas, is interning
this summer at The Philadelphia Inquirer. During the past
academic year she was editorial page editor for the campus
newspaper, The Daily Tar Heel.
Nellann Young, University of Tennessee.
Young, a senior from Athens, Tenn., just completed work as a
reporter for the Scripps Howard Foundation Wire Semester
in Washington program. She also has interned as a reporter for
The Daily Post-Athenian in Athens and is on staff at the
campus newspaper, The Daily Beacon.
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: Vickie Martin, Scripps Howard Foundation, 513-977-3034, vlmartin@scripps.com