Please read this entire application before filling it out.
This application must be typewritten in order to be considered.
You may also complete and submit your application electronically at www.rtna.org.
Applications must be postmarked by Friday, October 24, 2008.
WHO IS ELIGIBLE: Any student whose career objective is broadcast journalism and who currently is studying at sophomore level or above at an accredited Southern California college or university.
Name:
Address:
Apt. No.:
City, State, Zip Code:
Home Phone Number:
Work or Other Phone Number:
Present School or College:
Address:
City, State, Zip Code:
| Major: | GPA: | Year graduating: |
Current Class: (please circle)
| sophomore | junior | senior | graduate |
Scholarship funds will be used for education at (list school):
I. Please respond to the following question in 100 words or less on an attached piece of paper:
What is your career objective and why?
II. Please attach a one-page resume or autobiographical sketch including honors, awards and
achievements in school, in the community and in journalism.
III. Please attach a list of related course work and journalism experience.
IV. Please list three professional references, including at least one school faculty member. Do not include relatives.
Name, Title, Company, Address, City, State, Zip Code, Phone
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V. Please attach an essay, no more than 500 words, regarding the following scenario:
A congressman from your state, who has been an outspoken critic of abortion and voted against "right to choose" legislation, supported his 16-year daughter's decision to have an abortion.
In your essay, address the following:
You have two reliable sources willing to go on the record in the above situation. How will you pursue the story? Why? When does the free flow of information that serves the public good outweigh the rights of an individual's personal privacy? This is a balancing act journalists face regularly.
Please include the following with your application:
VI. I affirm that the foregoing is accurate in all respects, that I have a sincere interest in following a career in broadcast journalism, and that I shall apply the funds to further my education. I am aware that should I become a finalist in the selection process, I will have to take a broadcast writing test and complete an oral interview with the scholarship committee judges.
Signed:
Dated:
If you applied online, please send the above-mentioned documents to the address listed below.
When completed, mail this application and attached documents by October 24, 2008 to:
2008 RTNA Scholarship Committee
6216 E. Pacific Coast Highway, #281
Long Beach, CA 90803-4867
You may confirm receipt of your application by calling: 949-278-8349
or sending an e-mail message: scholarship@rtna.org