Newhouse to Give $400K in Minority Scholarships

By: Joe Strupp The S.I. Newhouse Foundation will renew its minority scholarship program for another four years with a $400,000 contribution to several minority journalism associations, said Deborah Howell, Newhouse News Service editor and Washington bureau chief, in a statement Tuesday.

The $400,000 will be disbursed in equal $100,000 parts to the National Association of Black Journalists, the National Association of Hispanic Journalists, the Asian American Journalists Association, and the Native American Journalists Association.

The scholarship program is jointly administered by the minority groups and Howell, who works with a group of advisers from Advance Publications, owners of 26 daily papers, including The Star-Ledger of Newark, N.J., and The Plain Dealer of Cleveland.

"We are proud to offer help to worthy students studying reporting, copy editing, photography, design and graphic arts," said Howell. "These students enrich the diversity of newspapers throughout America."