By: Joe Strupp The Poynter Institute has announced a new tuition scholarship program that is funded through proceeds from a new book of front pages about Barack Obama's election and inauguration.
The program will make available a limited number of tuition subsidies worth up to $500 for participants of select 2009 on-site seminars, a release stated. The scholarships are made possible, in part, by a 2008 general support grant from the Annie E. Casey Foundation and proceeds from the book, 'President Obama,' a collection of newspaper election and inaugural front pages published by Poynter and Andrews McMeel.
?We know how much the economic problems in the media business are affecting the ability of news organizations and individuals to pay for training,? Karen B. Dunlap, president of the Poynter Institute, said in a statement. ?And we?re grateful to all of the Poynter benefactors who support our goal of providing affordable training to as many practitioners of journalism as possible. Hopefully, this program will inspire the participation of those who believe, as we do, that training is more important than ever to the creation of journalism that truly serves our democracy.?
Scholarship recipients will be chosen on the basis of criteria that include: financial need; contribution to tuition; potential for improvement; and their impact on class diversity. More information is available
here.
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