Criteria

Purposes of this fund will be to award a scholarship to a current student, preferably one interested in community journalism, for internship pay at a weekly newspaper for a journalism student; one-day career workshop for students with an area weekly newspaper; a fall high school journalism camp at WSU; and funds may also be used for improving the journalism computer lab.

The Director of the School of Communication will provide Pioneer Newspapers Inc. and the Development Office with a written report that reflects how students benefitted from these funds during the current academic year.

History

This fund was established by Pioneer Newspapers Inc., to support the Edward R. Murrow School of Communication’s professional journalism efforts.