Wal-Mart to Award Journalism Scholarships to Minority College Students
BENTONVILLE, Ark.
In efforts to increase diversity in America's newsrooms, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has made a financial commitment of $500,000 to fund $50,000 scholarships to 10 select journalism programs at universities nationwide: Arizona State University; Columbia University; Hampton University; Howard University; Northwestern University; Syracuse University; University of Florida; University of Missouri at Columbia; University of Southern California; and the University of Texas at Austin. The universities were selected based on the quality of their journalism programs and student demographics.
Each university with an undergraduate journalism program will select four minority students to receive $2,500 scholarships in their junior year. At Columbia University, students enrolled in the graduate journalism program will qualify for the scholarship.
The Wal-Mart initiative was designed to fill the gap identified in recent surveys by two news industry groups, the American Society of Newspaper Editors and the Radio and Television News Directors Association. The announcement was made at the UNITY 2004 convention in Washington, D.C., in August.
© Copyright 2005 by DiverseEducation.com
