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Scholarship Opportunity June 5 - 9

ProPublica 
Amount: $4,500 

ProPublica is a nonprofit investigative newsroom and is offering stipends this academic year to 5 minority students who work or want to work at college journalism outlets- newspapers, websites, radio stations or TV stations. ProPublica wants to make college journalism accessible to students for whom it would otherwise be financially out of reach. Students can apply for the stipends annually. Those selected will receive $4,500 per semester.

How to apply: If you are interested in being a ProPublica Emerging Reporter, fill out the form with information including:
  • A note explaining your interest
  • Your resume
  • Three writing samples, which can be published or unpublished work
  • A paragraph describing how this stipend would allow you to do journalism that would otherwise be beyond your financial means.
Deadline: Friday, July 7. 



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