Scholarships available: Deadline 1 April 2020

Scholarships and internships are now available through the St. Louis Press Club. 

The Deadline is April 1. 

Applications for scholarships awarded through the St. Louis Press Club and Journalism Foundation are now available for the 2020-2021 academic year

and can be downloaded from www.stlpressclub.org website. 

The scholarships are open to students whose home residence is in the St. Louis metropolitan area, including St. Louis city; the Missouri counties of Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln, Madison, Monroe and St. Claire.

Applications must plan to enroll as full-time students for the 2020 fall term with courses in journalism, mass communications, public relations, advertising, photography, writing or other media related subjects and have completed their freshman year of college by that time.  Graduate students carrying at least six hours in the above curricula are also eligible.

Scholarship recipients are chosen on the basis of aptitude, interest in pursuing a communications career, academic standing and financial need.  This year's scholarship will be presented at a May 29 luncheon at the Missouri Athletic Club in west St. Louis County.

The awards are made in cooperation with the St. Louis Press Club, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Society of Professional Journalists, Baseball Writers' Association, Missouri Professional Communicators, United Media Guild, Times Newspapers /Webster University and Fleishman-Hillard.

Last year, scholarships totaling $24,000 were awarded to 16 students.  Additional information is available from the St. Louis Press Club's scholarship chairperson, Claudia Burris at burriscl@webster.edu or from the St. Louis Press Club office 314-449-8029 or info@stlpressclub.org                                          -30-