Ed Bradley/ Ken
Kashiwahara Scholarships
Ed Bradley, 60 Minutes correspondent at CBS News, was once a teacher and made a switch to journalism. Bradley spoke of introducing deserving minority students to the communications career field.
Ken
Kashiwahara, retired ABC News bureau chief and correspondent,
developed an annual award in 1998 for aspiring minority journalists.
His 23-year career with ABC includes coverage of the O.J. Simpson
trial, Ronald Reagan's presidential bid and the Vietnam War.
Open
to enrolled students (freshmen excluded) who are pursuing careers
in radio and television news.
Candidates
must be a full-time college student whose career objective is
electronic journalism and have at least one full year of college
remaining.
To
receive an award, winners must be officially enrolled in college
and be in good standing. Scholarships are paid in semi-annual
installments for one year of study.
Award
Amount :
$2,500
Deadline:
Usually in May
Website/Contact
Info:
www.rtdna.org/pages/education/scholarship-info.php
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