Chesapeake Associated Press Broadcasters Association

2010 Scholarship Competition

2007 winner and University of Maryland, College Park graduate Sarah Merkey accepts
the $2,000 scholarship during the 2007 CAPBA Convention. Sarah is now working as
a reporter for WGRZ-TV in Buffalo, New York. Click here to read her winning essay.

Contest Information 

WHO:     Current Sophomores, Juniors and Seniors majoring in mass communications or journalism at colleges and universities in Maryland, Delaware and Washington, D.C., or interns who have a permanent residence in Maryland, Delaware or Washington, D.C. AND are earning credits at CAPBA stations (within the past 12 months).

For example:  A Towson University Journalism major would be eligible, even though s/he’s from Ithaca, New York.  An Ithaca College Journalism major who is from Towson AND interned at WBAL-TV last summer would also eligible.

WHAT:   Opportunity to win a $2,500 scholarship; regional recognition among professional broadcast journalists

HOW TO ENTER:

• Fill out and include this application form
• Submit a current grade transcript
• Prepare an essay, 500 words max, addressing the following questions:

             *What is the biggest ethical issue facing broadcast journalists today and
               how would you confront it?
             *Broadcasting is a difficult field to enter?  What is your plan for getting that 
               first job in broadcast journalism?

DUE:     Must be postmarked by May 14, 2010

MAIL ENTRIES TO:

Sue Kopen Katcef
Philip Merrill College of Journalism
1117 Journalism Building
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742

Questions?  E-mail Sue at susiekk@aol.com.