AP Google Journalism and Technology Scholarship
ONA administers this national scholarship program funded by the Associated Press and Google Inc. to foster digital, computer science and new media skills in student journalists. The scholarship, launched in 2011, awarded six $20,000 scholarships to undergraduate and graduates students to apply to tuition during the 2012-2013 academic year. Applications are now open for the 2013-14 academic year.
The 2012-2013 AP Google Journalism and Technology Scholarship winners:
- Emily Eggleston, 24, graduate student at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, studying journalism and geography.
- Reginald James, 30, undergraduate student at the University of California, Berkeley, studying political science and African American studies.
- Katie Zhu, 21, undergraduate at Northwestern University, studying computer science and journalism.
- Rebecca Rolfe, 25, graduate student at the Georgia Institute of Technology, studying digital media.
- Kevin Schaul, 20, undergraduate student at the University of Minnesota, studying journalism and computer science.
- John Osborn, 29, graduate student at the University of California, Berkeley, studying journalism.
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