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Feb. Newsletter

Applications being accepted for APSE scholarships Feb. 10, 2010

The APSE college scholarships are already paying dividends.

The evidence is Johanna Huybers of the Reno Gazette-Journal, one of our original scholarship winners in 2008, who will serve on a judging panel next month in Orlando. That’s the way it should work.

APSE will again award four $1,500 scholarships to collegiate journalists.

Here’s the official information, which has been passed along to as many journalism schools as possible. Editors should pass it along to their local colleges too.

The Associated Press Sports Editors are sponsoring four $1,500 scholarship for collegiate sports journalists.

APSE, a national organization of sports editors, is awarding four scholarships to help motivate talented students to pursue a career in sports journalism. Collegiate sports journalists entering their sophomore, junior or senior years are eligible for the scholarship which will awarded based on the students’ journalistic work, their academic record, financial need, and geography. The scholarships will be awarded to students from four
different regions of the United States.

The winners will be chosen by the APSE scholarship committee, which is chaired by Joe Sullivan, sports editor of the Boston Globe. The committee includes editors from all sections of the United States. Deadline is June 1.

Please include the following information in letters of application:

– Personal: Name, address, age, phone number.

– Academic: A copy of the student’s collegiate grades.

– Financial: A brief rundown of the student’s financial situation, with regard to how he/she plans to pay for tuition.

– Five examples of sports journalism (usually stories but could also be sections the student has edited).

Mail information to:

APSE Scholarship
c/o Joe Sullivan, Sports Editor
Boston Globe
135 Morrissey Blvd.
Boston, MA 02205-2845
Joe Sullivan is sports editor of the Boston Globe. You can reach him at (617) 929-2845 or via e-mail at jtsullivan@globe.com.

Officers

Gerry Ahern

Gerry Ahern

President
USA Today

Tim Stephens

Tim Stephens

First Vice President
CBSSports.com

Mike Sherman

Mike Sherman

Second Vice President
The Oklahoman

Tommy Deas

Tommy Deas

Third Vice President
Tuscaloosa News

Jack Berninger

Jack Berninger

Executive Director
Richmond Times-Dispatch
(retired)

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The National Association of Black Journalists has committed a $1,000 sponsorship to APSE’s Diversity Fellowship Program, joining the Association for Women in Sports Media, Digital First Media, the USA Today Sports Media Group, The Sporting News and U-T San Diego as gold-level sponsors.

Jan 24, 2013New York Times sports editor leaving for ProPublica

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Blogs

Aug 6, 2012Third Vice President’s column: Reach out to smaller papers that are not APSE members

 By Tommy DeasExecutive Sports EditorThe Tuscaloosa (Ala.) News First, let me extend my thanks and appreciation to those who elected me to this position and to all the old friends I got to see and new friends I got to meet at the Summer Conference in Chicago.The Third Vice President’s chair was created to give a [...]

Jul 28, 2012President’s column: The time is now to invest in the future of APSE

Sponsoring a student through APSE’s new Student Outreach Initiative is a great way to give back to the organization and the future of sports journalism. APSE President Gerry Ahern calls on APSE members to recruit and sponsor one college student as a member of the organization. The students can come from your alma mater or your coverage area. The $25 fee will give the students access to the minds and events that will shape the future of sports journalism.