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RTNDF Announces Scholarship and Fellowship Recipients

RTNDF Announces Scholarship and Fellowship Recipients

WASHINGTON—The Radio and Television News Directors Foundation has awarded nine scholarships and two fellowships for 2008. The awards are made on a competitive basis with nearly half of the scholarships and fellowships dedicated to minorities, including those created by broadcast journalists Ed Bradley, Carole Simpson and Ken Kashiwahara.

Scholarship Winners

• Katherine Hall, Columbia University: Abe Schechter Scholarship
• Brandon Lewis, University of Missouri: Carole Simpson Scholarship
• Brandon Richard, University of Central Oklahoma: Ed Bradley Scholarship
• Emily Graves, University of Texas at Austin: George Foreman Tribute to Lyndon B. Johnson Scholarship
• Randy Gyllenhaal, Elon University: Ken Kashiwahara Scholarship
• James Foley, Emerson College: Lou & Carole Prato Sports Reporting Scholarship
• Rebekah Maxwell, Drake University: Mike Reynolds Scholarship
• Sarah Hollenbeck, University of Missouri: President’s Scholarship
• Kim Saltmarsh, Hofstra University: President’s Scholarship

Fellowship Winners

• Lila Ibrahim Merideth, Associated Press: Michele Clark Fellowship
• Hatzel Vela, WCSC-TV in Charleston, SC: N.S. Bienstock Fellowship

In addition to a cash award, winners will receive a complimentary RTNDA membership and an expense-paid trip to RTNDA@NAB, the annual conference and exhibition of the Radio-Television News Directors Association, which will take place April 19-22, 2009, in Las Vegas.

Past RTNDF scholarship winners include David Muir of ABC News, Bernard Choi of KING-TV in Seattle, and David Louie of KGO-TV in San Francisco, who also serves on the RTNDA and RTNDF Board of Directors.

For information about RTNDF’s scholarships and fellowships, visit RTNDA.org or contact Stacey Staniak at staceys@rtnda.org.

RTNDF provides training programs, seminars, scholarship support and research in areas of critical concern to electronic news professionals and their audience. The foundation’s work is supported by contributions from foundations, corporations, members of RTNDA and other individuals.

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