J Scholarships for Programmers

Interesting. What do you think? For some reason, this reminds me of the rush to elect military veterans to Congress. Value, yes. But how much and how many?

The Medill School at Northwestern University seeks creative developers interested in helping invent the future of journalism. That’s why we’re offering scholarships to our master’s program to people with backgrounds in computer programming. In our one-year program, you’ll learn the craft and culture of journalism, understand the media business and collaborate with other students to invent something new in one of Medill’s innovation projects. Full and partial scholarships available for those who qualify. For more information, please visit www.medillgradscholarships.com.

Welcome Scholarship Donations

Very happy to report that a certain book editor at a large paper in the Midwest has agreed to donate the proceeds of her next newsroom book sale to support ACES scholarships. She, as do a handful of others, offers the newspaper staff cut-rate prices of books sent her for review, and proceeds go to a nonprofit/charity. This time, it's for ACES. (I'm holding off naming her and the paper until I can clear it with her.)

Any copy-editor-friendly book editors who want to do the same, please see go here or just email someone on the Education Fund board. It's a pretty painless way to clean off your desk and help journalism students hit hard by rising college costs.

Note that the deadline for applying for scholarships is rapidly approaching. Students, take your best shot.

Scholarship Winners

Very happy to see this year's ACES scholarship winners.

Student Stuff

In addition to the ACES scholarship information posted below, here's a little more about student journalists.

Student journalists from MU to cover Olympics in China
Fifty student journalists from the University of Missouri-Columbia will go to China to cover the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.
MU last week entered into a partnership with the Olympic committee and Renmin University of China.
During the games, the students will intern with the Olympic News Service and be housed at the university.

Student Journalists Share Their Work in Second Life

Journalism students at the University of California at Berkeley will show off their reporting, filming, and writing on religion in the virtual world Second Life, beginning on Monday. In five revival-style tents on Nowhereville Island, people can view multimedia presentations on polygamy, Ave Maria College, the so-called lost boys of the Mormon faith, and other topics, says Kara Andrade, a Berkeley journalism student.

Dow Jones Newspaper Fund scholarship information