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 New
Jersey Honored
for its Mock
Election
Declaration of
Independence to the state
for special observances on June 24 and 25
New Jersey
schools are national winners, thanks to their participation in
the National Student/Parent Mock Election last fall. Chosen from
among thousands of schools that participated, New Jersey was
selected because of the impressive scope of their voter
education and mock election campaigns.
The New Jersey Press Foundation coordinated
the state’s 2008 effort, working with numerous state government,
education and voting organizations. Newspapers throughout the
state promoted the event and covered the results.
As one of
the winners, New Jersey will host a two-day exhibition of an
original copy of the Declaration of Independence printed July 4,
1776. One of only 25 known copies of the original imprint, the
rare document will be on display June 24 and 25 in Trenton as
part of the celebration of New Jersey Day—an observance
of the 345th anniversary of New Jersey’s founding as a British
proprietary colony.
“We were so grateful for the way numerous
statewide organizations actively cooperated to promote
student-voter turnout,” according to Arthur Hall, president of
the New Jersey Press Foundation’s board of trustees and
publisher of the Cape May County Herald Times.
“Thanks to the state’s enthusiastic
principals and teachers, several hundred-thousand students
grabbed the opportunity to experience first-hand a grown-up’s
most vital civic duty. That New Jersey has received national
recognition for this effort, including the visit of such an
awe-inspiring artifact, is just very special.
For more
information:
NJ
Department of State announcement
NJ Mock Election
website
NJ Collegiate Press
Spring Conference/Awards Luncheon Saturday, April 18
The expanded conference &
awards luncheon took place Saturday, April 18, Trenton Marriott.
Over 100 collegiate journalists and newspaper advisors attended. Click here for the
'08-'09
contest results and the
event brochure for the program details.
Here is the
awards presentation
shown at the NJCPA luncheon on 4/18/09.
Monmouth County Student Named
N.J. High School Journalist of the Year
 Stefanie Dazio, a senior at Communications High
School in Wall Township, has been awarded the foundation's
2009
Bernard Kilgore Memorial Scholarship. She received the
award and was jointly honored as
New Jersey's High School Journalist of the Year at
the New Jersey Press Association editorial awards banquet held
April 2 at the Trenton Marriott.
NJPF Announces 2009
Summer Internship and Scholarship
Recipients
Four collegiate journalists from New Jersey
have been awarded internships and received placement in a NJPA member newsroom
for their 2009 summer internship.
Click
here for details.
Trustees Approve
NJPF Mission
Statement
The Trustees of the New Jersey Press Foundation approved the following
mission statement at their meeting on January 22, 2009.
To help develop the next generation of journalists and
informed citizens and to
promote the importance of a free press
to our
democracy.
2009 Scholarship
and
Internship Programs Confirmed
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Summer
internships/scholarships - Four
eight-week, $2,600 paid summer internships at New Jersey newspapers
with additional $1,000 scholarship.
(see article below).
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Bernard Kilgore Memorial Scholarship - $5,000 scholarship
awarded to recipient also named Garden State Scholastic
Press Association's 2009 New
Jersey High School Journalist of the Year.
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Lloyd P. Burns Teachers at Newspapers Program - $2,000
four-week summer internship for
a high school journalism teacher/newspaper advisor.
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Richard Drukker Memorial Scholarship - $2,000
awarded to an outstanding Montclair State
University student journalist.
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Isaac Roth Newspaper Carrier Scholarship - $2,000
awarded to a New Jersey
newspaper carrier or the child of an adult carrier.
NJ
Student/Parent Mock Election
 New
Jersey's participation in the 2008 National Student/Parent Mock
Election was impressive. Students from kindergarten through 12th grade
participated with 802 schools reporting totals on behalf of
286,249 youth voters.
The mock election results are posted on the
New Jersey Mock Election
website, and a
a story about
the results appears there as well.
Fox News carried a report on the Mock Election during their Friday and
weekend national cable news shows, October 19-20. The report was based on a visit by
their news team to Fort Lee Elementary School #4 on Wednesday, October 22. (Be
sure to wait until the commercial finished.)
Brochure Describes
Programs and Sponsorships
 Information about NJPF
programs and becoming a financial supporter of the foundation
are detailed in our
Working Together for a Brighter New Jersey brochure.
If you have questions, please contact Foundation Director George White,
(609) 406-0600, ext. 30, or gwhite@njpa.org.
Support
New Jersey Press
Foundation
with a secure donation by mail or on-line.
Make a secure donation of any amount to NJPF by mail or
securely on-line. Please click
NJPF Giving for all the details.
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