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Golf Outing Scheduled for June 17

The New Jersey Press Foundation's annual golf outing is scheduled for Tuesday, June 17, at the Seaview Marriott's outstanding "Pines Course" in Galloway, N.J.

Participation is open to all who play golf. Proceeds from the outing will benefit the foundation's programs.

The NJPF Putters' Challenge begins at 11 a.m. and will be followed by a buffet lunch, a round of golf and a gourmet barbecue with an awards ceremony and door prizes.

Registration and sponsorship details are available here: Foundation Golf Outing. For more information, contact Peg Stephan at (609) 406-0600, ext. 14 or at pastephan@njpa.org.


Verona Student Named N.J High School Journalist of the Year

Andrea Krushefski, a senior at Verona High School, has been named the 2008 High School Journalist of the Year and will receive the Bernard Kilgore Memorial Scholarship from the New Jersey Press Foundation.

She was honored on April 3 at the New Jersey Press Association's annual editorial awards banquet at the Trenton Marriott.


Burlington County Journalism Teacher Is NJPF's Summer Intern

Charles Zimmerman, the journalism teacher at Pemberton Township High School in Burlington County, is the New Jersey Press Foundation’s high school teacher intern for 2008.

Zimmerman will begin his Teachers at Newspapers internship at the Burlington County Times at the end of the current school year.


Cattafi Awarded 2008 Drukker Scholarship

Kristie Cattafi, a sophomore journalism student at Montclair State University, was selected by NJPF as recipient of the 2008 Richard Drukker Memorial Scholarship. She will be presented a $2,000 scholarship on April 30 at the Montclair English Department's annual awards ceremony.


NJPF Announces Recipients
of 2008 Internships and Scholarships

Seven college student journalists from New Jersey have been placed as summer interns for the state's newspapers, as part of the New Jersey Press Foundation's 2008 Internship/Scholarship Program.

They are listed on an inside page of this Web site.

Forty-nine students applied for the internships in November 2007 and were evaluated by a team of editors from nine New Jersey newspapers.

The students will receive $1,500 scholarships when they successfully complete their internships. The newspapers will pay the students a minimum of $300 a week for eight weeks of work.


Brochure Describes Array of Programs
Sponsored by NJPF

Information about NJPF programs and becoming a financial supporter of the foundation are detailed in a brochure titled "Working Together for a Brighter New Jersey."

Select the items below to read the brochure and to learn more about ways to support the work of the foundation.

1. New NJPF Brochure
2. NJPF Giving

If you have questions, please contact Foundation Director George White, (609) 406-0600, ext. 30, or gwhite@njpa.org.

 

 

NJPF Scholarships

2008 Isaac Roth Newspaper Carrier Scholarship Application

2009 Internship/Scholarship Program Application

2009 Bernard Kilgore Memorial Journalism Scholarship Application

2009 Richard Drukker Memorial Scholarship
(for Montclair  State University students)

N.J. College Newspaper Contest

Winners of the 2007 contest are  posted on the NJCPA Web site. The deadline for entries to the 2008 Better College Newspaper  Contest was January 31, 2009.

Programs for High School Teachers

2008 N.J. High School Journalism Teacher of the Year award

2009 newspaper internship program for high school newspaper advisers

Curriculum guide for First Amendment studies

Programs for High School Students

2008 Journalism Diversity Workshop

2009 High School Journalist of the Year

Youth-Readership Publications and Curriculum Guides

Thomas Paine: An American Patriot

A Profile of Courage
Woman of the World: The  Story of Nellie Bly

Curriculum guide for First Amendment studies

 

Approaching Deadline

The next NJPF program deadline is April 30 for the 2008 Isaac Roth Newspaper Carrier Scholarship Program and the 2008 N.J. High School Journalism Teacher of the Year Program

 

What's Ahead at NJPF?

The next meeting of the foundation's Newspaper in Education & Youth Readership Committee will be at 10:30 a.m., Thursday, June 5 at the NJPF offices in West Trenton.



Founded in 1962 as the charitable arm of the New Jersey Press Association.

NJPF is a charitable 501(c)(3) foundation for inspiring youth readership, advancing student journalism, providing scholarships and professional internships, and boosting the public’s understanding of the free press and its role in our democratic society.

New Jersey Press Foundation
840 Bear Tavern Road, Suite 305
West Trenton, NJ 08628-1019
Phone 609-406-0600 – Fax 609-406-0300