2020 Press Club scholarship application deadline is April 1.
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About the Press Club and Journalism Foundation Scholarships
The St. Louis Press Club awards and funds a variety of scholarships for communications students from the St. Louis metropolitan region. Some are in conjunction with the Journalism Foundation.
These scholarships include:
David S. Lipman Scholarship
$4,000 award
Presented by the Press Club and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch
to a journalism student at the University Of Missouri School
Of Journalism
(Selection of the David S. Lipman $4,000 scholarship
recipient is made by the University of Missouri School of
Journalism faculty)
Ronald W. Wade Journalism Scholarship
$2,500 award
Presented by the Press Club and St. Louis Post-Dispatch to
a minority journalism student
Click here to read about Ronald W. Wade and to donate to this scholarship
Neiman Marcus Media Scholarship
$2,000 award
Presented to students pursuing a career in print, broadcast or
digital journalism
St. Louis Press Club Media Scholarships
(5) $1,000 award
For students pursuing a career in print, broadcast or digital
journalism. Sponsored by: St. Louis Cardinals, Edward
Jones, Centene, Drury, Nine Network
Summer Media Internship Scholarships
(2) $1,000 awards
For students pursuing a media career in print, broadcast or
digital journalism
St. Louis Press Club Internship Scholarships
$1,000 award
For communications students each semester interning at St.
Louis Press Club
High School Journalism Scholarship
$1,000 award
For a graduating senior selected by the Missouri Journalism
Educators Association
Karlheinz and Doris Finzel Photojournalism
Scholarship
$1500 award
Presented to a student pursuing a photojournalism career
Journalism Foundation Scholarships
$1,000 and $1,500 awards
From other communications organizations: Missouri
Professional Communicators, St. Louis Chapter of Baseball
Writer’s Association, United Media Guild, Fleishman
Hillard, Times Newspapers with Webster University
Joan Foster Dames Women’s Journalism and Media
Studies Scholarship
$1,000 award
For women pursuing a degree in journalism or media studies
Click here to read the Eulogy for Joan Foster Dames, Click here to donate to the Joan Foster Dames scholarship
Joe Bonwich Media Scholarship
$1,000 award
For students pursuing a media communications career
Click here to donate to the Joe Bonwich scholarship
Donald R. Burris Journalism Scholarship
$1,500 award
For students pursuing a media career in print, broadcast or
digital journalism
Fourth Estate Scholarships
(8) $500 award
Sponsored by: Spire, Sam and Marilyn Fox Foundation,
Missouri Athletic Club, Commerce Bank, Switch, Betsey
Bruce, Wallis Petroleum, Marylen Mann and Frank Jacobs
Sarah Bryan Miller Scholarship
$1,000 award
For a student studying both communications and music
If interested in an internship with the St. Louis Press Club, call 314-449-8029 or email info@stlpressclub.org
Spring and fall interns need to be attending a university in the St. Louis area.2020 Press Club scholarship application deadline is April 1.
Click Here for the application.
Press Club Present and Past Scholarship Recipients