GeorgiaPressAssociation

Scholarship Winners
The Georgia Press Educational Foundation, Inc. is a non-profit, tax exempt foundation which was established in 1963 to provide financial assistance to students studying journalism at colleges and universities throughout the state.
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For more information on GPEF
contact Jennifer Farmer or (770) 454-6776.

2007 GPEF
Scholarship Winners

Mariam Abuhaideri
State University
of West Georgia

Martha Nodar
Oglethorpe University

Kali Justus
University of Georgia

Whitney Hancock
University of Georgia

Lindsey Beckworth
University of Georgia

Katie Jackson
Gainesville College

Pria Abraham
Armstrong Atlantic
State University

Samantha Graves
Georgia Southern University

William Carter
Georgia Highlands College

Tania Dowdy
Oxford College of Emory University

Sara Caldwell - Undecided

Kayla Whitaker
Georgia Southern University

Deena Cheek
Darton College

Matthew Smith
Valdosta State University

Porsche Bridges
Georgia Southern University

Georgia Press Association
INTERNSHIPS

GNS Intern Hosts 2007
The Augusta Chronicle
The Blackshear Times
The Brunswick News
Calhoun Times
Cherokee Tribune, Canton
The Cedartown Standard
The Clayton Tribune
White County News, Cleveland
The Covington News
Forsyth County News, Cumming
Dawson Community News, Dawsonville
The Champion, Decatur
The Courier Herald, Dublin
The Eatonton Messenger
The Times, Gainesville
Walker County Messenger, LaFayette
LaGrange Daily News
Star-Mercury, Manchester
The Millen News
The Walton Tribune, Monroe
Catoosa County News, Ringgold
The Rockmart Journal
The News-Reporter, Washington
Waycross Journal-Herald

GPEF Intern Hosts 2007
The Wheeler County Eagle, Alamo
Wilkinson County Post, Irwinton
The Twiggs Times New Era, Jeffersonville
News and Farmer/Jefferson Reporter, Louisville
Rome News-Tribune
The Macon Telegraph
The Baldwin Bulletin, Milledgeville
The True Citizen, Waynesboro

Scholarships and Internships

GPEF Scholarships
GPEF annually awards scholarships to Georgia residents attending Georgia colleges and universities who are pursuing a career in the field of journalism. There are four honor scholarships awarded to excelling students and they are:

1. Kirk Sutlive Scholarship This scholarship is awarded annually to a junior or senior majoring in either the news-editorial or public relations sequence at the Henry W. Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Georgia. Established in 1986, the recipient is selected from three nominations submitted by the University of Georgia. The Sutlive Scholarship is named in memory of William Kirkland Sutlive, published of The Blackshear Times and a past president of the Georgia Press Association.	2. William C. Rogers Scholarship Established in 1981, this scholarship is awarded to a junior or senior majoring in the news-editorial sequence at the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Georgia. The recipient is selected from nominations made by the University of Georgia. The Rogers Scholarship is named in honor of William C. Rogers, publisher of The Blade, Swainsboro, and a past president of the Georgia Press Association.
3. Morris Newspaper Corp. Scholarship Established in 1987 by Charles Morris, Morris Newspaper Corporation, Savannah, this scholarship is awarded annually to an outstanding print journalism student. Applications are submitted through newspapers in the Morris Newspaper Corporation chain and recipients are named by the Foundation.	4. Durwood McAlister Scholarship Established in 1992 by The Atlanta Journal, this scholarship is awarded annually to an outstanding student majoring in print journalism at a Georgia college or university. The McAlister Scholarship is named in honor of Durwood McAlister, former editor of The Atlanta Journal..
Download Scholarship Application (PDF) Deadline for the application is February 1

Internship

Billy Watson Internship Program
Since 1994, GPEF has provided over 150 Georgia newspapers grants to hire a paid summer intern through the Billy Watson Internship Program.

Today, the program continues to offer 8-week paid internships to dozens of students on an annual basis.

Internships can be for any phase of newspaper production, including advertising, editorial, circulation/marketing, on-line publishing and pre-press production.

The internship program is important because it provides students with actual newspaper experience while reinforcing their scholastic training. Most interns credit the program with giving them a perspective of the newspaper business that they could not have gleaned from the classroom alone.

Applications (PDF)

Download
HOST NEWSPAPER Application

Download
STUDENT Application

Other Programs

Newspapers in Education
GPEF sponsors Newspapers in Education programs as part of its overall mission. NIE promoted materials are made available to members of the association. GPEF also serves on the board of Georgia Newspapers in Education and sponsors seminars promoting NIE.