Georgia Press Educational Foundation
The Georgia Press Educational Foundation Inc. is a nonprofit, tax-exempt foundation established in 1963 to provide educational opportunities and financial assistance to students studying journalism at colleges and universities across Georgia.
Since GPEF began granting scholarships to students in 1966, the Foundation has awarded in excess of $650,000 and provided more than 150 Georgia newspapers grants to hire a paid summer intern through the Billy Watson Internship Program.
Today, the program continues to offer eight-week internship grants to newspapers to hire students interested in any phase of newspaper production, including advertising, editorial, circulation/marketing, online publishing and pre-press production.
Are you interested in a scholarship or an internship?
Are you a Georgia newspaper interested in hosting a student with the help of an internship grant from GPEF?
Questions? Contact Sean Ireland at 770-454-6776 or sireland@gapress.org.
GPEF Board of Trustees
Robert Williams, chairman, retired, The Blackshear Times
Mesha Wind, vice chairman, The Cairo Messenger
Don Bailey, retired, The Macon Telegraph
Susan Catron, Catron Content Services
Eric Denty, The Press Sentinel, Jesup
Patrick Graham, GPA President, The Walton Tribune, Monroe
Rick Harris, retired, Norfolk Southern
Craig Heighton, Georgia Transmission Corp.
Walter Jones, Georgia Electric Membership Corp.
Robin Rhodes, Georgia Press Association
Roy Stowe, Jackson Electric Membership Corp.
Kyle Wingfield, Georgia Public Policy Foundation