Varies
Avg. Amount Awarded
14
Days
February 5 2025
Application Deadline
N/A
Renewable
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What you'll need:
  • Checkmark Other - Action photo of you doing something journalistic; Proof of participation in high school journalism
  • Checkmark Application Form
  • Checkmark Application Form May Be Submitted By Email
  • Checkmark Entry In A Contest
  • Checkmark Essay
  • Checkmark Personal Photograph
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Bernard Kilgore Memorial Scholarship

Description

The Bernard Kilgore Memorial Scholarship is open to high school seniors who are graduating this year from a New Jersey school. The winner of the Kilgore Scholarship also is named the NJ High School Journalist of the Year. Applicants must plan to study journalism or media studies in college and to pursue a career in the media and must have participated in high school journalism for at least two years. Applicants are nominated by teachers at schools that are members of the Garden State Scholastic Press Association. Editors of newspapers that are members of the New Jersey Press Association...

Amount Details

$5,000
Low Amount Awarded

Eligibility Requirements

  • CheckmarkMust be an undergraduate student
  • CheckmarkMinimum 3.0 GPA
  • CheckmarkMust currently be a high school student
  • CheckmarkRestricted to residents of New Jersey
  • CheckmarkRestricted to students studying Journalism

How to Apply

What you'll need:

  • Checkmark Other - Action photo of you doing something journalistic; Proof of participation in high school journalism
  • Checkmark Application Form
  • Checkmark Application Form May Be Submitted By Email
  • Checkmark Entry In A Contest
  • Checkmark Essay
  • Checkmark Personal Photograph
  • Checkmark Recommendations Or References
  • Checkmark Transcript
Contact Peggy S. Arbitell

parbitell@njpa.org
Tel: 609-406-0600 ext. 14 Address P.O. Box 358
Titusville, NJ 08560