DEADLINE APPROACHING: Applications for Business Journalism Scholarships Due Feb. 2

PHOENIX, Jan. 13 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism will award eight scholarships of $4,000 each nationwide for the 2009-2010 academic year.

Deadline for applications is Feb. 2, 2009, with scholarship winners announced March 17, 2009 for the academic year that commences in fall 2009.

The scholarships are available to full-time students at universities throughout the U.S. Financial need is not a criterion.

These non-renewable scholarships are for business journalism majors, or journalism majors with a concentration in business journalism, who are seriously interested in pursuing a career in business journalism. In some cases, students who have gained experience solely through other opportunities such as business journalism internships will be considered.

A journalism faculty member must nominate the student. Find application forms for both students and faculty and instructions at: http://www.businessjournalism.org/pages/biz/2007/02/nationwide_business_journalism/

Mail Submissions to:

Donald W. Reynolds National Center

for Business Journalism

Arizona State University

Attention: Scholarships

555 North Central Avenue

Ste. 302

Phoenix, AZ 85004

ABOUT THE CENTER

The Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism is located at Arizona State University's Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication in Phoenix. Programs include daylong business journalism workshops, weeklong online seminars, one-hour self-guided tutorials and business journalism coverage at BusinessJournalism.org. The Center also offers internships and scholarships and runs the Barlett & Steele Awards for Investigative Business Journalism.

The Center is funded by the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation, a national philanthropic organization founded in 1954 by the late media entrepreneur for whom it is named. Headquartered in Las Vegas, Nev., it is one of the largest private foundations in the United States.

The Cronkite School at Arizona State, named in honor of the long-time CBS news anchor, is a leading professional journalism school with nearly 1,700 undergraduate and master's students.