Sacramento Press Club Scholarship

Sacramento Press Club

Applicants must be college students who will be juniors, seniors or graduate students for at least one term in the upcoming academic year. Applicants must have a connection to the 9-county Sacramento region (Sacramento, Yolo, San Joaquin, El Dorado, Placer, Sutter, Yuba, Nevada and Butte counties). There are three ways to meet this requirement. Applicants only need to meet ONE of the following to qualify: Students from the Sacramento region (counties specified above); students enrolled in a Sacramento region college or university (SF Bay Area colleges/universities are NOT included in the Sacramento region); students who can show a demonstrated interest in covering news of the Sacramento region. This can include clips documenting your coverage of state political news or any issue that you believe ties into the region. Please explain in your cover letter.

Professional journalists, academics and sponsors of scholarships are the judges who select finalists. They look for signs of journalistic achievement to date, career promise, academic record and economic need.