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2021 NJC scholarships are open

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Apply today for the Northwest Journalists of Color scholarships and the NJC-PNW Guild Conference Scholarship. The new deadline to apply is Sunday, July 18th, 2021 (Extended deadline).

This year students may apply for:

  • Northwest Journalists of Color Reporting Scholarship — financial award for students interested in journalism.
  • Northwest Journalists of Color Visual Journalism Scholarship — camera equipment for a student interested in photography.
  • NJC StrudelmediaLive Visual workshop Scholarship — One scholarship to be awarded to one Visual Storyteller/Journalist to participate in one StrudelmediaLive workshop/class of their choice between August 2021 and August 2022.
  • NJC-PNW Guild Conference Scholarship — up to $1000 in costs to attend an approved journalism conference.
  • AAJA Seattle Founders’ Scholarship (open to students and recent graduates) — registration for the AAJA National Convention (virtual). All NJC scholarship winners will receive this award (there is no separate application for this).

All detailed information about these opportunities is on our Student Opportunities page.

The Next Step: Panel Discussion and Mentoring For Aspiring Professional Writers & Journalists

The Next Step: Panel Discussion and Mentoring For Aspiring Professional Writers & Journalists

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Looking for advice and inspiration as you take the next step toward your goal of a career in writing, journalism, or communications? The Asian American Journalists Association Seattle, Northwest Science Writers, and the Seattle Association of Black Journalists are organizing a virtual mentoring event. Meet experts who work in various fields, from broadcast to print and online. There will be a panel discussion and Q and A, followed by discussion in breakout rooms.

This free virtual (and interactive!) student-focused career event is sponsored by the Asian American Journalists Association Seattle, Northwest Science Writers Association, and the Seattle Association of Black Journalists.

When: Saturday, January 30, 2 to 4 p.m. PT.

Where: Virtual meeting. A link will be sent to all who have registered for the event.

Register: Advanced online registration is required. When you register, please indicate which field you are interested in by picking two different fields. This will be the two breakout sessions that you’ll join during the event.

We’ll start off with a panel of people working in five different areas. Then we’ll open up breakout session where students can chat with journalists and communication professionals in a variety of fields.

Panel presenters:

Corinne Chin, Visual Journalist, The Seattle Times

Andrew Hammond, Sports Reporter, Tacoma News Tribune

Naomi Ishisaka, Assistant Managing Editor / Social Justice Columnist, The Seattle Times

Sarah E. McQuate, Science Writer and Public Information Officer, University of Washington

Essex Porter, Government and Politics Reporter, KIRO 7

Break out sessions by field and mentors,

Broadcast (television, radio, podcast)

* Essex Porter (KIRO7)

* Florangela Davila (KNKX)

* Lori Matsukawa (formerly at King 5)

* Kevin P. Henry (KBCS)

* Ryan Yamamoto (KOMO)

* Jenny Asarnow (formerly KUOW)

Visual (photographers, videographers, illustrators)

* Emily Eng (Seattle Times)

* David Ryder (Freelance)

* Erika Schultz (Seattle Times)

* Corinne Chin (Seattle Times)

Media and communications

* Sarah E. McQuate (University of Washington)

* Peter Sessum (Writer and former military PIO)

* Molly McElroy (Fred Hutch)

* Rachel Tompa (Allen Institute)

* Keith Seinfeld (Public Health – Seattle & King County)

Newsprint (newspapers, magazines)

* Hannah Weinberger (Crosscut)

* Andrew Hammond (Tacoma News Tribune)

* Mark Harris (IEEE Spectrum, The Guardian)

* Ashley Braun (Freelance/Hakai Magazine, Science News, DeSmog)

* Wayt Gibbs (Writing/editing/consulting for Scientific American, Anthropocene, IEEE Spectrum, Spectrum News)

* Anika Varty (Seattle Times)

Alternative communications careers in nonprofits or corporations

* Cameron Stahl (Castor)

* Chris Tachibana (Health Services Research)

* Dhiya Gerber (Microsoft)

* John Roach (Microsoft, Freelance)

Books

* Eric Scigliano, author of The Big Thaw: Ancient Carbon, Modern Science, and a Race to Save the World and others)

* Steve Olson, author of The Apocalypse Factory: Plutonium and the Making of the Atomic Age, and others)

* David Williams, author of Seattle Walks: Discovering History and Nature in the City and others)

*Reagan E. Jackson, author of Still Here: A Southend Mixtape from an Unexpected Journalist

*Lola E. Peters, author of The Truth About White People

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Join us in honoring our 2020 NJC scholarship winners

Join us in honoring our 2020 NJC scholarship winners

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We are celebrating aspiring student journalists in Washington state who have won this year’s Northwest Journalists of Color Scholarships, the AAJA Seattle Founders Scholarship, the NJC-PNW Guild Conference Scholarship and the. The event will be held online via Zoom on, August 1st at 5 p.m. Please RSVP here.

We’ll hear from keynote speaker, Omari Salisbury –COO and Founder of Converge Media, a leading producer of content for black and urban audiences, and we’ll also invite each of the scholarship winners to briefly speak about their career ambitions.

Finally, a special thank you to this year’s judges: Naomi Ishisaka, Agueda Pacheco Flores and Ramon Dompor for their help with judging the Journalists of Color reporting scholarship and Founders scholarship; and Danny Gawlowski, Corinne Chin, Ramon Dompor and Soumita Bhattacharya for their help judging the Visual Journalism scholarship; and the Pacific Northwest Newspaper Guild for their help judging and coordinating the NJC-PNW Guild Conference Scholarship.

Here are this year’s winners.

Northwest Journalists of Color reporting scholarships:

Jadenne Radoc Cabahug, Kentridge High School
William Suscha Walker, University of Washington
Marian Mohammed, Kent-Meridian High School
Shadrak Musafiri, University of Washington
Tyler Agafonov, University of Washington

Northwest Journalists of Color visual journalism scholarship:

Winner:
Angelica Relente, Washington State University
Honorable mention:
Shadrak Musafiri, University of Washington
Nathanael Hyun, University of Southern California

AAJA Seattle Founders’ Scholarship:
Jadenne Radoc Cabahug, Kentridge High School
William Suscha Walker, University of Washington
Marian Mohammed, Kent-Meridian High School
Shadrak Musafiri, University of Washington
Tyler Agafonov, University of Washington
Angelica Relente, Washington State University
Nathanael Hyun, University of Southern California

NJC-PNW Guild Conference Scholarship: 
Marian Mohammed, Kent-Meridian High School

We look forward to seeing you all virtually at the event on August 1st, 5pm!

2020 NJC scholarships are open

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Apply today for the Northwest Journalists of Color scholarships and the NJC-PNW Guild Conference Scholarship. The new deadline to apply is Sunday, May 17th, 2020.

This year students may apply for:

  • Northwest Journalists of Color Reporting Scholarship — financial award for students interested in journalism.
  • Northwest Journalists of Color Visual Journalism Scholarship — camera equipment for a student interested in photography.
  • AAJA Seattle Founders’ Scholarship (open to students and recent graduates) — registration for the AAJA National Convention in Washington D.C. plus financial assistance for travel and room.
  • NJC-PNW Guild Conference Scholarship — up to $1000 in costs to attend an approved journalism conference.

All detailed information about these opportunities is on our Student Opportunities page.