The Intermarkets-Lucido Journalism Scholarship , USA

The Intermarkets-Lucido Journalism Scholarship

Study Subject : Journalism

Employer : Intermarkets, Inc.

Level : High School Senior

Intermarkets-Lucido Journalism Scholarship was created to recognize an outstanding Virginia graduating High School Senior who will be majoring in journalism and who promotes and understands the importance of non-biased journalism in the United States media.

Scholarship Criteria :

U.S. Citizen
Legal resident of the Commonwealth of Virginia
Graduating senior from any public or private Virginia high school
Majoring / planning to major in journalism at an accredited, U.S. 4-year college or university to which the candidate has been accepted

Provide two published articles or graded essays that reflect the candidate’s writing style
Submit an essay (approx. 200 words) that answers the question: “What are three character traits that a journalist should have and why?”
Submit an essay that takes a current article from a major U.S. newspaper that the candidate views as biased reporting/journalism and describes in 500+ words why it is biased and how it
should be changed. Please include a copy of the newspaper article being reviewed.
Extracurricular activities
Academic excellence

Scholarship Application Deadline for The Intermarkets-Lucido Journalism Scholarship : April 1 2011