Grants, Scholarships for Bay Area Student Journalists

Grants for high school journalism programs and scholarships for high school and college journalists are being awarded by the San Francisco Peninsula Press Club.

Grants for high school journalism programs

The grants for high school journalism programs can be used for:

• Equipment such as computers, software, cameras, books, cabinets
• Training
• Students to attend journalism seminars, workshops, conferences and other educational opportunities and related travel expenses
• Public records fees

Grants will be awarded at the discretion of the Board of Directors of the San Francisco Peninsula Press Club.

The grant program is open to all Bay Area high schools with journalism programs. Applications may be submitted only by the school's journalism teacher or class adviser.

To apply, send a one-page letter on school letterhead with the following information:

1. Brief overview of the school's journalism program (number of students, curriculum)
2. The grant amount requested.
3. The purpose of the grant. Be as specific as possible and explain how students or the journalism program will specifically benefit.
4. Whether the grant can be used to attract matching funds.

Grants will be considered year-round. Applicants will typically be notified within six weeks of receipt of the request.

To apply, send the above information to penpressclub@comcast.net or to the San Francisco Peninsula Press Club, 4317 Camden Ave., San Mateo, CA 94403.

$1,500 scholarships for high school and college journalists

The Peninsula Press Club also distributed this announcement: 

April 27, 2012, is the deadline for submitting entries to the 2012 scholarship competition sponsored by the San Francisco Peninsula Press Club.

Competition is open to high school, community college, college and university students from the 11 Bay Area counties who are planning a career in print, broadcast or photo journalism.

Typically the San Francisco Peninsula Press Club selects one high school student and one college student to receive the $1,500 scholarships named for Herb Caen, the late San Francisco Chronicle columnist.

Scholarship funds will be paid to the schools the winners plan to attend, or are attending, to defray any college-related expenses.

Print and photo entrants should send:

• A one-page resume.
• Three to five clippings mounted on letter-sized white paper; photos CD; and video on DVD-R.
• A letter of recommendation from an instructor in journalism, communications or English.

Entries should be sent to:

San Francisco Peninsula Press Club Scholarships
Attention: Darryl Compton, Executive Director
4317 Camden Ave.
San Mateo CA 94403-5007

Finalists will be interviewed in person by the Press Club’s Scholarship Committee. Winners will be honored at the Press Club’s 35^th Annual Greater Bay Area Journalism Awards Dinner on May 19, 2012 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Foster City.

For further information, visit the Peninsula Press Club website www.penpressclub.org/scholarships or call the Press Club office 650-341-7420.