The deadline to apply for scholarships for the next academic year is coming up Feb. 15. There is one universal application form for a multitude of scholarships. Students majoring in Journalism and Public Communications have a variety of scholarships only they can apply for. However, past students have successfully applied for scholarships outside our major, such as the Feminism scholarship. The UAA scholarship process is easy. Don’t let this opportunity get away.

JPC student is a Hearst Foundation finalist

Journalism and Public Communications senior Heather Aronno earned second place in the William Randolph Hearst Foundation’s annual Journalism Awards Program’s Radio Competition.
The top five finalists from the Radio Competition were selected from among a record 49 entrants. Aronno and the four other radio finalists will qualify for the National Broadcast News Championship in June 2012 along with television, writing, photojournalism and multimedia finalists.
Aronno’s work appeared on the Alaska Public Radio Network last summer. Some of her stories can be downloaded from alaskapublic.org.
Aronno will receive $2,000 from the Hearst Foundation, and UAA’s Department of Journalism and Public Communications will receive a matching grant.
The 2011-2012 broadcast news competitions are held in 106 member colleges and universities of the Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication with accredited undergraduate journalism programs.
The Hearst Foundation’s Journalism Awards Program includes writing, photojournalism and multimedia. A Hearst Award is considered the Pulitzer Prize of collegiate journalism.

Shootout.net covers the Great Alaska Shootout

The Department of Journalism and Public Communications is offering wire-to-wire coverage of the Great Alaska Shootout, the annual basketball tournament held in Anchorage over the Thanksgiving weekend.
Shootout.net began as a multimedia website in 1998. It relies on JPC students to cover the tournament, which has brought the Division I basketball teams to play UAA men’s and women’s teams in a great holiday tradition.
The Great Alaska Shootout began in 1978 with the men’s tournament and since expanded to include a women’s bracket. Past Shootout tournament winners include the University of North Carolina Tar Heels and the Duke University Blue Devils.
Shootout.net works cooperatively with The Northern Light and KRUA FM-88.1. Check out The Northern Light’s Twitter feed and KRUA’s Twitter feed.