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From: Meredith Halpern <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Jan 28, 2008 1:48 PM
Subject: Undergraduate Journalism Award
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Cc: Susan McCarty <[log in to unmask]>
Fyi – wanted to make sure you all knew about this -- Meredith
SUBMISSIONS NOW BEING ACCEPTED FOR A ONE-OF-A-KIND $10,000
UNDERGRADUATE JOURNALISM AWARD
AND A PAID INTERNSHIP
* * *
Winners of "Eric Breindel college and university journalism award,"
to receive choice of paid internship at
Fox News Channel or The New York Post, as well as housing Assistance
The Eric Breindel Memorial Foundation is pleased to announce that
applications for the "2008 Eric Breindel College and University
Journalism Award," the nationwide undergraduate competition whose
winning prize is unmatched by any institution in the country, are now
being accepted.
The winner will secure a cash prize of $10,000, as well as a paid
internship of his or her choice at either Fox News Channel or the New
York Post. In addition, residential housing in New York City will be
provided for the winner for the duration of the internship position,
if necessary. This is the third year that the Foundation has
presented this prestigious journalism award specifically created for
undergraduates.
The Eric Breindel Memorial Foundation will present the award to the
undergraduate columnist, editorialist or reporter whose work best
reflects the spirit of the writings by Eric Breindel: Love of country
and its democratic institutions as well as the act of bearing witness
to the evils of totalitarianism.
The award, created in memory of the New York Post editor and
columnist, includes opinion journalism, news coverage and online
articles. It is open to undergraduate writers and reporters of all
political convictions and backgrounds, and submissions may include
college newspapers, magazines or periodicals as well as college online
articles published on accredited college institution Web sites. The
award recognizes the editorial pursuit of freedom and American ideals.
The winner is chosen from hundreds of applicants received from across
the country and is announced at a reception in New York City in June.
Last year's reception was hosted by Rupert Murdoch, Chairman & CEO,
News Corporation, Lally Weymouth, Senior Editor of Newsweek, and Roger
Ailes, Chairman of Fox News Channel and Fox Television Stations. New
York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg gave remarks at the reception.
Last year's winner, John Wilson, is a graduate of Claremont McKenna
College in California. As the winner, Wilson chose an internship at
the New York Post where he worked during the summer of 2007; and was
subsequently hired as the Associate Editorial Page Editor.
The 2006 winner, Matt Mireles, a junior at Columbia University in New
York at the time chose an internship at Fox News Channel. Mireles has
written pieces for the Editorial Pages of the New York Post and
expects to graduate with a BA in Political Science in May 2008.
Those who wish to be considered should submit no more than two
editorials, columns or news stories, per person, written in the
2007-2008 academic year. Articles specifically produced for and
published by an established newspaper or magazine Web site will be
accepted as will Internet exclusive material. All rules governing
submissions appear on the attached page. A confidential panel of
judges appointed by the Foundation will judge the entries. The winner
will be announced in June 2008.
ABOUT ERIC BREINDEL
In 1977, Eric Breindel graduated magna cum laude from Harvard College,
where he was editorial chairman of the Harvard Crimson and was elected
to Phi Beta Kappa. After receiving his A.B. from Harvard, Eric
studied politics at the London School of Economics. He went to
Harvard Law School where he received his J.D. in 1982.
Eric Breindel became the Editorial Page Editor of the New York Post in
1986. Breindel was appointed Senior Vice President of News
Corporation in 1997. His nationally syndicated column appeared
weekly in the New York Post and he was the moderator of a weekly national
public affairs television program, Fox News Watch, on the Fox News
Channel. A book of his columns, titled A Passion for Truth: The
Selected Writings of Eric Breindel, was published in 1998.
The Breindel Foundation is a 501 (c) 3 tax-exempt entity based in New York City.
FOR AN APPLICATION OR QUESTIONS, PLEASE CONTACT GERMAINE FEBLES AT
(212) 843-8031 OR GO ONLINE TO WWW.ERICBREINDEL.ORG
Eric Breindel College and University Journalism Award
Competition Criteria:
The Object: Work which best reflects the spirit that
animated the writings of
Eric Breindel: Love of country and its democratic institutions as well
as the act of bearing witness to the evils of totalitarianism.
Eligibility: Must be a student at an accredited
institution in the United States at the time the pieces were written.
Entries must have been published in the 2007-2008 academic year.
Award: One prize of $10,000, plus a paid
internship at either Fox News Channel or The New York Post.
Residential housing will be provided for the winner for
the duration of the internship position, if necessary. Winner will be
decided by a panel of judges appointed by the Eric Breindel Memorial
Foundation.
Deadline: Postmarked Friday, April 25, 2008.
Winner: Will be announced in June 2008.
Submissions: No more than 2 editorials, columns or
news stories per person. Articles specifically produced for and
published in a newspaper, magazine Web site will be accepted.
Internet exclusive material (articles published online, but not in a
corresponding print source of the same name) may be submitted if the
Site is accredited by a college or university at the time of the
submission's postmark. If a team was involved in the writings, only
one name should appear on the entry form. There is only one category.
There can be more than one participant from a publication. "Letters
to the Editor" are not eligible.
Submission Requirements:
Two copies should be submitted. The original article with the name
and date of the publication, or a photocopy of such. The second copy
must be submitted on 8½ x 11 white paper, which can be taken directly
from your computer or typewriter. Entries require an original or
photocopy of article as it appeared.
E-mail entries will not be accepted.
Mail: Mail submissions with entry form to:
Eric Breindel Memorial Foundation
1211 Avenue of the Americas, 9th fl.
New York, NY 10105
www.ericbreindel.org.
--
Peter Parisi, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Dept. of Film & Media Studies
Hunter College
695 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10021
212-772-4949
"It is impossible for any of us to be happier individually until we
are all happier collectively." -- Paul Goodman
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