Here are opportunities for scholarships, internships from Diana Rios: Begin forwarded message: > From: Diana Rios <[log in to unmask]> > > > IF YOU DREAM OF BECOMING A PROFESSIONAL JOURNALIST SOME DAY, HERE IS > YOUR > CHANCE TO MAKE THAT DREAM COME TRUE!! > > The National Association of Hispanic Journalists is proud to announce > its > 2002-2003 Rubén Salazar Scholarship Fund competition as well as the > NAHJ > 2003 Convention Internship Program competition!! > > NAHJ offers several scholarships for students who are pursuing careers > in > English or Spanish-language print, photo, broadcast or online > journalism. > They include: > > The Newhouse Scholarship Program > The new Maria Elena Salinas Scholarship Program > The Cristina Saralegüi Program > The NAHJ Newsroom Bound Program > NAHJ also offers opportunities for students to have internships during > the > association’s 2003 convention at the Marriott Marquis in the Times > Square > area of New York City!! If you are accepted, you might get a chance to > take > part in the convention as an actual journalist, with the opportunity > to take > part in one of five NAHJ convention internship programs: > > The NAHJ Latino Reporter newspaper project > The NAHJ El Noticiero television project > The NAHJ Radio Ondas radio news project > The NAHJ Latino Reporter Digital online news project > The NAHJ Student Campus program > Most of your expenses would be paid and you would have the chance to > work > along side professional journalists. > > APPLICATION DEADLINE: APPLICATIONS MUST BE POSTMARKED ON OR BEFORE > FRIDAY, > JANUARY 31, 2003. > > Apply now!!! Please click on this link to download a free NAHJ 2003 > Scholarship/Convention Internship application y buena suerte (and good > luck!) > > http://www.nahj.org/student.html > > > > > Kevin Olivas > Educational Programs Manager > National Association of Hispanic Journalists > 1000 National Press Building > 529 14th Street, NW > Washington, DC 20045 > (202) 662-7168 > toll-free: (888) 346-NAHJ, ext. 7168 > fax: (202) 662-7144 > e-mail: [log in to unmask] > web site: http://www.nahj.org > > Diana I. Rios, > Assist. Prof.of Communication Sciences & PRLS > & Assoc. Dir. Puerto Rican & Latino Studies Instit. > Dept. Communication Sciences, U-1085 > University of Connecticut > Storrs, CT 06269 > 860-486-3187 office > 860-486-5422 dept. fax > >