2012 Annual Knowledge@Wharton Scholarship for Business Journalism
DEADLINE TO APPLY: This Friday September 7, 2012
SAJA & Knowledge@Wharton Present the Annual Knowledge@Wharton Scholarship for Business Journalism-- Established 1999
A Unique Opportunity to Attend the Wharton Seminars for Business Journalists on a Scholarship
A scholarship each for members of SAJA & AAJA, NABJ, NAHJ & NAJA.
The SAJA-Knowledge@Wharton scholarship was established in 1999 in collaboration with the South Asian Journalists Association, an organization of more than 800 journalists of South Asian origin in the U.S. and Canada. This unique scholarship program is designed to enhance the quality of minority business journalism. It provides a member of SAJA (as well as up to one journalist each belonging to AAJA, NABJ, NAHJ, NAJA) with a scholarship to attend Wharton Seminars for Business Journalists in Philadelphia.
Each scholarship (which covers cost of tuition, course materials and most meals) is worth about $1,995 and is furnished by Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. The award does NOT cover travel to and from Philadelphia or lodging. The Award is presented by SAJA and Knowledge@Wharton, the Wharton School's research and business analysis journal. SAJA is responsible for the administrative process and works with the other groups representing journalists to select the winners. It reserves the right not to award a scholarship.
Who Can Apply
Any member of SAJA, AAJA, NABJ, NAHJ, NAJA who is a reporter, editor or producer (including freelancers) currently living in the United States or Canada and working in business journalism or a field that overlaps, such as healthcare or technology. Applicants must be available to attend the Wharton program this year. Individuals between two-seven years of experience as a business reporter or those new to business reporting, but with five-10 years of experience as a reporter in another field, are encouraged to apply. Freelancers are welcome to apply.
Questions: contact SAJA President Anusha Shrivastava president@saja.org
Website: http://saja.org/wharton
2011 SAJA-Knowledge@Wharton Scholarship for Minority Journalists Recipients:
Kimberly Chou, News Assistant, Wall Street Journal AAJA
Priyanka Dayal, Reporter, Worcester Telegram & Gazette SAJA
Aruna Viswanatha, Reporter, Reuters SAJA
Tanzina Vega, Reporter, New York Times NAHJ
DEADLINE TO APPLY: This Friday September 7, 2012
Winners will be informed September 14, 2012
To enter apply here.
For more information about the program click here.
About Knowledge@Wharton and the Wharton School
Knowledge@Wharton is a free biweekly online resource that captures knowledge generated at Wharton through such channels as research papers, conferences, books, and interviews with faculty on current business topics, and distributes that knowledge online to a global business audience. The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania is recognized around the world for its academic strengths across every major discipline and at every level of business education. Founded in 1881 as the first collegiate business school in the nation, Wharton has approximately 4,600 undergraduate, MBA, and doctoral students, more than 8,000 participants in its executive education programs annually, and an alumni network of more than 80,000 worldwide.
About South Asian Journalists Association
The South Asian Journalists Association, was founded in March 1994 as a networking group for journalists of South Asian origin in New York City. It has grown into a national group of over 800 journalists working for leading newspapers, broadcast networks and new media outlets in various cities in the US and Canada. The organization is best known for its Web-based SAJA Stylebook for Covering South Asia and the South Asian Diaspora -- "Learn to tell your Hindi from Hindu, and much, much more." -- and its annual SAJA Journalism Awards, which recognize outstanding coverage of South Asia and excellence in reporting by South Asian journalists and students in the U.S. and Canada. Each year, more than 700 journalists attend the SAJA National Convention in New York.
