Scholarships

Council for International Cooperation (CIC)/Anna Chennault Scholarship
AAJA is proud to announce the CIC/Anna Chennault Scholarship which offers one graduating high school student to be the recipient of a scholarship that includes an all-expenses paid trip to the Unity: Journalists of Color convention in Las Vegas. Anna Chennault is a writer, lecturer, international business executive, and Chairman of the Council for International Cooperation (CIC). A graduate of Lingnan University in Hong Kong, Chennault holds six honorary Doctorate degrees in the fields of Law, Humanities, and Business Administration. Her illustrious journalism career began in the 1940's serving as a war correspondent for the Central News Agency and eventually as a feature writer for the Hsin Ming Daily News in China. Chennault continues to lecture at schools and universities on international affairs. As an author, she has over fifty books published in English and Chinese of which some have been on The New York Times Best Sellers List including "A Thousand Springs" and "The Education of Anna". DOWNLOAD THE APPLICATION HERE. DEADLINE EXTENDED: FEBRUARY 20, 2012..

Mary Moy Quon Ing Scholarship
This journalism scholarship was established by a retired Washington Post editor who named this in honor of her late mother, Mary Moy Quon Ing. The scholarship is awarded to an incoming college sophomore pursuing Journalism as a career. AAJA will award one student $2,000 for the 2011/2012 school year. DEADLINE HAS PASSED..

Vincent Chin Scholarship
The scholarship is established in memory of Vincent Chin. Chin was a Chinese American who was murdered in Detroit in 1982 after two laid-off auto factory workers used him as a scapegoat for the loss of their jobs. The scholarship is awarded to a college student pursuing Journalism as a career. AAJA will award one student $500 for the 2011/2012 school year.
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