The National Press Club has selected Jackson Juzang of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, as the recipient of its 2026 Dennis & Shirley Feldman Fellowship. The award for graduate students is a one-time scholarship of $5,000. Juzang will attend USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism in the fall after graduating from Haverford College this month. The judges…
The National Press Club has chosen Sabrina Lam of Manchester, Connecticut, as the recipient of its 2026 Lewis Scholarship. The award provides housing and a $4,000 stipend to support a student journalist of color interning at a news media outlet in Washington, D.C. Lam will intern with POLITICO Magazine, writing long-form digital stories exploring disruptions…
The National Press Club has chosen Noah White of West Hartford, Connecticut, as the inaugural recipient of its Rich Passan Sports Writing Scholarship. The $5,000 award is given to an undergraduate college student who demonstrates excellence in sports journalism. White, a rising senior at the University of Florida, impressed the judges with his exemplary journalism…
The National Press Club has chosen Santiago Campos of Washington, D.C., as the recipient of its 2026 Wes Vernon Broadcast Scholarship. The scholarship, which promotes diversity within the field of broadcast journalism, is awarded to an aspiring journalist and totals up to $20,000 over four years. Campos is a senior at the District of Columbia…
The National Press Club has selected Karim Melek of Palatine, Illinois, as the recipient of its 2026 Richard G. Zimmerman Journalism Scholarship. The $5,000 award is given to an exceptional high school senior who plans to pursue a career in journalism. Melek, a senior at Palatine High School, impressed the judges with stellar leadership at…
The National Press Club has chosen Poojasai Kona of Frisco, Texas, as the winner of its 2026 Julie Schoo Scholarship for Diversity in Journalism. The award totals up to $20,000 over four years from the world’s leading professional organization for journalists. Kona, a senior at Frisco High School, impressed the judges with exceptional multimedia skills…
The National Press Club is pleased to announce the launch of the Rich Passan Sports Writing Scholarship, a $5,000 annual award supporting undergraduate college students who demonstrate excellence and promise in sports journalism. ESPN MLB insider Jeff Passan and his family have established the scholarship to honor Rich Passan, a longtime print and broadcast journalist…
The National Press Club has chosen Catherine Deborah (CD) Davidson-Hiers of Molino, Florida, as the recipient of its 2025 Shirley & Dennis Feldman Fellowship. The award for graduate students is a one-time scholarship of $5,000. Davidson-Hiers is an environmental journalist and graduate student at the University of Georgia’s Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communications….
The National Press Club has chosen Jacqueline Munis of Hockessin, Delaware, as the recipient of its Lewis Scholarship for 2025. The scholarship provides housing and a $4,000 stipend to support a student journalist of color interning at a news media outlet in Washington, D.C. Munis will graduate from Stanford University in June and has accepted…
The National Press Club has chosen Anjolina Fantaroni of Southbridge, Massachusetts, as the recipient of its 2025 Wes Vernon Broadcast Scholarship. The scholarship, which promotes diversity within the field of broadcast journalism, is awarded to an aspiring journalist and totals as much as $20,000 over four years. Fantaroni is a rising senior at Elon University,…
The National Press Club has selected Sonja Woerner of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, as the recipient of its 2025 Richard G. Zimmerman Journalism Scholarship. The $5,000 award is given to an exceptional high school senior who plans to pursue a career in journalism. Woerner, a senior at Kennedy High School, impressed the judges with stellar work…
A new scholarship program will provide free housing and a monthly stipend to support student journalists of color who plan to intern at news media outlets in Washington, D.C., beginning in 2023. The Lewis Scholarship has an estimated value of $10,000 and will be awarded to one undergraduate student journalist of color each fall, spring,…
Three journalism students are making their own headlines as winners of 2021 National Press Club scholarships and awards, announced Sept. 27, 2021: Kaleb Anderson of Washington, D.C., was recognized with the 2021 Julie Schoo Scholarship for Diversity in Journalism totaling as much as $20,000 over four years. The graduate of Benjamin Banneker Academic High School…