The Al Neuharth Free Spirit Scholarship and Conference Program
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http://www.freedomforum.org/templates/document.asp?documentID=18021
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From the site:
The Al Neuharth Free Spirit Scholarship and Conference Program annually awards $1,000 college scholarships to each of 102 high school seniors (a male and female from each state and the District of Columbia) who are interested in pursuing a career in journalism and who demonstrate qualities of "free spirit." The students come to Washington, D.C., in March to receive their awards and participate in a journalism conference which culminates with attendance at the Al Neuharth Free Spirit of the Year Award ceremony. The next scholarship/conference program is scheduled for March 2006.
The program includes two $50,000 college scholarships for two top students. These scholarship winners — a boy and a girl — are selected from among the 102 students chosen for the program.
This program began in 1999 and is funded by the Freedom Forum to honor Al Neuharth, the founder of USA TODAY and the Freedom Forum. The scholarships and conference are designed to assist students in pursuit of a journalism career and to inspire them through conference sessions with prominent media professionals.
Al Neuharth characterizes the essence of free spirit in this way: "Free spirits dream, dare and do." A free spirit can also be a risk-taker, a visionary, an innovative leader, an entrepreneur, or a courageous achiever who accomplishes great things beyond his or her normal circumstances.
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