Scripps Foundation Grants Greenlee another Internship Grant

   In response to the success of the Greenlee School in its first year as an internship partner, in addition to its commitment to diversity, the Scripps Howard Foundation has pledged another annual $4,000 internship grant. 
   “These are marvelous grants,” Michael Bugeja, director, said. “They provide $3,000 for an unpaid internship anywhere in the country, in any emphasis, and then award $1,000 upon completion of the internship.”
   The award funds an unpaid internship in any of the School’s emphases or degree programs. 
   Last year Thomas Barton secured an internship at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
   This second internship grant will go to an applicant from an under-represented group or who can document a diversity component in the internship assignment. 
   “For instance,” Bugeja said, “a public relations internship at the National Civil Rights museum or a broadcast reporting beat covering diversity would also qualify.”
   The goal is two-fold, Bugeja said. “We want to recruit and support members of under-represented groups and also expose others to diverse environments. The Scripps grant allows us to both.”
   The Foundation hopes that the Greenlee School can leverage the award, challenging Iowa media to match the grant with their own in diversity-preferred internship and scholarship opportunities.
   Scripps Howard Foundation has embraced “diversity” as a core value, Judy Clabes, CEO of the Foundation, wrote to Bugeja. “It is crucial to the future of mainstream media in America - and therefore to democracy - that we have a true diversity of voices in our nation's newsrooms.”
   Scripps Howard funding has targeted diversity as a priority, including its unique partnership with Hampton University, an historically black institution. That partnership resulted in the Scripps Howard School of Journalism and Communication at that Virginia institution.   
   “We expect our Partner Schools to deliver broad representation in all our funded programs," Clabes added.
   Bugeja will work with faculty and the ISU Foundation to secure more such internships that enhance diversity, based on the Scripps model.