2025-26 Scholarship Application

Name

First

Last

Email

Address*

Street Address Address Line 2 City State ZIP Code

Contact Number*

Alternate Contact Number*

School and year of study (applicant must be a junior, senior or graduate student for the 2024-25 academic year)*

Sacramento Connection*

Applicants must have a connection to the nine-county Sacramento region (Sacramento, Yolo, San Joaquin, El Dorado, Placer, Sutter, Yuba, Nevada and Butte counties). There are three ways to meet this requirement. Applicants must be at least ONE of the following to qualify. Please check all boxes that describe your eligibility for this scholarship:

Student from the Sacramento region (counties specified above)
Student enrolled in a Sacramento region college or university
Student who can show a demonstrated interest in covering news of the Sacramento region

Cover letter and resume*

Accepted file types: doc, pdf, docx, txt, Max. file size: 512 MB.

Provide a resume and brief letter (one page) explaining your motivation for a career in journalism, what you have already done to prepare for your career, and any related experience outside the classroom. for the scholarship and describe how you meet the eligibility requirements.

Your current transcript and cumulative GPA*

Accepted file types: pdf, jpg, png, Max. file size: 512 MB.

The transcript will document the classes you have taken and your GPA for all college-level coursework taken to date. This can be a computer printout from your college/university’s online system or an official transcript. You will need to scan the document into a digital format that can be uploaded.

Work Samples, Option 1 – Please submit a single PDF with links to five samples of your work (Photo or broadcast entries not linkable this way may be entered separately below.)*

Accepted file types: pdf, Max. file size: 512 MB.

Work Samples, Option 2 – If your five work samples cannot be linked in a PDF, please upload them here*

Drop files here or

Accepted file types: pdf, jpg, png, mp4, mov, mp3, Max. file size: 512 MB.

Will be enrolled in a different college/university in 2025-26 than the one you are now attending?*

Yes
No

Acceptance letter*

Accepted file types: pdf, jpg, png, Max. file size: 512 MB.

Please upload your acceptance letter. If you have not yet been accepted, please be prepared to bring an acceptance letter to your interview if you are selected as a finalist.

In addition to the online application, you are required to have a letter of recommendation from a teacher, academic adviser or journalism workplace supervisor. Please request that the person email the letter of recommendation to sacpressclubscholarships@gmail.com. The letter of recommendation must be received by Jan. 19, 2025, at 11:59 p.m.

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