UNF School of Communication Scholarships

The University of North Florida Foundation has established academic merit and financial need-based scholarships for UNF students.  For scholarships specific to the UNF School of Communication use the following links:

The Garrison Family Communication Scholarship

Communication Scholarship

Liz Slobodian Public Relations Scholarship

Jennifer Bittner Memorial Communication Scholarship

Oscar Patterson Scholarship

Steven J Borowiec Memorial Scholarship

For more information on other UNF scholarships, chick here.

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You can apply for a variety of other awards and scholarships from the various entities listed below by clicking on the links. 

Competitions, Awards & Scholarship Organizations

BEA Film 48

BEA Festival of Media Arts

BEA’s international faculty and student digital media and broadcast competition, Over 300 participating schools and almost 1,900  entries are submitted this year.

Submission Period: Annually November 15th – December 15th

College Television Awards – The Emmy Awards

The College Television Awards recognize excellence in student production. In addition to showcasing student production, the College Television Awards is an entry point for a career in television and media. There are over 600 College Television Award alumni, all of whom have access to networking opportunities and events.

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Florida Association of Broadcast Journalists

Florida Association of Broadcast Journalists (FABJ) is a 501(c)(6) not-for-profit organization, operated by a volunteer board of broadcast journalism professionals based throughout Florida. The mission of Florida Association of Broadcast Journalists is to support and inspire creative and impactful storytelling with the purpose of showing the critical importance journalism has in the State of Florida. FABJ carries out its mission by producing opportunities to showcase and honor excellence in broadcast journalism, as well as programming to provide professional development for journalists of all skill levels and experience levels.

The Society of Professional Journalism

The Society for Professional Journalism defends, educates, and entertains journalists and their readers, viewers, and listeners. Contact us at spjflorida@gmail.com.  Every year for the past half-century, the Society for Professional Journalism has honored the best in Florida journalism.  The state’s largest and oldest journalism contest recognizes the best writing, photography, and design for both pros and students.

The Green Eyeshade Awards

Since 1950, The Green Eyeshades have recognized the very best journalism in the southeastern United States – which now includes print, television, radio, and online. For each category, send links to three of your best clips – from print or online, from any student or professional media outlet based in the Southern United States.

Categories:
Best News Reporter in the South: News coverage on any single topic or multiple topics, on or off campus.
Best Feature Writer in the South: Can include features on any topic, from sports profiles to first-person immersion pieces.
Best Sports Writer in the South: Can include columns, game stories, features, and profiles.
Best Columnist in the South: Opinions can encompass sports, news, feature, and humor.
Best Photographer in the South: Three shots of anything, from sports to news to feature to entertainment. Note: Submissions must include cutlines.
Best Designer in the South: Single pages, spreads, special issues, covers, photo stories, etc.

National Association of Black Journalists

The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that provides innovative, quality programs and services to its members. The organization advocates on behalf of Black journalists and media professionals  in the U.S. and worldwide. NABJ’s membership is more than 4,000 strong and includes emerging journalists, professional journalists, student journalists, journalism educators and media professionals of all kinds. NABJ is headquartered on the campus of the University of Maryland-College Park. Our offices are located at 1100 Knight Hall, Suite 3101, College Park, Maryland 20742.  Many of NABJ’s members also serve on and participate in domestic and global professional and student chapters. This allows us to consistently reach, support and engage Black journalists and media professionals in their local communities through meetings, panels, workshops, media institutes and regional conferences. NABJ also offers its members the opportunity to join multiple task forces and committees that align with their professional disciplines and goals.  NABJ offers students the opportunity to participate in internships, scholarships and fellowships.

Radio Television Digital News Association Student Awards

The Radio Television Digital News Association has been honoring outstanding achievements in broadcast and digital journalism with the Edward R. Murrow Awards since 1971. One Student Murrow Award will be awarded to an individual or team of individuals in each of five categories. Entries are judged on the national level and winners are recognized at the annual RTDNA Edward R. Murrow Awards Gala in New York City.  Scholarship and Fellowship information can be found here.

Categories:
Excellence in Audio Newscast
Excellence in Audio Reporting
Excellence in Video Newscast
Excellence in Video Reporting
Excellence in Digital Reporting

The Gracies

The Gracie Awards recognize exemplary programming created by women, for women and about women in all facets of media and entertainment. They also acknowledge the individuals who have made inspirational contributions to the industry.

Named after the late Gracie Allen, the Gracie Awards acknowledge outstanding team leadership and individual achievement. The Gracies focus on women who are making positive change and who further the discussion of what a fulfilling career in media looks like.

Join us in celebrating the influencers creating opportunities for all women in media.

The Telly Awards

The Telly Awards annually showcases the best work created within television and across video, for all screens. There is a two-year window of eligibility for the telly competition.

The competition is open to the following types of entries (please see list of categories for complete listings):

Commercials & Marketing
Non-Broadcast Video
Series, Shows, and Segments
Branded Content
Social Video

NPAA Contests

The NPPA is the leading voice advocating for the work of visual journalists today. Founded in the days of sheet film box cameras and newsreels, our organization fights for the working news photographer, videographer and multimedia journalist in the Internet age. Our Code of Ethics stands for the highest integrity in visual storytelling. Our advocacy efforts put NPPA in the center of today’s thorniest issues of journalists’ rights to do their work — and to earn a living from their craft. Our ongoing education initiatives seek to equip our members and prepare the emerging generation of visual journalists in the face of an ever-changing media landscape. In light of these challenges, the work of NPPA has never been more vital than it is today.

Best of Photojournalism
Monthly News Clip Contest
Quarterly Multimedia Contest
Quarterly Picture Editing Contest
Northern Short Course Photo & Multimedia Contest
Student Quarterly Clip Contest
TV Quarterly

Asian American Journalists Association

The Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA) is a 501(c)3 nonprofit educational and professional organization with more than 1,500 members across the United States and Asia. Since its founding, AAJA has been at the forefront of change in the journalism industry.