Do you have a big idea for informing and inspiring a geographic community? Does it include innovative use of new digital tools or processes such as social media, mash-ups or wikis? How about new ways to exchange information via hand-held devices like cell phones? Knight Foundation wants to know. “You invent it. We fund it!” is the 2010 contest slogan.

Knight Foundation is accepting applications now, the deadline is Dec. 15. The 2010 Knight News Challenge will award as much as $5 million for innovative ideas using digital experiments to transform community news. To learn more about the contest visit http://www.newschallenge.org/index.html. To apply visit http://www.newschallenge.org/apply.

The WVU Office of International Programs, in conjunction with International Education Week, is hosting its first annual multimedia competition. Students who have studied abroad are asked to design a multimedia presentation showcasing their experience. Submissions may be no more than five minutes long, and must be submitted by Nov. 15 to the OIP Office. Winning submissions will receive an iPod Touch or iPod shuffle. For more information contact the OIP Office at (304) 293-6955 or on the Web at http://internationalprograms.wvu.edu/.

The following is a letter from Alpharma Animal Health

Thanks to those of you who submitted clips during Phase I of the Alpharma Student Video Contest. A total of 146 clips were submitted and are now available to download for the remainder of the contest. Phase I of the Student Video Contest is now closed, and it’s time to move on to Phase II, which opened Monday, October 19th.

With the kickoff of Phase II you’ll be able to view and download the clips that were submitted throughout the first phase of the contest by going to the contest Web site. You can use any number of video clips from the first phase of the contest and/or your own media to make the most creative and educational video possible for your chance to win $5,000.

There are a few things to keep in mind while making your final video:

You can submit a final video even if you did not participate by submitting clips during Phase I of the contest. All final videos should be submitted by 11:50 p.m. CST on November 23rd.

Your goal is to tell the story of current agriculture issues and the role of modern agriculture in American society. The videos should be presented in terms that someone without an ag background can understand.

You can use any amount of clips from the contest site, plus any of your own footage and you may add sound, music, voice-overs and titles to bring your video to life and make it tell a story.

Stay within the guidelines outlined in the Contest Rules.

Remember that videos are judged on creativity and quality. We encourage you to contact the journalism and communication departments at your school for an additional perspective and media resources.

We recommend using Solveig Multimedia if you need Web-based editing and mixing software, or use your own editing software.

If a video includes people, please be sure to have those people sign the release form you can find by clicking here.

We look forward to reviewing the submitted videos, but please remember you only have until November 23rd to submit them. As always, feel free to contact Amanda Eberle at aeberle@charlestonorwig.com or 262-563-5100 with questions.

Thank you,

Alpharma Animal Health

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External Links:

Web site: www.reachteachlearn.com/videos

Contest Rules: http://www.reachteachlearn.com/videos/Rules.aspx

Solveig Multimedia: http://www.solveigmm.com/?Downloads

Clicking here (release form): http://www.reachteachlearn.com/videos/Release_Form.pdf

Critical Language Scholarships for Intensive Summer Institutes

The CLS Program is part of the National Security Language
Initiative (NSLI), a U.S. government interagency effort to expand
dramatically the number of Americans studying and mastering critical
need foreign languages. The Critical Language Scholarship (CLS)
Program will offer intensive summer language institutes overseas in
thirteen critical need foreign languages for summer 2010.

ELIGIBILITY
All applicants must be U.S. citizens. Applicants must be currently
enrolled in a U.S. degree-granting program at the undergraduate or
graduate level. All candidates must have completed at least their
first year of university-level study by the summer of 2010. Students
in all disciplines including business, engineering, sciences, social
sciences and humanities are encouraged to apply. Only graduate
students and graduating seniors are eligible to apply to the summer
2010 Persian program.

FUNDING
All program costs are covered for participants. This includes travel between the student’s US home city and program location, pre-departure orientation costs, applicable visa fees, room, board, group-based intensive language instruction, program-sponsored travel within country, and all entrance fees for program activities.

Deadline: 12/18/2009

Program URL: http://www.clscholarship.org/home.php

Tel: 202-633-1599

Fax: 202-786-2430

The Harry C. Hamm Family Scholarship is awarded to an upcoming sophomore, junior or senior college student who is in serious pursuit of a B.A. in Journalism or Communications at a West Virginia four-year institution. The application must be a graduate of a high school in either Brooke, Marshall, Ohio, or Hancock counties, and must have at least a 3.0 G.P.A.

Application Deadline: February 8, 2010

Applications can be found online at our website www.mollohanfoundation.org and can be submitted online or by regular mail. Please be sure to check out the “How to Apply” instructions for all application submission directions and supplemental forms(s).

Questions or to submit application via mail:

Robert H. Mollohan Family Charitable Foundation
Attn: Aime Shaffer
1000 Technology Drive, Suite 2000
Fairmont, WV 26554
P: (304) 333-6783
F: (304) 333-3900

Have your written voice heard by millions of viewers and build your portfolio. What matters to you most at this critical time in your life? Submit a 400- to 800-word article on one of the following topics:

• A key racial, gender or sexual issue either on your own campus or at another college across town or across the country
• A controversial national political topic about which you have strongly held beliefs and possible solutions
• An influential role model in a passionate field of interest—anything from sports to music, business to politics and beyond

The grand-prize winner will take home

• $500 cash
• An all-expense-paid trip to UPI’s national headquarters in Washington, DC to work with key UPI personnel and to have lunch at the National Press Club
• An opportunity for international exposure and local press through a byline seen by millions of readers at upi.com

Judging Critera
We actively seek op-ed submissions that include current facts relevant to your chosen topic; ask yourself:

• Does it convey vital facts within an imaginatively told story?
• Is it engaging, with clarity of purpose clearly conveyed?
• Does it insightfully contribute to our understanding of your chosen issue or person?

all submissions are due by Sunday evening, November 15th. Grand-prize and runner-up winners will be announced on December 11th.

For more information go to http://www.uwemp.com/

The Eric Breindel Memorial Foundation is pleased to announce that applications for the “2010 Eric Breindel Collegiate Journalism Award,” the nationwide undergraduate competition whose winning prize is unmatched by any institution in the country, are now being accepted. The winner will secure the following awards:

• A cash prize of $10,000
• A paid internship of his or her choice at Fox News Channel, The Wall Street Journal or the New York Post
• Residential housing in New York City, if necessary.

The Eric Breindel Memorial Foundation will present the award to the undergraduate columnist, editorialist or reporter whose work best reflects the spirit of the writings by Eric Breindel: Love of country and its democratic institutions as well as the act of bearing witness to the evils of totalitarianism.

The award, created in memory of the New York Post editor and columnist, includes opinion journalism, news coverage and online articles. It is open to undergraduate writers and reporters of all political convictions and backgrounds and submissions may include college newspapers, magazines or periodicals, as well as online articles published on accredited college institution web sites. The award recognizes the editorial pursuit of freedom and American ideals.

Those who wish to be considered should submit no more than two editorials, columns or news stories, per person, written in the 2009-2010 academic year. Articles specifically produced for and published by an established newspaper or magazine web site will be accepted as well as internet exclusive material. A confidential panel of judges appointed by the Foundation will judge the entries. The winner will be announced in June 2010.

FOR AN APPLICATION OR QUESTIONS, PLEASE CONTACT GERMAINE FEBLES AT (212) 843-8031 OR GFEBLES@RUBENSTEIN.COM OR VISIT WWW.ERICBREINDEL.ORG

Sophomore, junior and senior advertising students are invited to participate in the 2010 Mid-Atlantic Newspaper Advertising and Marketing Executives (N.A.M.E.) Scholarship Competition. Students will be asked to work with a client and design an advertising campaign to meet the client’s objective. One student will win five thousand dollars plus an all expense-paid trip to the N.A.M.E. summer convention. The winner’s attendance at the summer convention will also provide a wonderful networking atmosphere with industry professionals.

For information on how to enter please email john.cash@jonesmedia.biz.

Entry deadline is Friday, Dec. 11, 2009. Winners will be notified by Feb. 15, 2010.

The Press Club of Western Pennsylvania is taking applications for its fourth annual $5,000 scholarship awarded to aspiring journalists. The award is designed to encourage outstanding collegiate journalism students in print and broadcasting.

The scholarship will be awarded in May 2010 in Pittsburgh at the annual Golden Quills Awards Dinner sponsored by The Press Club. Candidates must be enrolled in an accredited college or university for at least two years. They must be able to demonstrate why they should receive the award. Their primary residence must be in one of the 29 counties of Western Pennsylvania (see list below). The scholarship money will be credited to the winner’s account at their university or college. The winner also will receive a plaque in recognition of the award. Deadline for applications is January 15, 2010. The scholarship committee will review applications and select finalists. The winner will be notified by April 15.

An application can be downloaded from www.westernpapressclub.org or contact The Press Club of Western Pennsylvania at Engineers’ Building, 337 Fourth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or (412) 281-7778, or pressclubwpa@yahoo.com.

The Press Club of Western Pennsylvania is a nonprofit organization comprising news media and public relations professionals, community leaders, academicians and other professionals devoted to first-rate communication. Members of The Press Club are dedicated to raising the quality of public discourse in Western Pennsylvania, keeping the region vital and relevant. It provides a setting, atmosphere, and programming that aim to further communication among media-related professionals and interested members of the general public. Encouraging and supporting journalism students in the region is also a priority. For membership information, contact The Press Club at (412) 281-7778.

Press Club Counties: Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Bedford, Blair, Butler, Cambria, Cameron, Centre, Clarion, Clearfield, Crawford, Elk, Erie, Fayette, Forest, Greene, Huntingdon, Indiana, Jefferson, Lawrence, McKean, Mercer, Potter, Somerset, Venango, Warren, Washington, Westmoreland.

Are you a student who loves broadcast? Then this might be for you! The Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication is joining forces with The Meredith Corporation’s Phoenix television station, KPHO CBS 5, to offer a week-long fellowship program for top minority broadcast journalism students. The Meredith-Cronkite Fellowship Program allows a student to spend a week in January working at the news station with reporters, producers, editors, videographers and instructors from the Cronkite School. About 12 fellows are selected each year, and students from universities outside of the region receive a $2,000 stipend each while Cronkite students can receive a $500 stipend. The program will be Jan. 4-9, 2010. The deadline to apply is Oct. 12, 2009. For more information visit http://cronkite.asu.edu/experience/meredith.php.