Scholarships
Endowment funds provide scholarship money to students selected by three universities:
- Meg Jones Scholarship, in honor of the late Milwaukee Sentinel and Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reporter, to University of Wisconsin-Madison journalism students from Wisconsin. CLICK HERE for more information.
- Don Walker Scholarship, in honor of the late Milwaukee Journal and Journal Sentinel reporter and editor, to Marquette University and UW-Milwaukee students. CLICK HERE for more information.
- Ray Kenney Scholarship, in honor of the late Milwaukee Journal and Milwaukee Sentinel reporter and business editor, to Marquette University students.
- Albert and Francie Silverman Scholarship, in honor of the late Mr. Silverman, a businessman and Milwaukee Press Club supporter, to UW-Milwaukee students.
- Whitney Gould Scholarship, in honor of the late Milwaukee Journal and Milwaukee Journal Sentinel editorial writer and architecture critic who also was an influential journalist at The Capital Times, to UW-Madison students.
- Eric Miller PantherVision Scholarship, in memory of the late photojournalist Eric J. Miller and his outstanding commitment to excellence in the use of visual technology for journalistic story telling. CLICK HERE for more information.
- Ed Hinshaw Memorial Scholarship Fund, in memory of the late broadcast journalist and former Press Club president Ed Hinshaw.
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Bob Wills Freedom of Information Fund, in honor of the late Bob Wills, who as a Milwaukee Sentinel editor, Journal Company executive vice president and first president of the Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council, was a crusader for government transparency, to the Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council.
Students should contact the journalism advisor at each university for application details.
Scholarship Recipients
Marquette University – Ray Kenney Scholarship
2020-2021 Andrew Amouzou
2019-2020 Jack H. Ryan
2017-2018 Sophie Bolich, Sean Bush, Jennifer L Fischer, Catherine Petralia
UW-Milwaukee – Al and Francie Silverman Scholarship
2020-2021 Margaret Tews
2019-2020 Matthew Cade
2019-2020 Kaitlyn Herzog
2017-2018 Hailey McLaughlin
UW-Madison – Whitney Gould Scholarship
2019-2020 Samuel Buisman
2018-2019 Lucas Johnson
2017-2018 Andrew Bahl
Grants
Funds donated to the Endowment support journalism-related programs and activities.
