June 25, 2001

WKU Student Receives $10,000 Journalism Scholarship

Bowling Green, Ky. - Ryan Clark, a Western Kentucky University journalism major from Louisville, has received a $10,000 scholarship from the Scripps Howard Foundation.

Clark, who will be a senior and editor of the College Heights Herald this fall, was one of 10 college journalists selected for the foundation's Top Ten Scholarship. The $10,000 award is a one-time award covering a full academic year.

"The foundation's Top Ten Scholarship program was created to identify and reward the brightest college journalism students in the country," said Judith G. Clabes, foundation president and CEO. "This year's scholarship winners have outstanding academic and professional credentials and represent a very bright future for journalism in America."
Clark is a sports and news reporting intern this summer at The Baltimore Sun and has had summer internships at The Virginian-Pilot in Norfolk, Va., and The Cadiz Record in Trigg County, Ky.

The winners were selected based on academic achievement and a demonstrated interest in a career in journalism. They were required to submit a personal essay emphasizing their long-term goals. Other recipients attend American University, Arizona State, Florida A&M, Kansas, Maryland, North Carolina, Northwestern Ohio and San Jose State.

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