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March 16, 2010
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For Immediate Release : March 16, 2010
Media Contact : Bach Polakowski , 202-588-9888 or bach@nlgja.org
NLGJA Scholarship Award Winners Announced
NLGJA to Award Fifth Leroy F. Aarons Scholarship and First Annual Kay Longcope Scholarship at Annual New York Benefit
Washington, DC - The National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association (NLGJA) announced today that it will present two scholarship awards on Thursday, March 25, at Headlines & Headliners: NLGJA's 15th Annual New York Benefit, which will be hosted by "TODAY" Show co-anchors, Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb.
The scholarships – worth $5000 each – are awarded every year to deserving students who are dedicated to furthering The NLGJA's mission of fostering fair and accurate coverage of LGBT issues.
The Leroy F. Aarons Scholarship was established in 2006 through a gift by CNN. Named in memory of Leroy F. Aarons, founder of NLGJA and a founding member of the Robert C. Maynard Institute for Journalism Education, the Leroy F. Aarons Scholarship was established to support the education of a lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender student pursuing a journalism career.
The 2010 award recipient of the Leroy F. Aarons Scholarship is Mary Susman. A member of the University of Minnesota's incoming class, Susman plans to study journalism and sociology in the fall.
In its inaugural year, the Kay Longcope Scholarship Award seeks to further the role of diversity in the education of our next generation of newsroom leaders by providing tuition assistance to a lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender student of color who plans a career in journalism. Longcope was co-founder of The Texas Triangle , a statewide newsweekly focused on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender issues, and is generally regarded as the first out reporter at the Boston Globe . The pioneering Longcope started writing for the Globe in 1970 and was there for more than 20 years, including a tenure as the paper's religion editor.
The initial recipient of the Kay Longcope Scholarship Award is Carl Gaines, a graduate student in journalism at City University of New York.
The scholarship funds are administered through a partnership between the NLGJA and The Delaware Valley Legacy Fund, a donor-advised fund of the Philadelphia Foundation that works to advance philanthropy through endowment building, fundraising, community outreach and education within the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community.
Members of the NLGJA's selection committee were: Bill Cannaci, Home News Tribune ; Marshall McPeek, WCMH-TV4 (NBC); Doug Stewart, WTIC-TV (FOX 61); Steve Reed, formerly of the New York Times ; and Dane Claussen, Point Park University. The committee works in conjunction with the Delaware Valley Legacy Fund to identify the most qualified candidates to receive the scholarship awards each year.
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About the National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association
NLGJA is an organization of journalists, media professionals, educators and students working from within the news industry to foster fair and accurate coverage of LGBT issues. NLGJA opposes all forms of workplace bias and provides professional development to its members. For more information on the National lesbian and Gay Journalists Association, visit the NLGJA Web site at http://www.nlgja.org
About the Delaware Valley Legacy Fund
The Delaware Valley Legacy Fund strives to increase philanthropy and grantmaking to support the community needs of the gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) and straight-allied communities. DVLF advances philanthropy for the LGBT community through endowment building, fundraising, community outreach and education. For more information on the Delaware Valley Legacy Fund, visit their Web site at http://www.dvlf.org
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