Eight students receive Reynolds business journalism scholarships

Eight university students from around the country who have shown promise in the field of business journalism have each been awarded a $4,000 scholarship from the Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism.

After being nominated by a faculty member on the basis of achievements, each student submitted an application packet to indicate proficiency in and an aptitude for business journalism. This is the second year of the scholarships, which are for the 2009-2010 academic year.

“With economic events underscoring the importance of quality coverage, we are pleased to award these scholarships to students who will play a future role in assuring that quality,” said Andrew Leckey, president of the Reynolds Center, located at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University. “We applaud their focus on the forces affecting families around the globe.”

The scholarship recipients are:

• Jose Bayona, Baruch College/CUNY
• Karina Ioffee, CUNY Graduate School of Journalism
• Laura Marcinek, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• Steven Overly, University of Maryland
• Priti Patnaik, New York University
• Stephanie Riel, Arizona State University
• Megan Thomas, Arizona State University
• Ying Zhao, CUNY Graduate School of Journalism

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