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National Press Foundation offers Wharton scholarships

Each year, the National Press Foundation offers two all-expense-paid fellowships to two journalists based in the U.S. for the annual October “Wharton Seminars for Business Journalists,” at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.

The fellowship includes full tuition, housing, most meals and round-trip transportation.

The seminars offer participants an opportunity to expand their knowledge of business by attending courses conducted by leading Wharton faculty, hear guest lectures by business leaders, and compete in an intensive, computer-simulated strategic management exercise.

See Wharton Seminars for Business Journalists for more information about the seminars.

The 2015 Wharton Seminars for Business Journalists will be held Oct. 11-14.

The application deadline for NPF’s two fellowships is 5 p.m. EDT Friday, Aug. 31, 2015. The application includes: a letter saying why the applicant wants to participate; a letter of support from a supervisor; work sample; and brief bio. CLICK HERE to access the application.

If you have any questions on the fellowship or the application process, contact Jessica Jean-Francois at jessica@nationalpress.org or 202-663-7282.

Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.