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SpeakEasy M.E.D.I.A. Foundation Scholarship

April 18th, 2009

U.S. and Caribbean nationals interested in pursuing studies in media, broadcasting or public speaking are being offered scholarship awards in the memory of Christian communications professional and former CNN news anchor Andria Hall.
The SpeakEasy M.E.D.I.A. Foundation opened the application process for two grants which will be awarded to a high school student from the United [...]

Fleeced: How Barack Obama, Media Mockery of Terrorist Threats, Liberals Who Want to Kill Talk Radio, the Do-Nothing Congress, Companies That Help Iran, and Washington Lobbyists for Foreign Governments Are Scamming Us … and What to Do About It

November 7th, 2008

Here are the facts:
The United States has released 425 terrorists from Guantánamo, at least 50 of whom have returned to the battlefield to fight our troops.
Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton both say they’re fiscally responsible. But each has called for $1 trillion in tax increases over the next next

Deadline for CNES media fellowship extended

March 29th, 2007

NEW DELHI: media professionals who wish to study issues related to the North-east can now apply for the Third CNES-Setu National Media Fellowship by April 15.
This follows the extension of the deadline for receipt of applications for the fellowship, instituted by the Centre for North East Studies and Policy Research.
The fellowship carries an award of [...]

Student loan agency raises Rendell’s ire

March 9th, 2007

HARRISBURG – The state’s student loan agency, already the focus of negative publicity for its travel expenses, has a new critic.
The governor.
“It has to have a total housecleaning,” Gov. Rendell said of the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency. “When the cost of college is more and more challenging to Pennsylvanians and their families, we can’t [...]

Media educational scholarship available for Zambian journalists

December 7th, 2006

Journalists in Zambia can apply for a “Francis Peter Kasoma Journalism and Mass Communication Scholarship” to further their education at a regional or overseas institution.
The scholarships, sponsored by the Professor Francis Peter Kasoma Memorial Media Foundation, are divided into two categories and have a rolling deadline. Applicants will be selected on a [...]

Betcher teddy bear to be raffled for media scholarship

November 2nd, 2006

To his readers, Bob Betcher was a teddy bear, figuratively at least.
Now, he’s one literally.
As part of a rummage sale Nov. 11 and 12 at the B&A Flea Market in Stuart to benefit the Bob Betcher Media Scholarship, the Stuart chapter of the Telephone Pioneers will raffle a teddy bear depicting Betcher as a [...]

California Chicano News Media Association Scholarship

August 21st, 2006

Open to Latino high school seniors and full-time undergraduates students who plan on pursuing careers in journalism. Your selection for this award will be based on commitment to journalism, community awareness, scholastic achievement and financial need. In order to apply, you must be a resident of California or attend an accredited school in California. You [...]

PennWell Acquires Dental Continuing Education Business

August 9th, 2006

PennWell Corporation, a diversified global media and information company, announced today that it has acquired the publishing and continuing education business of the Academy of Dental Therapeutics and Stomatology and Odontos World Media from the Company’s founder and president, Michael Florman, DDS. Financial terms of the sale were not disclosed.
Established in 1998 by Florman, an [...]

Popular scholarship

August 2nd, 2006

Theoretical language is needed for scholarly understanding of everyday life, write Amanda Wise and Selvaraj Velayutham
IN her opinion piece “Left out of debate by convoluted speaking”, published in The Australian on July 28, Emma Dawson expressed concern at the theoretical language (or gobbledygook, as she called it) employed in a call for papers for the [...]

CLE Leaders Law.com and LexisNexis Announce Alliance to Expand Online Continuing Legal Education

August 2nd, 2006

ALM’s Law.com® and LexisNexis, a leading provider of information and services solutions, today announced an alliance that will expand and enhance online continuing legal education options for attorneys.
Under the agreement, the Law.com CLE Center will become the exclusive source for LexisNexis Mealey’s(TM) online CLE courses, providing lawyers with a single Web destination that delivers a [...]