IAPA extends deadline for journalists' scholarship application entries

MIAMI, Florida (January 7, 2016)-The Inter American Press Association (IAPA)
Scholarship Fund today announced the extension to January 31, 2016 of the
deadline for journalists of the Western Hemisphere to submit applications
for scholarships to carry out postgraduate studies in Latin America, North
America or the Caribbean.

The scholarships, worth $20,000 each, cover an academic year at a university
for journalists from Latin America or the Caribbean to study at accredited
schools of journalism in the United States or Canada, while those from North
America do so at Latin American or Caribbean universities.

Applicants should be journalists, be aged between 21 and 35, and be fluent
in the language of the country where they are going to study. To obtain
details of the requirements and to fill out the respective form go to Web
site <http://www.sipiapa.org> www.sipiapa.org and click on Scholarships and
then on Want a scholarship? Otherwise write to: IAPA Scholarship Fund, 1802
SW 3rd Avenue, Suite 800, Miami, Florida 33129. For e-mail:
<mailto:[email protected]> [email protected].

"We invite young journalists throughout the hemisphere to take advantage of
this opportunity for training in the profession by applying for the IAPA
scholarships, said the chair of the IAPA Scholarship Fund's Board of
Governors, María Catalina Saieh, director of Copesa, Chile.

Since the founding of the Scholarship Fund in 1954 the IAPA program has been
of benefit to more than 400 journalists of the Americas. Applicants to be
awarded the scholarships will be chosen during the IAPA Midyear Meeting to
be held April 2016 in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.