Students awarded scholarships at SIPA convention

By Justin Brouckaert, scholastic media assistant
Photo by Andrea Betancourt, G. Holmes Braddock HS senior
Posted March 13, 2017

SIPA awarded scholarships to three outstanding scholastic journalists at the annual SIPA convention held March 3-5, 2017 in Columbia.

Ann Bailey of Summerville High School (Summerville, South Carolina) received the SIPA Endowment Regional Scholarship, awarded to a student who will attend an accredited college or university in the SIPA region to pursue a journalism/mass communications degree. Bailey, a producer for Summerville’s Wave TV and a writer for The Wave Breaker newspaper, hopes to double major in political science and broadcast journalism.

Joshua Conner of West Henderson High School (Hendersonville, North Carolina) received the Elizabeth B. Dickey SIPA Scholarship. The scholarship, named after SIPA’s former director of 33 years, is awarded by the University of South Carolina School of Journalism and Mass Communications to a student planning to attend USC for journalism. Conner, the editor-in-chief of West Henderson’s Wingspan newspaper, hopes to work for a top sports news outlet.

Andrea Betancourt of G. Holmes Braddock High School (Miami, Florida) received the Col. C.E. Savedge Yearbook Scholarship, awarded by the University of South Carolina School of Journalism and Mass Communications to a yearbook student who plans to attend USC. She was editor-in-chief of Braddock’s Entheos yearbook for three years.

Students can find the 2017 Program Awards, 2017 SIPA’s Best Writing and Best Visual Contest Awards, and the 2017 SIPA TOP Competition entries on the Scholastic Press website.

Ann Bailey (Summerville HS)

“Most of all, I dream of producing ethical work that combines investigation, humanity and objectivity for the benefit of humanity.”

Joshua Conner (West Henderson HS)

“If there is one thing journalism has taught me, it is that truth matters. We are living in a time when people cannot distinguish between good and bad journalism. I hope to use my platform as a journalism to provide citizens with the truth and information they need.”

Andrea Betancourt (G. Holmes Braddock HS)

“I plan on giving those who can’t find their own voice a shout into the universe. I will dedicate my life’s work to telling the story of those who aren’t known, aren’t recognized and are destined to be forgotten.”

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Students awarded scholarships at SIPA convention

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