APPLICATION PAST RECIPIENTS
The Jack Shelley Scholarship is presented by the Northwest Broadcast News Association to recognize outstanding promise in the field of broadcasting.
The award is named for Jack Shelley, who served for many years as anchor and News Director at WHO/Des Moines and later served as Professor Emeritus at Iowa State University. He was a founder of the Northwest Broadcast News Association and of the National Association of Radio News Directors (now the Radio Television Digital News Associtation) and served as its third president. He was the first president of the Associated Press Broadcasters and was for two decades the executive secretary of the Iowa Broadcast News Association. That organization’s career achievement award is named for Jack. And when the Radio-Television Journalism Division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication established its Distinguished Journalism Educator award, Jack was the first recipient.
He was a regular attendee of NBNA’s conventions and personally handed out the scholarship award in his name to the winners until just a few years before his death in 2010 at the age of 98.
The Northwest Broadcast News Association awards one $1,250 scholarship each year to be used for broadcast education. Applicants must be full-time college or university undergraduate students with an anticipated graduation date of the August following the date of the award or later. The scholarship is awarded based on the following three criteria:
- Dedication to broadcast journalism as a career
- Academic achievement
- Experience in the field of broadcast journalism (including internships, part-time or full-time jobs and volunteer work)
To apply, fill out this application form and mail it to the address shown before the deadline. The winner will be contacted and invited to attend the Midwest Journalism Conference where the scholarship will be awarded.
Shelley Scholarship Recipients
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2011 Felicia Carner Loras College, Dubuque
2010 Kealey Bultena Braa USD, Vermillion 2009 Shane Delaney U of St. Thomas, St. Paul 2008 Kevin Keen U of Minnesota, Minneapolis 2007 Jacob Buckingham U of Nebraska, Omaha 2006 Chris Welch University of Nebraska, Lincoln 2005 Brenna Lynch Wartburg College, Waverly |
2004 Tina Damagala University of Mary, Bismarck
2003 Adam Ghassemi Drake U, Des Moines 2002 Meagan Clarke 2001 Katie Juhl University of Nebraska, Lincoln 2000 Travis Graven Wartburg College, Waverly 1999 Tiffany Webber Iowa State University, Ames 1998 Zoua Vang U of Minnesotat, Minneapolis 1997 Melissa Mrachek U of Wisconsin, Eau Claire 1996 Sara J. Kagay Drake University, Des Moines 1995 Jennifer Diedrich UND, Grand Forks |
1994 Leah Moore University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
1993 Gina Katzmark University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire 1992 Jodene Weber University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire 1991 Todd Schumacher U of Wisconsin, Eau Claire 1990 Bernadette Rice Creighton University, Omaha 1989 Kelly Nutt Iowa State University, Ames 1988 Robin Maher University of Iowa, Iowa City 1987 Kent Peterson University of Iowa, Iowa City 1986 Margaret Morris Johnson UND, Grand Forks 1984 Jeffrey Stein University of Iowa, Iowa City |
