MISSION
The Dow Jones News Fund’s mission is to promote careers in journalism in the digital age. Our
vision is robust news media staffed by well-trained, innovative journalists who reflect America’s
diversity and are dedicated to a free, strong and fair press.
PROGRAMS AT A GLANCE
College Internship Program
The Dow Jones News Fund trains undergraduate and graduate students to work as business
reporters, digital journalists, news and sports copy editors in paid internships at some of the
nation’s leading news organizations. Each year, one student is selected as the Trayes Scholar
for their outstanding work during their residency and internship, and awarded a $1,000 scholarship. Ryan Weber, a Temple residency intern placed at The Washington Post, was selected as
the Trayes Scholar.
High School Summer Journalism Workshops
The Fund provided grants to colleges and nonprofits for 22 Summer High School Journalism
Workshops, which trained more than 400 high school students. Eight students won $1,000
college scholarships based on their photography, stories and multimedia projects.
High School Teacher of the Year Awards
The National High School Journalism Teacher of the Year Awards program showcases innovation in scholastic journalism and celebrates those teachers who inspire students to go above
and beyond to accomplish the extraordinary. Chris Waugaman of Prince George (Va.) High
School was named the Teacher of the Year and eight other high school journalism advisers
were honored for their excellence in scholastic journalism. The nine award recipients and 16
essay contest winners received digital subscriptions to WSJ.com for one year for use in their
classrooms.
Multimedia Training for HBCU and HSI Educators
Fourteen faculty from Historically Black Colleges and Universities received advanced digital
journalism training at Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, in a program directed by
Dr. Pam Johnson. Zita Arocha led the program at the University of Texas at El Paso for 12
professors from Hispanic-Serving Institutions.
Adviser Update
The Dow Jones News Fund publishes a free quarterly newspaper distributed to more than
6,000 high school journalism educators, media professionals and college professors.