An estimated $400,000 in scholarships awarded,
almost half — $154,700 — since 2000!
From its founding in 1942, the Fort Worth Professional Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists has assisted young journalists in their pursuit of an education. In the beginning, the lively and irreverent Texas Gridiron Show skewered political high society while raising cash that would be converted to textbooks and tuition. Now two endowments generate funds for the chapter’s Texas Gridiron Scholarships and Lina Davis Scholarships, with additional revenue coming from the annual banquet and from ad sales in the eChaser, the monthly electronic newsletter of the Fort Worth chapters of SPJ, the Public Relations Society of America and the International Association of Business Communicators.
• Application
• Winners
• Affairs to remember: ’02, ’03, ’04, ’05, ’06, ’07, ’08, ’09
First Amendment Awards and Scholarship Dinner
April 17, 2009  •  Cacharel  •  Arlington, Texas
clockwise from top right ...
• Kennan Neuman
• Julieta Chiquillo
• Mayra Marquez and•Arlinda Arriaga
• Cathy Carr and Shela Burgess
• Blake Hurtik and Dalee Hurtik
• Marissa Hall
• Shaina Zucker and Irene Zucker
• Coorey Robinson
• Jonathan Resendez, Frances Matteck and Gary Collins, back row; Steve Knight, Patsy Knight and Jennifer Covington
photos by Knudsen’s Portfolio Studio
6th annual