IRE conference grants awarded
April 14, 2007

 

 

Arizona Press Club offers IRE conference grant for professional journalists

 

This year the Arizona Press Club is offering grants for Arizona journalists to attend the 2007 Investigative Reporters and Editors conference June 8-10, 2007 in Phoenix.

Qualified applicants will be professional print journalists working for a daily, non-daily or monthly newspaper with a total circulation of less than 75,000. (NOTE: If a smaller publication is distributed inside a large circulation publication, use the circulation of the larger publication to determine your circulation.)

 

Please submit:

-          a statement (limited to one page)  about the impact the IRE training will have on your career

-          a statement (limited to one page) from your supervisor (editor or publisher)  about why you should receive the grant.

 Applicants, please complete the following information and submit with your statements:

Name: 

Publication:
Title/position: 

Address:

Circulation:

Phone number:

Email:

 

Supervisor name and title:

Phone number:

Email:

 

Each $165 grant includes registration to the regular 2007 IRE conference June 8-10 at the Biltmore in Phoenix, Ariz. Press Club will register the grant recipients with IRE and pay their conference fee. Grant recipients have the option of paying for the optional CAR day (June 7) on their own.

 

Applications can be sent via e-mail to bulletin@azpressclub.org, via fax, to (602) 978-0287 or by mail to:

Arizona Press Club

PO Box 16427

Phoenix, AZ 85011-6427

Applications must be received by March 30, 2007. If you are mailing your application statements please allow enough time for the items to be received by March 30. The Press Club board of directors will inform all applicants of its decision by April 16.

 

Any questions about the grants, contact Rebecca Allen, (602) 789-1983.