Valley Press Club Scholarships

Applications for Valley Press Club Scholarships must be submitted by April 1, each year, to the address at the bottom of this page, or electronically to scholarship@valleypressclub.com  High school students can obtain applications from their school guidance counselors, or download an application here.  

Every June, the Press Club awards five students, planning to study journalism in college, with $1000 scholarships, at the Annual Scholarship event.   Need more information?  or email us: info@valleypressclub.com 

Mr. Albert M. Jaffe, Vice President of Talent Recruitment for ESPN, the Valley Press Club's very first scholarship reciepient in 1964, attended the 2008 Annual Scholarship event.

The Valley Press Club is deeply grateful to WWLP Television and the Republican Newspapers for underwriting two of the five annual
Press Club scholarships.

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The 2008 scholarship winner are, from left to right:

MARGARET L. BOYLE, of Springfield, a graduate of Cathedral High School where she was news editor of the school newspaper, will receive a Valley Press Club Scholarship. A four-year honor student, she plans to enroll in the School of Communications at Boston University.

TERRENCE J.  SMITH, who ranked fourth in his graduating class at Holyoke High School, will receive The Republican Scholarship, funded by the newspaper and awarded to a student planning a career in print journalism. Smith will attend Holy Cross.

CHRISTINE C. RYAN, of Wilbraham, also a graduate of Minnechaug Regional High School, will enroll at the University of Massachusetts in Boston. She launched her own news show on the public access television station in Wilbraham and wants to be a news correspondent.

SEAN P. PELTIER, of Williamstown, a graduate of Mount Greylock Regional High School will receive the Channel 22 Scholarship, funded by WWLP-TV and administered by the club. It is awarded to a student planning a career in broadcast journalism. Peltier plans to attend Lyndon State College in Vermont.

    (Mr. Albert M. Jaffe, Vice President of Talent Recruitment for ESPN.)

DAVID S. COFFEY, a graduate of West Springfield High School where he was active on the school newspaper, will also receive a Valley Press Club Scholarship. Coffey, who is also an accomplished musician, will enroll in the journalism program at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst

MAIK. HEDAYAT-ZADEH, a graduate of Minnechaug Regional High School where she was editor in chief of the school newspaper, will receive a Valley Press Club Scholarship. She will be a journalism student at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst.

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Previous scholarship award recipients include:

coming soon...

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Quick Downloads:

Membership Application

Media Guide   - 2007-2008 order form.

Conference Brochure  - 2008 Getting Noticed in the 21st Century Communications Conference


                                                                                                                                                        Valley Press Club
                                                                                                                                                        P.O. Box 5475
                                                                                                                                                        Springfield, MA 01102
                                                                                                                                                        info@valleypressclub.com
                                                                                                                                                        (413) 335-8551 or 796-2261