This scholarship is awarded to an enrolled college student pursuing a career in the field of text/print journalism. Richard D. Hendrickson, Ph.D., was an SPJ/LA Board Member who had a 40-year career as an award-winning newspaper reporter and editor and an instructor at Cleveland’s John Carroll University, UCLA Extension and Cal State, Northridge.

Helen Johnson Memorial Scholarship — $1,500

This scholarship is awarded to a college student pursuing broadcast journalism. This award honors the late Helen Johnson, a producer of “Channel 4 News Conference” and an associate producer of “Meet the Press.”

This scholarship is awarded to high school seniors or college students who demonstrate a strong intent to pursue a career in journalism. The award honors the late Bill Farr, a reporter for the Los Angeles Times who sat in county jail for 46 days for refusing to tell a judge which lawyers had violated a gag order during the Charles Manson murder trial. 

Carl Greenberg Memorial Scholarship — $1,500

This scholarship is awarded to a college student pursuing investigative or political reporting. Carl Greenberg was a political reporter at the Los Angeles Times, famed for being singled out by Richard Nixon as the only reporter who covered him “fairly.”

Nonprofit Communications and Media Network’s Lisa A. Davidson Memorial Scholarship - $1,500

Ken Inouye Memorial Scholarship — $1,500

This scholarship is awarded to a student who is currently enrolled in college or has been accepted to college in Los Angeles County, Orange County or Ventura County and will be pursuing a career in journalism. This scholarship is supported by contributions to the Ruth Collander Endowment Fund.

This scholarship is awarded to a college journalist of color and is aimed at increasing ethnic diversity in newsrooms. Ken Inouye was a 22-year-old cameraman for the International News Service who was killed aboard an Army aircraft while covering the Korean War.