Chapter Scholarships

Each year at Founders Day, the chapter awards four scholarships to promising journalism students. More than $60,000 has been awarded to 68 journalism students since the program began.

One scholarship is designated for a student who is an SPJ member at Ohio State University. The OSU scholarship is named in memory of Jacob A. Meckstroth (1887-1985), a founding member of the chapter, a member of OSU’s first journalism class and the longtime editor of the Ohio State Journal.

Another scholarship is given annually to a student who is an SPJ member at Ohio University. That scholarship is named in memory of Norman H. Dohn (1920-1997), also a founding member of this chapter as well as a longtime Columbus journalist, professor of journalism at OU and SPJ board member.

Two other scholarships are available for any Ohio journalism student. These scholarships are named in memory of James W. Faulkner (1864-1923), the Statehouse correspondent for The Cincinnati Enquirer, the founder of the Ohio Legislative Correspondents Association and the dean of political writers during his lifetime.

Recipients
2008 – Garrett Downing, Ohio University (Dohn); Aubrey Herbst, Wittenberg University (Faulkner); and Zachary Timmons, Ohio State University (Meckstroth)

2007 – Erin Pompili, Ohio State University (Meckstroth); Lee K. Robbins, Ohio University (Dohn); Lisa Halverstadt, Bowling Green State University, and Matt Zapotosky, Ohio University (Faulkner)

2006 – Brittany Hughes, Ohio University (Dohn); Christopher Ankey, University of Toledo; and Amanda Kawalek, Ohio State (Faulkner)