Recipients Announced for Business Journalism Scholarships

PHOENIX, Feb. 25 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Eight university students from
around the country who have shown promise in the field of business journalism
have each been awarded a $4,000 scholarship from the Donald W. Reynolds
National Center for Business Journalism.

After being nominated by a faculty member on the basis of achievements, each
student submitted an application packet to indicate proficiency in and an
aptitude for business journalism. This is the second year of the scholarships,
which are for the 2009-2010 academic year.

"With economic events underscoring the importance of quality coverage, we are
pleased to award these scholarships to students who will play a future role in
assuring that quality," said Andrew Leckey, President of the Reynolds Center,
located at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at
Arizona State University. "We applaud their focus on the forces affecting
families around the globe."

The scholarship recipients are:

Jose Bayona, Baruch College/CUNY
Karina Ioffee, CUNY Graduate School of Journalism
Laura Marcinek, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Steven Overly, University of Maryland
Priti Patnaik, New York University
Stephanie Riel, Arizona State University
Megan Thomas, Arizona State University
Ying Zhao, CUNY Graduate School of Journalism

ABOUT THE CENTER
The Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism is located at
Arizona State University's Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass
Communication in Phoenix. Programs include daylong business journalism
workshops, weeklong online seminars, one-hour self-guided tutorials and
business journalism coverage at BusinessJournalism.org. The Center also offers
internships and scholarships and runs the Barlett & Steele Awards for
Investigative Business Journalism.

The Center is funded by the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation, a national
philanthropic organization founded in 1954 by the late media entrepreneur for
whom it is named. Headquartered in Las Vegas, Nev., it is one of the largest
private foundations in the United States.

The Cronkite School at Arizona State, named in honor of the long-time CBS news
anchor, is a leading professional journalism school with nearly 1,700
undergraduate and master's students.

CONTACT: Andrew Leckey, president of the Donald W. Reynolds National Center
for Business Journalism, +1-602-496-9186, andrew.leckey@businessjournalism.org

SOURCE Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism

Andrew Leckey, president of the Donald W. Reynolds National Center for
Business Journalism, +1-602-496-9186, andrew.leckey@businessjournalism.org