AwardeesWriters' League Awards 2007 Journalism
ScholarshipsThe Writers' League of Texas has awarded scholarships to two
journalists-in-training and to an established journalism educator. The awards
are issued annually by the League's Bess Whitehead Scott Scholarship Committee,
which was named for one of the state's pioneering women journalists. Scott, who
lived to be 107, wrote a book late in life about her ground-breaking career in
newspaper reporting, teaching and advertising. She died in 1997. The Bess
Whitehead Scott journalism scholarships were established to honor Scott, who worked
at The Houston Post and taught at Houston's Milby High School. She was
named to the Texas Women's Hall of Fame in 1994. Learn more about Bess
Whitehead Scott.
Scholarships of $1,000 each have been awarded
to the following:
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| Emily Messer of Texas State University-San
Marcos was tapped for the Bess Whitehead Scott Journalism Scholarship. The 22-year-old
is from Corpus Christi. For the past two years, Emily has worked for the University
Star, the student newspaper at Texas State. Currently, she is managing editor.
Messer is expected to graduate in May 2008 with a degree in mass communications-print
journalism. | Chelsea Schilling at the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor
is the recipient of a special Bess W. Scott scholarship awarded in memory of Sandra
Bybee, a past president of the Writers' League, who died in 2004. Chelsea, 26,
lives in Temple and plans to graduate in May 2008 with a degree in journalism/mass
communications. she works on The Bells, the campus newspaper in Belton,
and has a news reporting internship with WorldNetDaily.com, based in Washington,
D.C. Chelsea has also served as an intern in radio broadcasting. She and Bess
W. Scott have more than journalism in common--they both attended the same university. | Ruth
Massingill of Huntsville was selected for the Scott Scribes Scholarship for
Older Adults (40 and older). Ruth, 54, is a faculty member at Sam Houston State
University. She is a professional communicator who has taught journalism and worked
in the fields of marketing and public relations. She is a graduate of Southwestern
University in Georgetown and has a master's degree from the University of Wyoming.
She is studying to obtain a Ph.D. in social marketing from the University of Teesside
in Middlesbrough, England. Massingill has co-authored a new book, Prison City:
Life with the Death Penalty in Huntsville, Texas. | Reported
by Jorjanna Price |
