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Michigan State University

Joe Falls/Detroit News Memorial Scholarship in Journalism

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Disciplines
Various benefits
Grant
United States
Location
17 Jan 2027
Application deadline

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Overview

Scholarship type

Merit based

Number of scholarships to award

Multiple

Grant

Varies

Scholarship coverage

  • tuition fee reduction

Description

After 58 years of covering the biggest and smallest names in athletics, the only name truly synonymous with Detroit sports was Joe Falls’ own. He started off as a copy boy at the Associated Press bureau in New York before transferring to Detroit in 1953, only to be hired in at The Detroit Times in 1956.

He moved to the Detroit Free Press in 1960, and started as a sports columnist at the Detroit News in 1978. In the spring of 2004 he was inducted into the Michigan Journalism Hall of Fame. This scholarship was set up to remember Falls and recipients must be undergraduates in the Journalism School who have reached at least junior status.

Benefits

The scholarship amount varies.

Eligibility

  • Junior status by the upcoming fall semester.
  • Preference is given to students interested in pursuing sports writing and/or column writing. 

Scholarship requirements

Disciplines

Journalism

Locations

United States

Nationality

Any

Study experience required

High school

Age

Unknown

Application

Application deadline

17 Jan 2027

School of Journalism scholarships are applied to a student’s university account to support a future semester of study. To apply, complete the College of Communication Arts & Sciences scholarship application. 

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