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Society of Professional Journalists Foundation and Journalism Education Association
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An annual essay contest on a journalism and press-freedom topic announced each December. Entrants write a typed, double-spaced essay of 300 to 500 words responding to that year's prompt. Three national winners receive scholarship awards funded by the SPJ Foundation, announced the following May.
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