📣 2025 Wyoma Best Scholarship for Future Journalists

The Rochester Association of Black Journalists (RABJ) is proud to offer the Wyoma Best Scholarship to a graduating high school senior majoring in journalism and accepted to an accredited college or university.

🗓 Deadline: May 2, 2025, by 11:59 PM

📧 Questions? Email jalen.rabj@gmail.com

📝 Application Requirements

PART I: Activities & Community Service 

List academic and extracurriculars related to journalism

Include documentation of community service (letter on official letterhead)

PART II: Video Statement (30 sec – 2 min)

Introduce yourself + personal background

Share why you want to go into journalism

Specify your desired journalism field (on-air, production, etc.)

State the college you plan to attend

Film vertically and upload to rabjonline.org

PART III: Essay (500 words – choose 1)

The Impact of Social Media on Journalism

Media Representation and Diversity

Ethical Dilemmas in Investigative Journalism

Be sure to have ALL documents and videos uploaded to rabjonline.org. If applying via a paper
application, print, fill out and mail application with written essay and ALL other supporting
materials to:

RABJ Wyoma Best Scholarship Committee
P.O. Box 30043,  Rochester, New York 14603