2025 Mississippi Association of Broadcasters Scholarship Application

2025 Mississippi Association of Broadcasters Scholarship Application
2025 Scholarship Application

The Mississippi Association of Broadcasters offers $1500 scholarships to assist students enrolled in media related educational programs at public or private colleges/universities. Students who meet eligibility requirements are encouraged to apply for these scholarships. The deadline for application is 4:00 p.m. on October 17, 2025. All applications must be received by the MAB office by this date and time.

Eligibility requirements:

Students must provide a completed application form prior to the application deadline and a current copy of the official transcript of college/university grades.

Students must be enrolled and attending class full-time.

Students must be a junior or senior.

Students must maintain a minimum GPA of 2.8 and will need to submit two letters of recommendation from a college professor, broadcaster and/or other business professional.

Scholarship recipients will be announced at the 2025 MAB Student Conference on November 19, 2025.
Applicant Information
Name

First NameLast Name
Email
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Address

Street Address

Street Address Line 2

CityState / Province

Postal / Zip Code
Phone Number
Please enter a valid phone number.
How did you find out about this scholarship program?
Overall GPA
Number of College Credits Earned
Number of Journalism/Broadcast Credits Earned
Journalism/Broadcast GPA
Grade level during the current academic year
Expected date of graduation
Major/degree working toward
Your School
School you are currently attending
Name of department, advisor or counselor
Social Media

We ask that you include links to your social media accounts below, if not applicable, please put N/A
Facebook
LinkedIn
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Instagram
Other
Digital Portfolio

If applicable, a digital portfolio is not required
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Activities

This includes internships/jobs in the broadcasting industry (local/regional/national), involvement in college student media, membership or leadership roles in student journalism organizations and attending student broadcasting workshops.
What work, if any, have you done while attending school?
List broadcast related internships and/or employment
List your academic honors and other accomplishments
List school/community activities, clubs and offices held
Your Career

Responses should demonstrate clear and concise writing, reasoning, and critical thinking skills and correct spelling and grammar.
What do you hope will be your first job out of college?
What is your dream job?

Essay

Please answer the questions below in an essay response format. Your response should demonstrate strong written communication skills and be no more than 1,500 words.
- What do you see as the single greatest challenge or opportunity facing the media industry? What would do you to address it?
- In your future career of broadcasting, how do you plan on giving back to your community?
- You’ve been asked to go back to your old high school and speak to students who might interested in broadcasting. How would you educate them?
Essay

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Resume

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Recommendation Letter 1

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Recommendation Letter 2

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*** If you have trouble uploading documents, emails the attachments to amanda@msbroadcasters.org

To be eligible, you MUST submit a resume, essay and 2 recommendation letters.
I certify the information on this application and attachments is true and correct to be best of my knowledge.
Type yes or no
I certify if I am selected, I will fulfill the requirements including filming and production of commercial spots for next year's scholarship.
Type yes or no
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2025 Mississippi Association of Broadcasters Scholarship Application

Applicant Information

Your School

Social Media

Activities

Your Career

Essay