CAPE MAY – Sarah Doherty, a Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) student member from Rutgers University, will be the first recipient of the organization’s Fran Burns Scholarship Fund.
Doherty, of Cape May, has worked for the past three summers as a lifeguard on the Cape May Beach Patrol.
She attended Cape May Tech High School where she studied Communication Arts Technology for three year, according to a release.
She will receive $500 from the New Jersey chapter to help her attend Excellence in Journalism, SPJ’s national conference in Baltimore, Md. Sept. 27-29.
The scholarship is named after Fran Burns, a former SPJ New Jersey president and member of the chapter who died in September 2017.
Burns was a loyal member of SPJ who made a point of attending conferences when she could. The board felt the scholarship was a fitting way to honor her memory.
“I have always known that I wanted to be a news anchor, which is why I decided to major in Journalism and Media Studies at Rutgers University New Brunswick,” she wrote.
“Furthermore, since I transferred into Rutgers in spring 2018, I have been trying to get involved as much as I can,” she added.
“For the 2018-2019 school year, which will be my sophomore year, I have an internship with RU Give Where You Live, a position on the Rutgers Big Ten Network, and the position of Secretary for the Society of Professional Journalists. I also plan on being involved with WRSU and possibly the Daily Targum (the university’s student newspaper).”
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