DEADLINE for SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS:  Wednesday, December 1, 2010

From left to right: Roberts, Brookland, Henderson, Gross, Stein, Law, Kibenge, Finnegan, Stauffer, Ioffee, Matthews, and Freeman

The 2010 Overseas Press Club Foundation Scholars

Jennifer Brookland, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, Alexander Kendrick Scholarship

Leah Finnegan, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, Stan Swinton Scholarship

Francesca Freeman, Stanford University Graduate School of Journalism, Theo Wilson Scholarship

Jenny Gross, Northwestern University, David Schweisberg Scholarship

Artis Henderson, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, Irene Corbally Kuhn Scholarship

Karina Ioffee, City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism, H.L. Stevenson Scholarship

Owen Kibenge, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, Harper's Magazine Scholarship in memory of I.F. Stone

Denise Law, Ryerson University, S&P Award for Economic and Business Reporting

James Matthews, New York University Graduate School of Journalism, Emanuel R. Freedman Scholarship

Jeff Roberts, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, Reuters Scholarship

Caroline Stauffer, Columbia University SIPA, Flora Lewis Scholarship

Chris Stein, University of California - Santa Barbara, Roy Rowan Scholarship

Congratulations to the 2010 winners of the OPC Foundation Scholarships. About 200 applications from more than 65 different colleges were received in the most competitive year the Foundation has seen since its inception. The awards were presented at the annual Scholarship Luncheon on February 19, 2010.

The Overseas Press Club Foundation is the 501 (C)(3) charitable organization affiliated with the Overseas Press Club, which was founded in New York City in 1939 by a group of foreign correspondents to improve the profession of international journalism. The Foundation has a broad mandate to improve the media's understanding of international issues and to raise the quality of news-gathering efforts in covering the world. The most tangible expression of this charter is a scholarship program for undergraduate and graduate students in American colleges and universities, who aspire to become foreign correspondents. The program began in 1992 and every year offers $2,000 scholarships to 12 talented student winners of a national essay competition. In 2006, the OPC Foundation began partnering with media organizations to offer internships. The Foundation pays travel and living expenses for interns in foreign bureaus. Five of this year's winners will have internships with Associated Press (Mexico City and Johannesburg, South Africa), Reuters (Beijing and Istanbul), and the South China Morning Post.

The Foundation feels it is more important than ever to encourage young correspondents to travel and work abroad particularly at a time when many major news organizations have sharply reduced their networks of experienced correspondents around the world.