The winner of the competition (grades 9-12) will receive a check for $2,500.00 from the McCarthey Family Foundation at its annual lecture Nov. 9, 2019 featuring presidential historian and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jon Meacham as lecturer.
CASH PRIZE ESSAY COMPETITION FOR STUDENTS GRADES 6-12 and students at COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES IN UTAH
Deadline for Entries: Friday September 27, 2019
In conjunction with the annual McCarthey Family Foundation Lecture Series: In Praise of Independent Journalism, students in grades 6-12 and at colleges and universities (undergraduate and graduate ) in Utah are invited to submit an original essay concerning freedom of the press. Categories are as follows:
University & college students: 1,000 word essay; cash prize of $4,000.00
Grades 9-12: 750 word essay: cash prize of $2,500.00
Grades 6- 8: 500 word essay; cash prize of $1,500.00
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS: DEADLINE - Friday September 27, 2019. Email a Word document, typed and double-spaced, to mkl@mklpr.com. All entries must include student’s name, phone number, email address and name and department of the university or college or name of the school and grade in which the student is currently enrolled. Essays may be submitted anytime prior to the September 27, 2019 deadline.
The winning essayist in each category will be introduced and receive his/her cash prize at the 14th Annual McCarthey Family Foundation Lecture: In Praise of Independent Journalism Saturday, November 9, 2019, 7:00 PM at Rowland Hall, Philip G. McCarthey Campus, 720 Guardsman Way in Salt Lake City. The Lecture is open to the public at no charge. The winning essays will be printed in the evening’s program. Pulitzer Prize-winning author and presidential historian Jon Meacham will be the guest lecturer.
CASH PRIZE ESSAY COMPETITION FOR STUDENTS GRADES 6-12 and students at COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES IN UTAH
Deadline for Entries: Friday September 27, 2019
In conjunction with the annual McCarthey Family Foundation Lecture Series: In Praise of Independent Journalism, students in grades 6-12 and at colleges and universities (undergraduate and graduate ) in Utah are invited to submit an original essay concerning freedom of the press. Categories are as follows:
University & college students: 1,000 word essay; cash prize of $4,000.00
Grades 9-12: 750 word essay: cash prize of $2,500.00
Grades 6- 8: 500 word essay; cash prize of $1,500.00
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS: DEADLINE - Friday September 27, 2019. Email a Word document, typed and double-spaced, to mkl@mklpr.com. All entries must include student’s name, phone number, email address and name and department of the university or college or name of the school and grade in which the student is currently enrolled. Essays may be submitted anytime prior to the September 27, 2019 deadline.
The winning essayist in each category will be introduced and receive his/her cash prize at the 14th Annual McCarthey Family Foundation Lecture: In Praise of Independent Journalism Saturday, November 9, 2019, 7:00 PM at Rowland Hall, Philip G. McCarthey Campus, 720 Guardsman Way in Salt Lake City. The Lecture is open to the public at no charge. The winning essays will be printed in the evening’s program. Pulitzer Prize-winning author and presidential historian Jon Meacham will be the guest lecturer.
ESSAY QUESTION: UTAH STUDENTS GRADES 9-12
“Power can be very addictive. And it can be corrosive. And it’s important for the media to call to account people who abuse their power.”
- George W. Bush
NBC Today February 2017
In an essay of no more than 750 words, (1) discuss this quote as it relates to the press in a democracy and (2) provide examples to support your position.
For more information: www.rowlandhall.org/mccartheylectureseries
or
Mary Kay Lazarus 801.328.8899 mkl@mklpr.com
Mary Kay Lazarus 801.328.8899 mkl@mklpr.com
YOU MAY ENTER THIS CONTEST FOR 50 POINTS EXTRA CREDIT. GIVE MR. BAIRD A COPY OF YOUR ESSAY ON OR BEFORE THE DUE DATE.
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