NJPF New Jersey Press Foundation

About NJPF

New Jersey Press Foundation began in 1962 with a $100 scholarship awarded to a college journalism student. Over the years since, the foundation has expanded its mission to help develop the next generation of journalists and informed citizens, and to promote the importance of a free press to our democracy.

Current foundation programs and sponsorships include:

Newspaper Internship Program - Eight-week paid internships at New Jersey daily and weekly newspapers awarded to college journalism students
Mac Borg New Media Internship - Six-week paid summer internship awarded college students who are pursuing a career in journalism and want to expand beyond the traditional newspaper experience
Lloyd P. Burns New Media Internship - Six-week paid summer internship awarded college students who are pursuing a career in journalism and want to expand beyond the traditional newspaper experience
Isaac Roth Media/Business Internship - Six-week summer internship at a New Jersey newspaper or media company for a student interested in pursuing a media-related career focusing on business or circulation
Bernard Kilgore Memorial Scholarship - Awarded to a high school journalist bound for a collegiate journalism program. The recipient also is named the Garden State Scholastic Press Association's High School Journalist of the Year.
Richard Drukker Memorial Scholarship - Awarded to an outstanding student-journalist attending Montclair State University
Bob Stevens Memorial Scholarship - Awarded to an outstanding journalism student who has demonstrated dedication to their school newspaper or yearbook, but may not be majoring in journalism in college.
Garden State Scholastic Press Association - Sponsors the NJ High School Journalist of the Year program and the Bob Stevens Memorial Scholarship.
New Jersey Collegiate Press Association - Operates the annual New Jersey College Newspaper Contest and Spring Seminar & Awards Luncheon

Peggy Arbitell, Business Manager
609-359-7381
parbitell@njpa.org

New Jersey Press Foundation
2018 Trustees

President: Brett Ainsworth, The Retrospect
Vice President: Bill Murray, The Trentonian
Treasurer: Richard Vezza, The Star-Ledger
Acting Secretary: Tom Donovan, Asbury Park Press

Ronald Czajkowski, New Jersey Press Association past-director
Mark Blum, Catamaran Media
Stan Ellis, Burlington County Times
James Kilgore, The Princeton Packet
Ronald Morano, FirstEnergy Corporation/JCP&L
Paul Grzella, Courier News/Home News Tribune

Founded in 1962 as the charitable arm of the New Jersey Press Association.

NJPF is a charitable 501(c)(3) foundation for inspiring youth readership, advancing student journalism, providing scholarships and professional internships, and boosting the public�s understanding of the free press and its role in our democratic society.

New Jersey Press Foundation
P.O. Box 358
Titusville, NJ 08560
Phone 609-406-0600