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Scholarships for NJ Newspaper Carriers
About the Isaac Roth Newspaper Carrier ScholarshipsScholarships valued at $2,000 each are awarded each year to New Jersey youth and adult newspaper carriers and the children of adult carriers who enter the annual competition. The next application deadline is April 30, 2008. The competition is announced through the circulation directors at New Jersey Press Association member newspapers. The newspaper's Circulation Director or a District Manager must complete a Route Performance Questionnaire for every carrier or child of a carrier the newspaper nominates. The entry forms for the next competition will be mailed to NJPA-member newspapers in March and April 2008. Also, application forms may be printed out from this Web site and mailed to the foundation along with supporting materials. Newspapers are invited to send the foundation Route Performance Questionnaires to nominate as many scholarship candidates as they wish. Only those applications that include a Route Performance Questionnaire will be considered complete. The scholarships are awarded from a trust fund established in 1926 by the estate of Isaac Roth, who was a newspaper carrier for the Newark Daily News (no longer in print). The trust fund was transferred to the New Jersey Press Foundation in 1983. NJNF Awards Two Students Isaac Roth Newspaper Carrier Scholarships in 2007Nicole Hartman of Kenilworth and Melanie Richards of Jackson were selected to receive college scholarships awarded by the New Jersey Press Foundation's 2007 Isaac Roth Newspaper Carrier Scholarship Program. Hartman is daughter of Star-Ledger carrier Cheryl Hartmann. Richards is daughter of Jodi Richards, a carrier for The Examiner, published by Greater Media Newspapers, Freehold. Each student will receive a $2,000 scholarship from NJNF. In addition to the two scholarship recipients, the foundation presented "Honor Student" certificates to two applicants who placed high in the 2007 competition. The honored students are: Kyle Fierrravanti of Pompton Plains (nominated by Suburban Trends, Kinnelon) and Brian Cook of Galloway Township (nominated by The Press of Atlantic City) Judge for the competition was Frank Mastromarino, retired circulation director living in Fayetteville, N.C. The scholarships are awarded from a trust fund established in 1926 by the estate of Isaac Roth, who was a newspaper carrier for the Newark Daily News (no longer in print). The trust fund was transferred to the New Jersey Press Foundation in 1983. Recent Winners of the Isaac Roth Newspaper Carrier Scholarships
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