Undergraduates

Scholarships for Undergraduate Students

RTDNF scholarships are open to enrolled students (freshmen excluded) who are pursuing careers in radio, television and digital news. Winners also receive an expenses-paid trip to the RTDNA National Conference and a one-year membership in RTDNA.

Lou and Carole Prato Sports Reporting Scholarship

Lou Prato served as RTNDA treasurer for more than 20 years. When he ended his service to the RTNDA board in 2001 his friends established the Lou and Carole Prato Sports Reporting Scholarship to honor Lou and to assist an aspiring sports journalist.

Pete Wilson Scholarship

KGO-TV established a journalism scholarship in memory of long-time anchor Pete Wilson. The award provides a scholarship in Pete Wilson’s name to students from the Bay Area pursuing a journalism undergraduate or graduate degree.

George Foreman Tribute to Lyndon B. Johnson Scholarship

The George Foreman Tribute to Lyndon Baines Johnson scholarship is a $6,000 award given to a journalism student from the University of Texas at Austin. 

Ed Bradley Scholarship

Ed Bradley, the late 60 Minutes and CBS News Correspondent established a scholarship for a promising journalism student. Since 1994, the Ed Bradley Scholarship has helped young journalists prepare for careers in journalism.

Carole Simpson Scholarship

Carole Simpson established the Carole Simpson Scholarship to encourage and help minority students overcome hurdles along their career path. Carole Simpson Scholarship winners are working as reporters, producers and anchors in television and radio stations across the country.
 

RTDNA Student Chapter Guidelines

The board of directors may recognize as Student Chapters of the Association, groups of students of universities and colleges offering instruction in radio and television journalism, provided such groups adopt bylaws, which the board determines will promote the purposes of the Association and are consistent with the bylaws of the Association.

RTDNA Student Chapters

RTDNA has student chapters at colleges and universities throughout the United States. Currently there are 41 active student chapters.