50 Aniversario de Fondo de Becas / 50th Anniversary of Scholarship Fund

Ex becados y autoridades de la institución, junto al presidente de la SIP, Alejandro Miró Quesada Cisneros, director de El Comercio de Lima, Perú, se reunirán este próximo viernes en la sede de la SIP en Miami, Edificio Jules Dubois, con el objetivo primordial de generar ideas sobre cómo encarar el programa de becas ante el desafío de un futuro cada vez más globalizado y competitivo, y entre otras prioridades, constituir una red de ex becados.

Todos los años, la SIP entrega entre tres y cinco becas, consistente en un valor de $13.000.- que estudiantes latinoamericanos utilizan para pagar sus estudios en Estados Unidos y periodistas estadounidenses que eligen universidades en América del Sur.

Durante la jornada del viernes, se realizarán tres paneles: “Cómo la beca mejoró y cambió mi vida”, con la participación de los ex becarios Horacio Villalobos, corresponsal en Paris de Diario Popular de Buenos Aires y de la agencia Noticias Argentinas; Juan Tamayo, The Miami Herald y Ruth Merino, El Nuevo Día, de Puerto Rico. “Aporte profesional de los becarios”, a cargo de Anna Cearley, The San Diego Union Tribune; Homero Hinojosa, analista y consultor de México y June Erlick, directora de ReVista de la Universidad de Harvard. Al concluir la jornada habrá un panel de discusión sobre el Fondo de Becas y el futuro, con Claude Erbsen, ex vicepresidente de Associated Press, Roberto Fabricio, ex director de la SIP y  Daniel Grech, de Marketplace Americas Desk.

Para mayor información sobre las becas de la SIP, visite www.sipiapa.org

IAPA Celebrates 50th Anniversary of Scholarship Fund in Miami

Miami (November 8, 2004) – With a series of panels and discussions on preparing journalists for the future, the Inter American Press Association (IAPA) on November 12 will celebrate the 50th Anniversary of its Scholarship Fund, an educational program that has benefited more than 400 journalists from throughout the Americas since its inception.

Former scholarship recipients and the institution’s officers, along with IAPA President Alejandro Miró Quesada Cisneros, publisher of El Comercio in Lima, Peru, will meet on Friday at the IAPA headquarters, Jules Dubois Building, with the primary aim of generating ideas on how the scholarship program should face the challenges of a more competitive and globalize future, and among other priorities is the creation of a network of former scholars.

Each year, the IAPA awards three to five scholarships, worth $13,000, that students from Latin America use to pay for studies in the United States and U.S. journalists to select universities in Latin America.

During Friday’s event, there will be three panels: “How the Scholarship Improved and Changed my Life,”  with the participation of former scholars Horacio Villalobos, Paris correspondent for Diario Popular of Buenos Aires and Noticias Argentinas news agency; Juan Tamayo, The Miami Herald; and Ruth Merino, El Nuevo Día, Puerto Rico; “Scholars Supporting the Profession,” led by Anna Cearly, The San Diego Union Tribune; Homero Hinojosa, Mexican analyst and consultant, and June Erlick, editor of ReVista, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, Harvard University.  After these sessions, there will be a panel discussion on the Scholarship Fund and the Future, with Roberto Fabricio, former IAPA director; Claude Erbsen, former vice president of the Associated Press; and David Grech, from Marketplace Americas Desk

For more information on IAPA scholarships, please visit www.sipiapa.org.

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