Journalsim: Eric Breindel Award/Internship

ONE-OF-A-KIND $10,000 UNDERGRADUATE JOURNALISM AWARD
NOW ACCEPTING SUBMISSIONS

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WINNERS OF THE
“ERIC BREINDEL COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY JOURNALISM AWARD,”
RECEIVE CHOICE OF INTERNSHIP AT
FOX NEWS CHANNEL OR THE NEW YORK POST, AS WELL AS RESIDENCE ASSISTANCE

The Eric Breindel Memorial Foundation is pleased to announce that applications for the
“2007 Eric Breindel College and University Journalism Award,” the nationwide undergraduate competition whose winning prize is unmatched by any institution in the country, are now being accepted.

This is the second year that the Foundation has presented this prestigious journalism award specifically created for undergraduates. The winner will secure a cash prize of $10,000, as well as a paid internship of his or her choice at either Fox News Channel or the New York Post. In addition, residential housing in New York City will be provided for the winner for the duration of the internship position, if necessary.

The Eric Breindel Memorial Foundation will present the award to the undergraduate columnist, editorialist or reporter whose work best reflects the spirit of the writings by Eric Breindel: Love of country and its democratic institutions as well as the act of bearing witness to the evils of totalitarianism.

The award, created in memory of the New York Post editor and columnist, includes opinion journalism, news coverage and online articles. It is open to undergraduate writers and reporters of all political convictions and backgrounds, and submissions may include college newspapers, magazines or periodicals as well as college online articles published on accredited college institution Web sites. The award recognizes the editorial pursuit of freedom and American ideals.

The winner is chosen from hundreds of applicants received from across the country and is announced at a reception in New York City in June. Last year’s reception was hosted by Rupert Murdoch, Chairman & CEO, News Corporation, Lally Weymouth, Senior Editor of Newsweek, and Roger Ailes, Chairman of Fox News Channel and Fox Television Stations. New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg gave remarks at the reception.

Last year’s winner, Matt Mireles, is a native of California and a junior at Columbia University in New York. Mireles won with his extraordinary piece chronicling the return of a veteran who fought on the frontlines in Iraq titled, “From Combat to Columbia.” As the winner, Mireles chose an internship at Fox News Channel where he worked during the summer of 2006; he expects to graduate with a BA in Political Science in May 2008.

The undergraduate award is modeled after the Foundation’s professional competition “The Eric Breindel Award for Excellence in Journalism.” Past winners include: Mark Steyn, Internationally Syndicated columnist; Claudia Rosett, Journalist-in-Residence for The Foundation for the Defense of Democracies; Deputy Editor, Editorial Page of The Wall Street Journal, Daniel Paul Henninger; Editor-at-Large of The Atlantic Monthly, Michael Kelly (posthumously); Boston Globe columnist Jeff Jacoby; Managing Editor of the National Review, Jay Nordlinger; and Victor Davis Hanson, best-selling author and freelance writer

Those who wish to be considered should submit no more than two editorials, columns or news stories, per person, written in the 2006-2007 academic year. Articles specifically produced for and published by an established newspaper or magazine Web site will be accepted as will Internet exclusive material. All rules governing submissions appear on the attached page. A confidential panel of judges appointed by the Foundation will judge the entries. The winner will be announced in June 2007.

ABOUT ERIC BREINDEL

In 1977, Eric Breindel graduated magna cum laude from Harvard College, where he was editorial chairman of the Harvard Crimson and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. After receiving his A.B. from Harvard, Eric studied politics at the London School of Economics. He went to Harvard Law School where he received his J.D. in 1982.

Eric Breindel became the Editorial Page Editor of the New York Post in 1986. Breindel was appointed Senior Vice President of News Corporation in 1997. His nationally syndicated column appeared
weekly in the Post and he was the moderator of a weekly national
public affairs television program, Fox News Watch, on the Fox News Channel. A book of his columns, titled A Passion for Truth: The Selected Writings of Eric Breindel, was published in 1998.

The Breindel Foundation is a 501 (c) 3 tax-exempt entity based in New York City.

FOR AN APPLICATION OR QUESTIONS, PLEASE CONTACT GERMAINE FEBLES AT (212) 843-8031 OR GO ONLINE TO WWW.NYPOST.COM.
Eric Breindel College and University Journalism Award

Competition Criteria:

The Object: Work which best reflects the spirit that animated the writings of
Eric Breindel: Love of country and its democratic institutions as well as the act of bearing witness to the evils of totalitarianism.

Eligibility: Must be a student at an accredited institution in the United States at the time the pieces were written. Entries must have been published in the 2006-2007 academic year.

Award: One prize of $10,000, plus a paid internship at either Fox News Channel or The New York Post. Residential housing will be provided for the winner for
the duration of the internship position, if necessary. Winner will be decided by a panel of judges appointed by the Eric Breindel Memorial Foundation.

Deadline: Postmarked Friday, April 27, 2007.

Winner: Will be announced in June 2007.

Submissions: No more than 2 editorials, columns or news stories per person. Articles specifically produced for and published in a newspaper, magazine Web site will be accepted. Internet exclusive material (articles published online, but not in a corresponding print source of the same name) may be submitted if the Site is accredited by a college or university at the time of the submission's postmark. If a team was involved in the writings, only one name should appear on the entry form. There is only one category. There can be more than one participant from a publication. “Letters to the Editor” are not eligible.

Submission Requirements:
Two copies should be submitted. The original article with the name and date of the publication, or a photocopy of such. The second copy must be submitted on 8_ x 11 white paper, which can be taken directly from your computer or typewriter. Entries require an original or photocopy of article as it appeared.

E-mail entries will not be accepted.

Mail: Mail submissions with entry form to:
Eric Breindel Memorial Foundation
1211 Avenue of the Americas, 9th fl.
New York, NY 10036

Questions or
Application : Contact Germaine Febles, 212-843-8031 or
gfebles@Rubenstein.com or go online to
www.nypost.com.



ERIC BREINDEL COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY JOURNALISM AWARD

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