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Ken Miguel Northern California Chapter President KGO-TV

About NLGJA's Northern California Chapter

Northern California is the birthplace of NLGJA, the brainchild of former Oakland Tribune Executive Editor Leroy F. Aarons. Today, not only is the Northern California chapter the oldest, but it is also among the largest and most active.

The chapter boast members from dozens of newspapers, network owned and operated television stations, and dozens of radio stations. It serves as home to a number of journalists who write for national newspapers and magazines. It is also a hotbed of online media, with members who have helped pioneer online media and who continue to cover news for the digital age.

With members from the Oregon border in the North, Fresno in the South and Reno in the East, the Northern California chapter serves a range of market sizes from its hub in San Francisco. The diversity and size of the chapter offers members a unique opportunity to interact with journalists at different stages of their careers.

The chapter marked it's fifteenth anniversary in 2006.

2008 Bob Ross Student Scholarship

NLGJA's Northern California chapter is pleased to announce its 2008 Bob Ross Student Scholarship.

For the second year, the size of the scholarship has been increased to $2,500 thanks to the generosity of the Bob Ross Foundation. Additionally, the scope of the scholarship has been expanded to include students who are from Northern California but may be pursuing their education out of state.

Bob Ross, for whom the scholarship is named, founded San Francisco newspaper the Bay Area Reporter in 1971. The Bay Area Reporter is one of the oldest known LGBT papers in the nation. Ross, who was also a passionate advocate for both LGBT and AIDS rights, passed away in 2003.

All entries must be e-mailed or postmarked by June 27, 2008.

Winners will be informed no later than October 1, 2008 and honored at the chapter's Excellence in Journalism Awards in San Francisco in October 2008. In-person deliveries will not be accepted. For complete details, please download an application.

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