Black Public Media Announces Jacquie Jones Memorial Scholarship Fund Deadline
August 13, 2018
Black Public Media (BPM), the nation’s only nonprofit dedicated solely to media content about the black experience, has announced an open call for applications for the Jacquie Jones Memorial Scholarship Fund. The $300,000 scholarship fund is named in honor of the Peabody Award-winning director and former executive director of BPM. Underwritten by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) and administered by BPM, the fund will support the work of content creators of color working with projects in the fields of non-fiction shorts, feature length programs, web series, 360-VR (Virtual Reality) or podcasts. Awards will range from $20,000 to $100,000. The deadline to apply is September 30, 2018.