The Minnesota Journalism Center , the outreach arm of the University of Minnesota's School of Journalism and Mass Communication , and the U.S. Basketball Writers Association want you to write stories and compete for scholarships at the NCAA Final Four Weekend . Student writers will be invited to a sports journalism seminar presented by national sportswriters from newspapers, including USA Today, The New York Times and The Boston Globe. Applications and writing samples are due by Feb. 1. Students selected to attend the event will be notified March 1.
Students are responsible for their housing and transportation during the weekend.
The Minnesota Journalism Center was established in 1979 through a gift from the late John Cowles, Sr., chairman of the Minneapolis Star and Tribune Company, and his wife, the late Elizabeth Bates Cowles. The center's purpose is to improve the practice of journalism, promote interaction between media professionals and the academy and serve as the outreach arm of the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Minnesota.