[Journalists] Disability journalism prize offered; deadline 31 July

[Elizabeth Sammons]

Entries are now being accepted for the second annual Katherine Schneider
Journalism Award for Excellence in Reporting on Disability.



The Schneider Award is the first national journalism contest devoted
exclusively to disability coverage. It is administered by the National
Center on Disability and Journalism, headquartered at the Walter Cronkite
School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University,
under a grant from Katherine Schneider, a retired clinical psychologist who
also supports the Schneider Family Book Award.



The first-place winner is awarded $5,000 and receives an invitation to speak
at the Cronkite School. The second-place winner receives a $1,500 award, and
additional honorable mention awards of $500 may be given at the discretion
of the judges.



For more information on the contest, go to http://ncdj.org/contest/, where
you can also find the 2013 winning entries and an archive of other top
entries.



The entry deadline is July 31, 2014.




Katherine Schneider, Ph.D.
Senior Psychologist, Emerita
Counseling Service
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
schneiks at uwec.edu<mailto:schneiks at uwec.edu>
Author of Occupying Aging: Delights, Disabilities and Daily Life, To the
Left of Inspiration: Adventures in Living with Disabilities and a children's
book Your Treasure Hunt: Disabilities and Finding Your Gold
Blog:
http://kathiecomments.wordpress.com<http://kathiecomments.wordpress.com/>