Contest Rewards Students for News Stories Covering Missouri Policy

SAINT LOUIS — The Show-Me Institute, in conjunction with the Missouri Broadcasters Association and the Missouri Broadcast Educators Association, is launching a contest encouraging students to participate in Missouri’s political process by investigating policy areas of their choice and creating original stories. The purpose of this competition is to develop a more informed citizenry, while helping students learn how to research and communicate stories about today’s most interesting Missouri policy issues.

Between today and May 20, high school and college students throughout Missouri may submit original stories covering a Missouri policy issue of their choosing. Acceptable forms of media include audio or video clips lasting no more than five minutes, or written articles of up to 1,000 words. Cash prizes in the amount of $500 each will be awarded each month to one high school student and one college student. At the end of May, an additional $750 grand prize will be awarded to the best overall submission from the three previous months, for each of the two school categories, along with a $500 prize awarded to the teacher, professor, or instructor designated by these grand prize winners. Awards will be presented at the Missouri Broadcasters Association award ceremony on June 6. Any submission that is of exceptional quality will also be posted on the Show-Me Institute’s comprehensive policy tracking site, Policy Pulse.

Please help by informing students of this unique opportunity. Contest rules are available online for your convenience. For more information, or to submit an entry, please contact:

Show-Me Institute
Attn: Jason Hannasch, Vice President
7777 Bonhomme Avenue, Suite 2150
Saint Louis, MO 63105
(314) 726-5655
info@showmeinstitute.org

Missouri’s only free-market think tank, the Show-Me Institute is a publicly supported 501(c)(3) charitable organization, and a research and educational institute that is dedicated to improving the quality of life for all citizens of Missouri by promoting sensible solutions to state and local policy issues.

Contacts:

Show-Me Institute

• Jason Hannasch — (314) 726-5655 — jason.hannasch@showmeinstitute.org
• Breck Frerking — (573) 449-8298 — breck.frerking@showmeinstitute.org

Missouri Broadcasters Association

• Don Hicks — (573) 636-6692 — dhicks@mbaweb.org

Missouri Broadcast Educators Association

• Leslie A. Cross — (573) 681-5295 — crossl@lincolnu.edu

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