How to apply for our first media scholarship

We’re really pleased to offer our first scholarship!

Web-based businesses constitute a growing and important branch of the NZ business ecosystem and one that offers terrific promise. The web is a promising area for journalism too and we want to give one journalist the opportunity to cover one of the best regarded web conferences in New Zealand: Webstock.

So we’re launching The Allaboutthestory.com Media Scholarship.

The Allaboutthestory.com Media Scholar will get to attend Webstock 2011, interview big names from overseas tech companies and fill their contact books with the good and the great of New Zealand’s own web glitterati.

Speakers at Webstock 2011 include co-founder of The Pirate Bay Peter Sunde, performance artist Amanda Palmer, Microsoft Research senior researcher danah boyd, co-founder of Tumblr and founder of Instapaper Marco Arment, data journalist David McCandless, cartoonist Scott McCloud, Ruby on Rails luminary (and allaboutthestory.com co-founder) Michael Koziarski and web designer Jason Santa Maria.

The Award

• Media registration for both days of the Webstock conference (February 14-18, 2011) which includes conference pass, free coffee, and much-admired conference bag and other schwag.
• A face to face interview set up for you with at least one Webstock speaker and the opportunity to mix and mingle with others.
• A ticket to the Onya Awards 2011.

How to Apply

Email Julie Starr - julie@allaboutthestory.com – by January 30, 2011 explaining:

• why you would like to attend Webstock 2011
• which speaker you most want to interview and why
• which publication you write for or intend to pitch any Webstock-related stories to
• how the scholarship would help you in your career
• why you’re the right person for the scholarship

Obligations

The scholar will be required to write at least three stories for publication in the lead-up to and during the conference. The stories must be written to national newspaper standard.

Eligibility

You must be available to attend Webstock in Wellington on Thursday February 17 and Friday February 18 2011.

You must be an active member of allaboutthestory.com with a completed profile and at least one publication-standard news story or feature posted for sale on the site as at January 30, 2011. Not a member yet? It’s free and quick to register today!

You must be able to cover the costs of travel, accommodation and incidental expenses related to attending the conference yourself.

Got a question?

Email Julie@allaboutthestory.com and she’ll help you out. Or follow #tams on Twitter.