Graduate Studies

Graduate Assistantships

For more information, contact Dr. Debbie Treise, Associate Dean for Graduate Studies, 2012 Weimer Hall.

Endowed Assistantships

Albritton Assistantship
Teaching or research assistantship. Hours vary
Eligibility: for graduate students pursuing a career in television and electronic media
Value: varies
Emily Howard Bateman Assistantship
Teaching or research assistantship. Hours vary
Eligibility: open to all graduate students studying journalism who are native-born Floridians and whose record shows superior academic achievement (minimum 3.5 GPA)
Value: varies
Joseph L. and Marion B. Brechner Assistantship
Research assistantship
Eligibility: for graduate students specializing in media law for the purpose of providing information to the electronic media
Value: varies
Joseph L. Brechner Eminent Scholar Assistantship
Research and teaching assistant for the eminent scholar
Eligibility: preference to doctoral and master’s students with legal research expertise and strong background in media law
Value: varies
Marion B. Brechner Citizen Access Project Assistantship
Research initiative to analyze public records and open meetings laws of the 50 states
Eligibility: preference to doctoral and master’s students with legal research expertise or specialized Web design skills
Value: varies
St. Petersburg Times/James P. Kerlin Assistantship
For graduate students interested in media law to edit The Brechner Report
Eligibility: preference to doctoral students who have journalism experience
Value: varies
Joseph L. Brechner Assistantship
For students interested in journalism and media law
Eligibility: preference to doctoral students who have strong background in legal research and journalism experience
Value: varies
Herbert S. Dolgoff Graduate Radio Assistantship
Eligibility: for graduate students conducting research in the area of radio news programming or management
Value: varies
James Lawrence Fly Assistantship
Eligibility: for students specializing in telecommunication
Value: varies
John Mason Gardner Assistantship
Eligibility: priority given to U.S. citizens; financial need required
Value: varies
Bill Hamilton Memorial Assistantship
Eligibility: for graduate students engaged in political survey research
Value:  varies
Nathaniel W. Pickard Assistantship
Eligibility: for graduate students planning to pursue a career in political communication
Value: varies
Claudia Ross Memorial Assistantship for Investigative Reporting
Eligibility: for students who show interest in and demonstrate promise for investigative reporting
Value: varies
Florence W. Ruebush Endowment
Eligibility: for graduate students in the College
Value: varies
Lloyd Merritt Smigel Assistantship
Eligibility: for graduate students who exemplify caring leadership with unlimited business potential
Value: varies
Wickstrom Family Fund for Excellence in Investigative Reporting Assistantship
Eligibility: for graduate students studying investigative reporting
Value: varies
WRVJ NBC6 Assistantship Fund in Memory of Rob Pierce  Assistantship
Eligibility: for students who plan to pursue careers in television/electronic news videography
Value: varies

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