Are you a college student with a firm belief in the sanctity of life from conception to natural death? Are you studying to enter the field of media communications through majors such as Journalism, Graphic Design, Writing and Literature, Cinema Arts and Communication, Radio Broadcast, or similar majors? Then we are looking for you!

The Oregon Right to Life Education Foundation is now offering a media scholarship/internship for the college sophomore, junior, or senior, who is certain of their major and desires to impact the world of media in a positive way for the pro-life movement. The media scholarship consists of a $2,500 award and involves an internship with the ORTL Education Foundation in which you would have the opportunity to work in your chosen field of study.

Application deadline has been extended to November 1st.

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2009 Media Scholarship Winner - Audrey Engel

Audrey Engel, an English Literature major at Corban College in Salem, was the 2009 winner of the Oregon Right to Life Education Foundation's $2500 Media Scholarship/Internship.  Audrey plans to use her skills in writing and research, along with her experience as an intern at the state capitol, to educate and advocate for pro-life issues.

One of Audrey's internship projects was to research and write an article for the February/March 2010 issue of ORTL's newsletter, Life in Oregon, which focused on the ten most common abortion myths.  She also conducted interviews and wrote articles for future internet projects.  Although Audrey had a good basic knowledge of the issues before she applied for the scholarship, she said she was grateful to have the chance to get more in-depth information about them from the presentations she listened to and the research she did for her projects.  She reported that she felt like she really firm grasp on them which would serve her well in the future.

2008 Media Scholarship Winner - Sarah Klatt

Last fall, the Oregon Right to Life (ORTL) Education Foundation awarded its very first $2,500 Media Scholarship to Sarah Klatt, a senior cinema and media communications major with a theatre minor at George Fox University in Newberg, Oregon. To fulfill the internship portion of the scholarship, Klatt completed three media projects – an interview with a single teen mother, a short documentary on a woman who found healing in Christ after her experience with abortion, and an original dramatic story. She was also interviewed on The Woman to Woman Show, a local pro-life cable television program produced and hosted by LouAnn Edwards

Klatt learned about the Media Scholarship through a film professor at George Fox. "I was intrigued by the idea of showing pro-life beliefs through film," said Klatt, "and money toward school is always helpful! The pro-life mission is important to me because of my friends growing up. [My] youth group is full of very broken kids. I've been there as several of them had to make the hard decision on what they believe and whether to keep a baby or not. My best friend decided to keep her baby, and now she has a beautiful boy. His life inspires me to share how precious life is."