National Press Club awards Tanya Velázquez with the 2023 Wes Vernon Broadcast Scholarship

The National Press Club, the world's leading professional organization for journalists, has chosen Tanya Velázquez of Fort Worth, Texas, as the recipient of its 2023 Wes Vernon Broadcast Scholarship. The award, which promotes diversity within the field, is given to an aspiring broadcast journalist and totals as much as $20,000 over four years.

Velázquez impressed the scholarship judges with a great blend of professionalism and promise. Throughout her academic career, Velázquez has shown a dedication to broadcast journalism by producing stories in video, audio, photo, and digital formats in addition to interning with organizations including KUT Public Media, CBS Austin / Telemundo Austin, and the National Association of Hispanic Journalists.

Velázquez is pursuing bachelor’s degrees in journalism and Latin American studies at the University of Texas at Austin while working to obtain certificates in business, Spanish, and human rights and social justice.

“To be an effective reporter, I must be able to contextualize the history of the countries I want to report on,” she said. “All my majors and certifications will work together to provide me with the knowledge and skills necessary to achieve my ideal career: a bilingual TV news reporter.”

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