TEMPLE'S MORGAN ZALOT HONORED WITH FLAMMINIO SCHOLARSHIP
The Pennsylvania Associated Press Managing Editors announced Friday, May 14, 2010, that Morgan Zalot of Temple University is the 2010 recipient of the Ralph Flamminio Memorial Scholarship award.
The award honoring the former editor of the Allentown Morning Call and Coatesville Record salutes an exemplary Pennsylvania college student who best displays the ideals of Ralph Flamminio, passionate about journalism and the first amendment, and a champion for a better informed citizenry.
Zalot, a junior from Philadelphia, will receive a $3,000 scholarship from the state APME. She was chosen from among 55 candidates for her portfolio of crime and enterprise work at The Temple News and internship work at the Philadelphia Daily News.
Zalot, daughter of Mary Hanson-Zalot and John Zalot, will receive the award May 14 at the annual APME state awards ceremony at the Harrisburg Hilton.
Zalot is currently the news editor for the Temple student newspaper. She is also working as a multi-media reporter for NEastPhilly.com and PhiladelphiaNeighborhoods.com.
Said George Miller, assistant professor of Journalim at Temple: “Ms. Zalot has been a leader among her peers at Temple News. She works with reporters to craft better stories, she deals with editors to make the paper better, and she helps create an atmosphere of professionalism. She clearly explains the importance of journalism, and the great deal of responsibilities that journalists carry.”