Bess Whitehead Scott

Former TV journalist Yoojin Cho is the 2021 winner of the Bess Whitehead Scott Scribes Scholarship, which was awarded by the Headliners Foundation of Texas. She will use the $3,000 award to complete a Master of Arts and Mass Communication at Texas State University.

Cho has 10 years of experience in broadcast journalism and continues to be a passionate storyteller in the public information sector. She graduated cm laude from Boston University with bachelor’s degrees in broadcast journalism and international relations. Her first job was at the Martha’s Vineyard Times in Massachusetts.

Cho’s work as a television news reporter took her to WWLP News in Springfield, Mass., Spectrum News in Charlotte, N.C., and KXAN News in Austin. During this time, she covered national stories such as the Sandy Hook school shooting and the Austin serial bomber.

Cho says diversity in local newsrooms is important to her and a topic she wants to pursue in her studies. She explained: “I've been thinking more and more about how local newsrooms don't always reflect the population of their community. It's important to have women and people of color not only on the reporting staff but also in leadership positions that make day-to-day decisions on what stories get covered."

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BWS Scholarship — Headliners Foundation Since 1991, the Bess Whitehead Scott Scholarship Fund has awarded annual scholarships to aspiring journalists and writers. The scholarship program was named for one of the state’s pioneering women in journalism, Bess Whitehead Scott, who died in 1997 at age 107. She had a celebrated career in news...