Journalism student wins scholarship

Carlos Macias, co-editor of the 2008 issue of Dollars & Sense who previously won the prestigious Reynolds scholarship, has been named a winner of the annual scholarship awarded by the New York Financial Writers Association.

The following is the full list of winners, including Macias:

Beth Braverman, Columbia University

Andy Greenberg, New York University

Elizabeth Kowitt, Columbia University

Carlos Macias, Baruch College

Kelly Nolan, New York University

Avi Salzman, Columbia University

Yu Sun, New York University

Andrew Tangel, Columbia University

Jaclyn Trop, Columbia University

Christopher Twarowski, Columbia University

The awards will be presented at a dinner on June 10.

 

Earlier this year, Macias, who is double-majoring in business journalism and history, was one of eight students nationally to win a $4,000 scholarship from the Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism.

Macias, 32, came to Baruch in 2004 after studies at LaGuardia and Nassau community colleges. In the summer of 2007, he interned at Consumer Reports magazine and now works there part-time.

Since January, he has also been working for the Americas Society/Council of the Americas Web site as a contributing writer. In addition to his work with D&S, he has published articles at City Limits online and at the AS/COA Web site, as well as in The Ticker.