Little Neck Hofstra Student Receives RTDNA Scholarship

A Hofstra University student from Little Neck who previously won the prestigious Gracie Award has now received the Radio Television Digital News Association’s president’s scholarship.

Shannan Ferry, a Little Neck resident who is the station manager at Hofstra’s WRHU-FM, was named the RTDNA’s 2013 president’s scholarship winner.

Ferry had recently received the Gracie Award, which honors women in television, radio and media, in the student radio market category for her work on a segment titled “Female Genital Mutilation: A Victim Speaks Out.”

She was also one of three winners last spring in the Fox News Channel’s College Challenge for her work on a project focusing on the movement to ban horse carriages from New York City streets.

Ferry, who acted as an on-air reporter for the segment, was presented with a $10,000 scholarship, which was split with the contest’s other two winners, by Fox News.

Ferry said she was proud to have won the RTDNA’s scholarship.

“I’m so honored to receive the president’s scholarship from the Radio Television News Directors Foundation,” she said. “Not only will this prestigious award help me financially, but it will also encourage me to continue pursuing my professional career in media.”