Georgia Press Educational Foundation

The Georgia Press Educational Foundation Inc. was established in 1963 to provide educational opportunities and financial assistance to students studying journalism at colleges and universities across Georgia. Since it began granting scholarships in 1966 it has awarded more than $650,000 to students, and its Billy Watson Internship Program has placed paid summer interns at more than 150 Georgia newspapers.

The foundation is affiliated with the Georgia Press Association, founded in 1887, and is governed by its own Board of Trustees of Georgia newspaper publishers and journalism educators. Through Capitol Beat News Service it operates a nonprofit statehouse wire covering Georgia state government for the association's member newspapers.