Matthew Reinig to Receive Press Club of Metropolitan St. Louis and St. Louis Post-Dispatch David Lipman Scholarship

Press Club president, Dick Weiss (right) congratulates Matthew James Reinig
(left) for being selected by the Missouri School of Journalism to receive
the first Press Club of Metropolitan St. Louis and St. Louis Post-Dispatch
David Lipman scholarship.

Matthew James Reinig, a rising senior in the print and digital news sequence at the Missouri School of Journalism has been selected to receive the first Press Club of Metropolitan St. Louis and St. Louis Post-Dispatch  David Lipman scholarship, which was announced at the club’s June 26th forum.  

 The scholarship was established in 2008 after Lipman's death to honor the alum and long-time supporter of the Missouri School of Journalism. Lipman was an active member of the Press Club of Metropolitan Saint Louis. He was also a Missouri native, a past president of the Missouri Press Association and served as managing editor of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch for 14 years.

Instrumental in establishing this scholarship is the club’s immediate past-president Alice S. Handelman.  “David Lipman was a giant among giants in the field of journalism,” Handelman said.. “A graduate of Missouri School of Journalism, he received virtually every honor possible from the institution he so loved. David was always receptive to helping the school maintain greatness and met on a regular basis with Dean Mills, the school's dean. The Press Club and St. Louis Post-Dispatch are honored to recognize a rising star in the print and digital news sequence at the Missouri School of Journalism with the first David Lipman scholarship.”

The scholarship is to provide academic assistance for deserving students from the St. Louis area. Reinig, this year's recipient, is a copy-editor and reporter for the Columbia Missourian. He will have his bachelor's in journalism in summer 2010, and will also pursue a graduate degree in literary arts.

"It's an incredible honor to receive this award and to be a part of the memory of a man who accomplished so much in the field of journalism, gave continuously to the education of the profession, and was admired and cherished by so many," said Reinig.