The 2025 RIPA scholarship winner is Eliza White, of Bristol, a senior at Mt. Hope High School who will be furthering her education at the University of Rhode Island as a journalism major in the Harrington School.

 

At URI, she hopes to pursue her interest in broadcast journalism, but she's also interested in writing for The Good 5 Cent Cigar, URI's student newspaper. In her time at Mt. Hope, she was honored to be selected for Rhode Island's Civic Leadership Liaison program, where she was able to learn about multiple layers of the civic process and political journalism.

 

White is the daughter of Melissa and Tim White.
 

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