Hacks/Hackers and The Poynter Institute are offering one full scholarship (a $795 value!) to attend the institute’s three-day seminar in St. Petersburg, Florida: Programming for Journalists / Journalism for Programmers (More info at http://hckhc.kr/doUlhi). The seminar takes place from August 25-27, 2010. Faculty includes Hacks/Hackers co-founder Aron Pilhofer of The New York Times; Matt Waite, who designed the Pulitzer Prize-winning Politifact at the St. Petersburg Times; and other industry leaders. It’s designed to help hacks and hackers better understand each other ‘s thinking through hands-on training.

To be clear, the scholarship is just for the tuition. You are still responsible for travel to/from St. Pete. But it’s near Tampa, which generally has well priced flights (especially in August!)

To apply for the scholarship, we’re making this super easy. Please write a pitch of up to 500 words on what you’d like to do/report on/hack together based on what you’ll learn at the seminar. The deadline is July 24. We might have follow -up questions. We’ll notify everyone by the end of July.

If you have any other questions, please email scholarships@hackshackers.com.

Of course you can always directly apply too.