Mediagazer: Jessica Redfield Journalism Scholarship Fund reaches $20,000 goal in less than 24 hours (Dylan Stableford/Yahoo! News)

2:00 PM ET, July 25, 2012

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Dylan Stableford / Yahoo! News:

Jessica Redfield Journalism Scholarship Fund reaches $20,000 goal in less than 24 hours — A journalism scholarship fund set up by the family of Jessica Ghawi, one of the 12 people killed in the Aurora, Colo., theater shooting during a screening of “Dark Knight Rises,” has reached its goal of $20,000 …

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