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NEW YORK — May 27, 2025 — FOX News Media, in partnership with the National Merit Scholarship Program, has selected Ella Farahnakian and Megan Terralavoro as the recipients of its sixth annual Dr. Charles Krauthammer Memorial Scholarship, announced FOX News Media CEO Suzanne Scott. Farahnakian is the daughter of FOX News Digital’s Vice President of Digital News Beth Saunders, and Terralavoro is the daughter of senior video editor Scott Terralavoro. Dr. Krauthammer was a signature part of Special Report’s panel throughout his years with the network. In his honor, the winners will be featured on the program with Bret Baier tonight (6-7 PM/ET). Dr. Charles Krauthammer’s son, Daniel Krauthammer will be on set to discuss the award.

In making the announcement, Scott said, “We are honored to name Ella and Megan as the 2025 recipients of the sixth annual Dr. Krauthammer Memorial Scholarship. Their dedication and drive for excellence epitomize what Dr. Krauthammer stood for and we are proud to honor his legacy through this scholarship.”

Ella Farahnakian is a senior at Groton School in Groton, MA where she serves as co-editor-in-chief at her school’s newspaper. Additionally, she is co-head of the Groton Current Events Club, Groton Feminists Club and co-editor of Groton Law Review. She is also a co-captain on the varsity tennis team. Throughout her academic tenure, Farahnakian has earned the Gold Key Scholastic Writing Award, Jefferson Book Prize, AP Scholar with Distinction and Fels Science Prize. She plans to major in Political Science and History while earning a degree toward a career in law and public service.

Megan Terralavoro is a senior at John Jay High School in Hopewell Junction, NY where she serves as the captain of the varsity basketball team. She is the club treasurer of the National Honor Society and a member of the Spanish Honor Society and History Honor Society. In addition, Terralavoro is the founder of the varsity girls flag football team where she was named captain for their inaugural season. She received the John Jay Student of the Month award as well as the New York Extreme Hoops Coach’s Award. In college, she plans to major in accounting at Fairfield University, which she also intends to pursue a career in post-graduation.

FOX News Media established the Dr. Charles Krauthammer Memorial Scholarship in 2018 to award eligible children of network employees. The winners receive a stipend per college year for a maximum of four years. The program is entirely conducted through the National Merit Scholarship Program by the independent, non-profit National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC), including deciding winners and the administration of their awards.

Eligible students must be U.S. high school juniors planning to begin college in the fall of 2025, who have taken the PSAT/NMSQT test and met several academic and additional requirements put in place by the NMSC. Award recipients were selected on a competitive basis without regard to family financial circumstances, gender, race, ethnic origin, or religious preference. After winners are chosen, the NMSC distributes the scholarship directly to the accredited U.S. college/university following the assurance that the student continues their good standings. The scholarship then belongs to the student and will not be affected should their parent leave the company once awarded. 

Dr. Krauthammer served as a contributor to FOX News Media from 2002 until his passing in 2018. Acclaimed for his political commentary and analysis across FOX News Channel’s signature programming, he made frequent appearances on Special Report with Bret Baier and FOX News Sunday. As a Pulitzer prize-winning syndicated journalist and physician, he joined The Washington Post in 1984 where he continued to write a weekly syndicated column until his death and served as a contributing editor to The Weekly Standard. In the beginning of his journalism career, he worked at The New Republic. Additionally, he served as a speechwriter to Vice President Walter Mondale in 1980 and was a chief resident in psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital.

As a recipient of numerous awards, Dr. Krauthammer earned the 1987 Pulitzer Prize for commentary, the 2013 William F. Buckley Award for Media Excellence, the 1984 National Magazine Award for Essays and Criticisms, and the first annual Bradley Prize.  He also authored the best-selling book, “Things That Matter: Three Decades of Passions, Pastimes and Politics” as well as “Democratic Realism: An American Foreign Policy for a Unipolar World.” Krauthammer graduated from McGill University with a B.A. in political science and economics and went on to become a Commonwealth Scholar at Balliol College in Oxford and earned his M.D. from Harvard Medical School.

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