l-r: Courtney Jones, public affairs director, Nielsen Company; Janel Harrison of West Charlotte High, Samone Weathers of E.E. Waddell High and Jameelia Cook of West Mecklenburg High (Photo: Courtesy of studio b public relations)

The Nielsen Co. on Tuesday awarded $2,500 college scholarships to three Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools seniors.

The students are:

Jameelia Cook of West Mecklenburg High, who wants a job at Microsoft or Toshiba; Samone Weathers of E.E. Waddell, who wants to be a journalist; and Janel Harrison of West Charlotte High, who loves computer technology and hopes to attend the UNC Charlotte.

In addition to the scholarship, each student also received a Netbook computer.

Nielsen, based in New York, tracks the nation’s television viewing habits through a network of monitoring boxes in selected homes. The company in recent months has been working to increase minority participation in its monitoring system.

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