Nashville Stories
August 19, 2008
Chips Quinn Scholars capture essential Nashville stories Friday, Aug. 15, 2008. Stories include Centennial dog park, coffee culture, Nashville morning, western wear, gourmet paletas, Lower Broadway, Nashville’s Farmer’s Market and Vanderbilt’s band camp.
Refugees in Sioux Falls
July 2, 2008
The North Cleveland Apartments in Sioux Falls are home to many refugees like 64-year-old Sudanese refugee Adam Yahya who was a veterinarian and now works at the Morrell meat packing plant. Read the story.
Capsized!
June 10, 2008
Fast moving storms and 25-40 knot winds forced Hobie Cat sailors to abandon a day of racing on Lewis and Clark Lake in Yankton, S.D. June 5, 2008 during the North American Hobie 20 Championships. Several boats in the field of 33 capsized or de-masted due to severe wind gusts, forcing officials to cancel the day’s races. Sailing resumed again the next day, with final races held on Saturday, June 7 in calm winds. Oklahoma natives Phil and Bev Collins took first place in the race. Read more
The South Dakota Primary
June 3, 2008
Students of the American Indian Journalism Institute covered South Dakota’s last-in-the-nation presidential primary (along with Montana) Tuesday, June 3. Students posted updates, photos, audio and video from throughout southeast South Dakota as Democratic voters decided between Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. In Union County a proposed oil refinery on the ballot was approved but faces an uphill battle.Click here for AIJI election coverage.
Native Journal Multimedia
May 6, 2008
The three-day Native American Journalism Career Conference, held at Crazy Horse Memorial in South Dakota every April since 2000, is the largest Native student journalism program of its kind in the country.
About 250 people, including 154 Native high school and college students from 10 states gathered at Crazy Horse Memorial, April 22-24, 2008.
Read more and see the multimedia projects.
Chips Quinn Scholars Program Spring ‘08 Internship Orientation
April 3, 2008
Orientation for Chips Quinn Scholars, who pursue journalism careers after completing newsroom internships throughout the United States, is a magical experience for young journalists. Take a behind-the-scenes look at the Spring 2008 Chips Quinn Orientation held in January at the Newseum in Washington, D.C. The Freedom Forum administers both the Chips Quinn Scholars Program and the Newseum, which officially opened on April 11, 2008. Read more
