By Jackee Coe

CQS alum Ryan Hiraki
Age: 29
School: University of Nevada
Hometown: Hilo, Hawaii
Chips Quinn Internships: Summer 2001 at The Newport (R.I.) Daily News; Spring 2002 at the Press & Sun-Bulletin, Binghamton, N.Y.
Current Job: Graduate student at George Washington University pursuing a master’s degree in public relations and politics

As the politics reporter for The News-Press [...]

Moving on:

Heather Charles (Summer 2001) is a photojournalist for the Chicago Tribune. Previously she held the same position at The Indianapolis Star.
Michelle Tan (Summer 2000), staff writer for the Army Times, is leaving the Washington, D.C., area to staff the Military Times bureau in San Antonio, Texas. Tan says, “My responsibilities at the [...]

By Anthony Williams
The most dangerous part of the 2,700-mile drive I made to my internship newspaper was the last 30 miles – underscoring those studies that show that most car accidents occur close to home.
That’s the biggest lesson I’ll take from my journey from Texas to my internship newspaper in La Grande, Ore., although [...]

Advice (due Aug. 10)
Organizing a Story (due Aug. 3)
Pitching ideas (due July 27)
Wishes (due July 20)
The Juggle Struggle (due July 13)
Ledes (due June 29)
Fleshing Out Story Ideas (due June 22)
Story Ideas
(due June 15)

Hey Scholars,
You get your choice this week: What’s your best single piece of internship-related advice for the next class of Chipsters?
Or — what’s one thing you would have done differently if you could start your internship again and why?
Thanks!
Colleen

By Anthony Williams

It might as well have been a scene out of Sweet Home Alabama or New in Town.

I’m at a charity soup supper, surrounded in a church by people who all seem to know each other and, for the most part, already know me.

I enjoy some Gypsy soup in a handcrafted bowl and, after [...]