2000 Headlines:
• Olympic Summer Games Held in Sydney, Australia (September 15 - October 1, 2000)
• U.S. Navy Warship USS Cole Attacked in Yemen; 17 Sailors Killed in Terrorist Bombing (October 12, 2000)
• First Crew Reaches International Space Station (November 2, 2000)
• Bush Wins Presidency as U.S. Supreme Court Ends Gore Recount Bid in Florida [...]

2007 Headlines:
• Guards at Hussein Execution Arrested for Unauthorized Footage; Government Orders Inquiry (January 3-4, 2007)
• Democratic-Controlled U.S. Congress Convenes; Pelosi Elected First Woman Speaker of the House (January 4, 2007)
• U.S. Launches Strikes Against Al Qaeda Targets in Somalia (January 7-8, 2007)
• Bush Sets New Iraq Strategy; Calls for Sending 20,000 More U.S. [...]

2001 Headlines:
• Hijacked Jets Destroy World Trade Center, Hit Pentagon; Thousands Missing, Presumed Dead; U.S. Congress Approves Military Action in Retaliation for ‘Acts of War’ (September 11, 2001)
Reflections:
The events of Sept. 11, 2001, created concerns for one Scholar as he embarked on his CQS internship that fall.

1. Daniella Aird, Florida International University, The [...]

2010 Headlines:
• Attempted Car Bombing Fails in New York City’s Times Square; Suspect Arrested While Fleeing U.S. (May 1, 2010)
• IMF, Eurozone Agree to $146 Billion Greek Rescue Plan; Greece Promises Austerity to Slash Deficit (May 2, 2010)
• Obama Nominates Solicitor General Kagan to Supreme Court; Nominee Would Be U.S.’s Fourth Female Justice (May [...]

by Carlos Silva Jr.
I was tired, hungry and physically beat after a 24-hour drive from El Paso, Texas, to Tallahassee, Fla.
I arrived a day before my first-day introduction at the Tallahassee Democrat, as a Chips Quinn Scholar, feeling mentally and physically drained.
Besides being sleep-deprived, I was scared to death about starting my first sports [...]

by Tiffany Williams
In 2010, I’d just graduated with a bachelor’s degree in English and was headed to graduate school in the fall. Although I would soon start my journey toward a master’s degree in journalism, I was questioning whether it was the right field for me. Would I be good enough? Should I concentrate on [...]

by Augusta Liddic
I left Springfield, Mo., on May 22, 2011, to return to Texas after completing my internship at the Springfield News-Leader. The weather seemed odd as I drove through Joplin.

I learned the next day that an EF-5 tornado struck the city only hours after I had passed through. That same day, I received a [...]

by Carlos Andres Lopez
Since starting work at The Santa Fe New Mexican in January, I’ve learned many things about myself as a journalist: what I’m capable of, where I need to improve and who I want to be.
Working on a copy desk, I learned rather quickly, is not a pleasure ride, and it’s far from [...]

by Shanida Smith Carter
Oddly enough, my most memorable moment as a Chips Quinn Scholar involves getting in trouble with CQS program Co-founder John Quinn.
I was chatting with a fellow Chipster during an orientation workshop in 1999 when he pulled me aside. I didn’t think he knew me by name, but he said, “Shanida, you’d [...]

by My Nguyen
After graduating from college with a degree in journalism and not knowing whether I would be able to get a job, I was beyond petrified. But that changed when I found out I was accepted into the Chips Quinn Scholars program.
Being a Chipster has meant everything to me; the people involved in the [...]