by Adam Kealoah Causey
Talk at the 2012 Florida reunion of Chips Quinn alumni and staff mirrored the ongoing national conversation about newspapers: Nostalgia for the medium’s golden years mixed with nervous excitement about the future.
More than a dozen Chipsters, their fans and loved ones gathered Feb. 18 at The Folly, John Quinn’s winter home in [...]

by Justin B. Phillips
As I folded the piece of Brooklyn-style pizza between my fingertips, the newly appointed managing editor addressed the sullen group of staff writers around the table.
Twelve of us were crammed together in the pseudo conference room. I kept my head down and tried not to make eye contact while my coworkers were [...]

by Salvador Rodriguez
I’m not going to lie. Heading into my internship last summer, I was feeling self-confident.
I’d just finished my third year as the news editor of the publication I’d founded, I’d completed several prominent internships during the previous year and here I was, only a junior in college, heading for the Los Angeles Times. I was [...]

Moving on:
Manny Lopez (Summer 1994) is managing editor of Michigan Capitol Confidential, the newspaper of the Mackinac Center for Public Policy. He writes, “The Mackinac Center is a think tank based in Midland, Mich., and they’ve had this publication running for about two years but have not had a journalist running the show. I’ll [...]

by An Rong Xu
Growing up in New York City, I had never experienced life outside of the metropolis. When given the opportunity to participate in a photojournalism internship in Rochester, N.Y. in 2011, I saw it as my chance to experience life elsewhere and see America.
My initial response to Rochester was one of intrigue as [...]

by Aaron Edwards
I desperately wanted to go to my first National Association of Black Journalists convention.
It was mid-June at my internship with The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and by then I had the chance to report on issues I cared about. I felt extremely positive about my experience at the newspaper. But, out of the blue, a [...]

by Leona Y. Johnson
In late 2010, The Plain Dealer in Cleveland, Ohio, sent reporter Stan Donaldson (CQS 2001) to the home of Anthony Sowell, on whose property 11 women were killed and buried.
That was the beginning of nine months of coverage by the newspaper of a serial murder trial. The coverage included incorporating social media [...]

I arrived at the Courier-Journal in Louisville, Ky., fiercely committed to covering the Asian and other minority communities. I left the newsroom on the last day happy that I had achieved my goal and humbled by the legacy of excellence I encountered in the newsroom.
Throughout my 12-week internship, I saw the quintessential role the newspaper [...]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Twelve journalists from diverse backgrounds have been named Chips Quinn Scholars for spring 2012 by the Freedom Forum Diversity Institute and participating news organizations. This year marks the 21st anniversary of the Chips Quinn Scholars program, which began with six scholars in 1991.

Chips Quinn Scholars are college students or recent graduates [...]

by Farzad Mashhood

When I arrived at the Austin American-Statesman in Texas last summer, I entered a newsroom that had had a mild shakeup, with a dozen or so staffers taking buyouts. Many of the positions, including those of some editors, would not be filled.

It was only the second time the paper had offered buyouts, and [...]