The CQS program unlocked a scholar’s passion

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 [...]

The journey from video-phobe to video-phile

by Bertrand Teo
The Chips Quinn Scholars program revived my interest in visual storytelling.
In college, I pushed myself to learn about multimedia journalism. But writing for print is my first love, and the technical aspects of filming and editing video were stumbling blocks to my appreciation of the medium.
The multimedia training I received as part of [...]

Hooked on journalism

by Katie Oyan
I was young, green and fresh out of college when I went through the Chips Quinn Scholars program in the spring of 2000. Orientation was held in San Francisco, which, by itself, was an exciting experience for a girl from Kadoka, S.D. I remember the all-star lineup of speakers and feeling lucky to be [...]

Constancy amid change

by Lanz Christian Bañes
I bought my first smartphone one week before I started my Chips Quinn Scholar experience in 2009 — and I’ve never regretted either.
I was naive back then, using my new phone to mess around with Facebook and play online chess, never realizing the potential journalism tool I had in my hand. But [...]

Learning to care about people

by Markeshia Ricks
Q: Describe a lasting memory of your internship experience at your CQS paper.
A: My most lasting memory was how much I came to care about the community I was covering. In 2002 CQS sent me to Tuscaloosa, Ala., a city I had never heard much about because it is often eclipsed by Birmingham, [...]

Chips Quinn Scholars Summer 2009 — Multimedia Projects

Dogs, Owners And The Park

Golden Golfer

E-Junk

Humane Walk

Athens Of The South

Behind The Bongo Beans

Vandy Blood Drive

Still Fighting At 60

Green Delivery

Capoeira and Yoga

Color Of Art

Cheekwood’s Tiny Artists

Personal Farmer

Life With Guitars

First Trip To The Zoo

Off The Track

How About A Shoe Shine?

Las Paletas, Frozen Goodness

“Blame It On The Rain”
[...]

Golden Golfer


Still Fighting At 60


Capoeira and Yoga


Off The Track


Archives by Year