This feature is meant for alums of the Chips Quinn Scholars program to periodically post updates, especially as our alum base grows and our Scholars scatter across the globe.
Innsbruck, Austria

Chipster Kristen Go (Summers 1996 and 1997) and husband Mike Gipner in Innsbruck, Austria, site of the 1964 and 1976 Winter Olympics. Go, an assistant metro [...]

By Meena Thiruvengadam, CQS ‘03
We came by train, bus and car, and a Chips Quinn tote bag hanging from a mailbox in the suburbs of Washington, D.C., told us we were home.
More than a dozen Chipsters spanning the years gathered at Chips Quinn Scholars Program Director Karen Catone’s home in Reston, Va., last Saturday to [...]

By Diane Lee, CQS ‘10

I rented an apartment in this building within walking distance of downtown Bend, Ore. It had a living room, kitchen area, two bathrooms and a king-size bed with more pillows than I needed. I felt at home.

I met a lot of transplants from Hawaii in Bend and even found two Hawaiian [...]

Leezel Tanglao (Summer 2003) wrote in an essay posted to the CQS website in September that despite all the upheavals in daily journalism, some joys endure. One is the network of professional and personal friends made through the CQS program, a network she seeks to nurture and build on wherever she goes.

So it’s no surprise [...]

What brought you here?
Photos by Anne Medley

Four Spring 2010 Chipsters in the Washington, D.C., area shared their St. Patrick’s Day evening with CQS program Co-founder John C. Quinn and Program Director Karen Catone. Here, the Scholars offer a few wee insights about what the dinner and gathering meant to them.

Photos by Karen Catone

Ashley Marchand:
I knew there would be no better [...]

Summer Class of 2010

Spring Class of 2010

Summer Class of 2009

By Derek Sijder
LEARN HOW TO USE FILL FLASH

I hardly used flash for my photographs, but by the end of my internship I never left home without it. Natural light is the first thing a photographer should look for, but we often face unfavorable lighting conditions. I found my flash particularly helpful when shooting indoors and [...]

Photo by April Gregory
St. Cloud (Minn.) Times

© St. Cloud Times

He was a Summer 2008 Chips Quinn Scholar for the Rochester (N.Y.) Democrat and Chronicle. He discovered his passion for photojournalism while serving with the U.S. Army in Kosovo.