2012 Spring Class
BLOGS
♦ Thurs., Jan. 19 (Day 1)
♦ Fri., Jan. 20 (Day 2)
♦ Sat., Jan. 21 (Day 3)
♦ Thurs., Jan. 26
♦ Fri., Jan. 27
PROFILES
PRESS RELEASE
2012 SPRING AUDIO SLIDESHOWS
2012 SPRING VIDEOS
Where in the World are our Chipsters?
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.
Indianapolis, Ind.
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Fort Washington, Md.
Summer 2008 Chipsters Chloe Thompson (right) and Kelly McLain among the festive decorations at the National Harbor in Fort Washington, Md. McLain was in [...]
Fellow Chipsters and the five freedoms
by Julie Hubbard
My experience in three newsrooms in my career as a Chips Quinn Scholar has had two common threads: I’ve been surrounded by other CQS alums and I’ve covered First Amendment issues.
A Chips Quinn summer internship in 2002 at the Muskogee (Okla.) Daily Phoenix & Times-Democrat took me back home to Oklahoma and landed [...]
2010 Chips Achievement Awards Announced
WASHINGTON – The 2010 Chips Achievement Prizes (CAPs) were announced this week, after Chips Quinn Scholars from the spring and summer classes submitted entries whose topics ranged from immigration protests to “green” burials to a teen with Asperger’s syndrome who published his first book, and whose story forms included print, online and multimedia.
“These were difficult [...]
Chipsters reuniting in Las Vegas take stock of their careers
By Chhun Sun, CQS ‘05
LAS VEGAS—Nine members of the Chips Quinn Scholars class of 2005 held a five-year reunion in Las Vegas in August, proving that even though some of us are no longer in journalism, we can get along just fine.
The reunion allowed us to share updates of our lives face to face [...]
Chipsters land new jobs and head back to school – and one writes a book
Moving on:
Erik Ortiz (Spring 2002) is a reporter for Newsday in Melville, N.Y. Previously he was a reporter for The Press of Atlantic City in New Jersey.
Hatzel Vela (Summer 2003) is a reporter for KNXV, the ABC affiliate in Phoenix, Ariz. Previously he was a reporter for the CBS affiliate in Charleston, S.C., for [...]
Meet the 2009 Summer Class of Chips Quinn Scholars
They number 19, from 19 colleges and universities around the country, and they are headed this summer to 13 newspapers and two news bureaus in 14 states stretching from Connecticut to California. Most members of the 2009 Summer class of Chips Quinn Scholars like to spend time with their family and friends; many enjoy reading, [...]
Bull Ballet
The Nashville Ballet took The Story of Ferdinand by Mrunro Leaf to the stage in a new ballet.