http://freedomforumdiversity.org/chips-quinn Just another Freedom Forum Diversity Institute weblog Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:31:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Editor’s note: The following blog entry by Marco Santana is being republished here with his permission. By Marco Santana To meet John Seigenthaler is to be inspired. The 82-year-old founder of the First Amendment Center in Nashville, Tenn., has lived a life that you usually only read about. Starting in 1961, he ... http://freedomforumdiversity.org/chips-quinn/2010/03/11/nashville-opportunities-paying-them-forward/ Hello Kiah, Nicole, Lisa, Diane and Kristy, We've had a request this week for help with story organization. Please share your technique(s) for organizing your reported material into a story. How do you organize a story being written on a tight deadline?  How about a longer enterprise piece? And when do you ... http://freedomforumdiversity.org/chips-quinn/2010/03/11/organizing-stories-due-march-14/ Moving on: Sean Jensen (Summer 1996) has accepted a new position at the Chicago Sun-Times as the Chicago Bears/NFL writer and columnist. He says, “I'm very excited about the new opportunity.” Jensen was the Vikings writer for the St. Paul Pioneer Press for 10 years. -- Brenda Duran (Summer 2002) is the editor ... http://freedomforumdiversity.org/chips-quinn/2010/03/04/chips-watch-chipsters-take-on-new-challenges/ Hello Scholars! Who among us has to deal with assignments from more than one editor? And has anyone noticed that sometimes these editors aren't aware of all the assignments on your plate at a given time? How do you handle the juggling game? And/or.....If you're fortunate to ... http://freedomforumdiversity.org/chips-quinn/2010/03/03/juggling-due-march-7/ Hey Spring Scholars, You rock! I'm loving reading your posts. Be sure to keep checking earlier posts now and then -- we're all busy and sometimes responses trickle in a little late. Here's our situation this week: Your editor assigns you to a story about which you know ... http://freedomforumdiversity.org/chips-quinn/2010/02/25/panic-on-deadline-due-feb-28/ Spring Chipster Lisa Song offers a blogger's glimpse into the tiny Colorado town where she is living and covering environmental and science issues for High Country News magazine. The Camel Invasion Jan. 18, 2010 After two weeks at work, it's obvious that I need a crash course in western politics. High ... http://freedomforumdiversity.org/chips-quinn/2010/02/24/a-spring-internship-blog/ Hi Scholars, Great posts, everyone! For this week's post, let's combine Diane's and one of Kristy's questions into the following: How do you come up with or get at original story ideas in a new city? How can the process of "settling in" to a new place ... http://freedomforumdiversity.org/chips-quinn/2010/02/17/getting-into-the-idea-groove-due-feb-21/ By Paola Iuspa The Chips Quinn Scholars reunion at John Quinn's Florida beach house was bittersweet. The cold weather kept us inside, but there was nothing bitter about that. We enjoyed sitting around Quinn’s semi-circular editor’s desk in his living room at “The Folly.” Rather, the bitterness had to do with ... http://freedomforumdiversity.org/chips-quinn/2010/02/17/%e2%80%98a-community-of-involved-journalists-%e2%80%93-no-matter-what%e2%80%99/ By Christopher Ramirez Ernst Lamothe Jr. was a Chips Quinn Scholar during the summer of 2000, working for the Star-Gazette in Elmira, N.Y. A Chicago native, he graduated from the University of Illinois in 2001. He went on to The News-Gazette in Champaign, Ill., where he reported first ... http://freedomforumdiversity.org/chips-quinn/2010/02/11/cqs-interview-ernst-lamothe-jr/ 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. Vallejo, Calif. (03/5/10) From left: Chipsters Shauntel Lowe (Summer 2008), Lanz Christian Bańes (Spring 2009) and Jose San Mateo (Summer 2008) stand near the ... http://freedomforumdiversity.org/chips-quinn/2010/02/10/where-in-the-world-are-our-chipsters/