by Nicole Norfleet
Q: How did becoming a Chips Quinn Scholar shape your life?
A: It’s been more than a year since I arrived at CQS orientation in Nashville, Tenn., excited but not exactly sure what I was getting myself into. I didn’t understand how big of a deal the Chips Quinn Scholars program was when [...]

Tasnim Shamma, a Spring 2010 Chips Quinn Scholar, answered the following three questions to help celebrate the 20th anniversary of the CQS program.

Q: What is your most lasting memory of your internship experience at your CQS media site?
A: I’ll remember an investigative project about green burials that I spent a few weeks reporting and researching [...]

2010 Headlines:
• Bomber in Attack on CIA in Afghanistan Was Double Agent (January 5, 2010)
• U.S. Report Released on Attempted Plane Bombing, Intelligence ‘Errors’ (January 7, 2010)
• Earthquake Devastates Haitian Capital, Killing Untold Thousands (January 12, 2010)
• Republican Brown Wins Upset Victory in Massachusetts Special Election for Senate Seat Long Held by Kennedy; Health [...]

Hello Friends and Scholars!
I hope you enjoyed your “break.”
We have two questions this week:
This one from Elizabeth: “At the moment, I’m working on several lengthy cover stories. The problem is that once I finish an interview for one story, I’ll have an interview for another right after, which has me a little jumbled. I’m [...]

by Tasnim Shamma

As we drove into the interior of Zacate Grande island in rural Honduras, we found ourselves surrounded by large, beautiful tree-lined mountains. When we reached the community of Puerto Grande, the leader of our Princeton University delegation told us to turn off the air conditioning in our van and open the windows.

Though [...]

by Elvia Malagon, CQS ‘10
Some people might think that newspaper articles are generated by an overarching department or “desk” in the newsroom. Last summer I learned about writing for a variety of desks at The Courier-Journal in Louisville, Ky., as I rotated among the neighborhoods section, the metro and business desks and the Indiana [...]

by Nicole Norfleet, CQS ‘10

When Skip Foreman, 55, joined The Associated Press on May 12, 1979, half the staff was twice his age. Now, after more than three decades with AP, the North Carolina native is one of the most experienced and respected journalists in the Raleigh, N.C., bureau. As the breaking news staffer, [...]

One day in late January 2010, I sat talking with John C. Quinn in his office at the Freedom Forum’s Diversity Institute at the John Seigenthaler Center in Nashville. It was cold outside…

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 [...]

By Kiah Haslett, CQS ‘10
My desk at the Chicago Tribune is littered with yellow Post-it notes and pieces of paper pinned to the sides of my cubicle.
There are directions for setting up voice mail, a list of “helpful websites” and instructions on how to file for www.chicagobreakingbusiness.com and get into the news computer system.
I have [...]