Moving on:
Perry Bacon Jr. (Summer 1999) is political editor of NBC’s theGrio.com and a contributor to MSNBC. Previously he was national political reporter for The Washington Post.

Andrew Tran (Spring 2006) is online producer for Boston.com/The Boston Globe’s Your Town hyper local site. Previously he was an online news producer at The Virginian-Pilot in Norfolk.

Virgil Dickson [...]

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.
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Summer 2008 Chipsters Chloe Thompson (right) and Kelly McLain among the festive decorations at the National Harbor in Fort Washington, Md. McLain was in National [...]

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We have automated to a new application form – one that can be completed and submitted online.
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Moving on:
Jomay Steen (Summer 1997) is a reporter for the Black Hills Pioneer in Spearfish, S.D. Previously she was a reporter for the Rapid City (S.D.) Journal.
Tanya Caldwell (Summer 2003) is a Web producer for The New York Times, where she is building and enhancing the homepage and other pages within the site as news breaks. ”I [...]

Promotions:
LaSharah Bunting (Summer 1999) has been promoted to national news editor for The New York Times. Previously she was deputy metropolitan editor for Metro’s Sunday section. In announcing the move National Editor Richard L. Berke said, “LaSharah has made a name for herself as one of the most dynamic, energetic and creative young editors in [...]

Editor’s note: Martin G. Reynolds (CQS 1995), editor of The Oakland (Calif.) Tribune, was the keynote speaker at the League of Women Voters of Oakland’s 2011 annual luncheon April 27, 2011. About 300 people attended the sold-out event at Scott’s Seafood Pavilion, including Oakland Mayor Jean Quan, City Attorney John Russo, City Auditor Courtney Ruby, [...]

Moving on:
Paul Gutierrez (Summer 1993) is a reporter for Comcast SportsNet Bay Area. Previously he was a sports reporter for The Sacramento Bee.

Julie Hubbard (Spring and Summer 2002) is an education reporter for The Tennessean in Nashville. Previously she was a reporter for The Macon (Ga.) Telegraph.

Francisco Vara-Orta (Summer 2006) is education reporter [...]

Ahmed Namatalla, 30, was born in Saudi Arabia to Egyptian parents. He moved with his family to the Seattle area when he was 12. He graduated from Washington State University and was named a Summer 2004 Chips Quinn Scholar at The News Journal in Wilmington, Del. Later that year he moved to Cairo [...]

by Meena Thiruvengadam

I thought I was going to learn to shoot and edit video, to figure out Final Cut Pro, Soundslides and Audacity during a multimedia storytelling seminar at The Poynter Institute in September. I did each of those things and came away with much more.
Others have described Poynter seminars as something of a religious [...]

Happy New Year!

As 2011 begins, my colleagues and I are preparing for our 36th orientation program — to be held in Nashville, Tenn., in January — where we will welcome 18 to 20 new journalists into the Freedom Forum/Chips Quinn Scholars family.

This new year also marks a milestone in the CQS [...]