ARLINGTON, Va. — Twenty-three young adults of color from across
the country have been named Chips Quinn Scholars for spring 2001 by The Freedom
Forum.
Chips Quinn Scholars are college students or recent graduates.
They attend an intensive five-day orientation with veteran journalists and
journalism educators at The Freedom Forum in Arlington, Va., work in 10- to
12-week paid internships at U.S. daily newspapers and receive $1,000
scholarships from The Freedom Forum upon successful completion of the
internships.
This class brings to 499 the total number of young journalists trained
by the program since its inception in 1991.
"Increasing diversity in newspaper newsrooms is one of The
Freedom Forum's top priorities. Through the Chips Quinn Scholars program
and our partnerships with editors and educators, we've now prepared hundreds of
talented young people of color for work in newsrooms," said
Charles L. Overby, chairman and chief
executive officer of The Freedom Forum.
Beginning with a summer class of six students in 1991, the Chips Quinn
Scholars program has become year-round, with fall, spring and summer sessions
now reaching more than 150 young people annually. The Scholars have a Web site
(www.chipsquinn.org) and a fellowship
program that provides further professional development opportunities for
alumni.
The program was established in 1991 in memory of John C.
"Chips" Quinn Jr., son of Freedom Forum advisory trustee John C.
Quinn. Chips Quinn was the managing editor of the
Poughkeepsie (N.Y.)
Journal. Quinn began his journalism
career with newsroom internships in Huntington, W.Va., and Agana, Guam.
He worked as an editor at the Statesman-Journal
in Salem, Ore., and The Providence
Journal in Rhode Island before moving to New York. He died
in an automobile accident in 1990 at the age of 34.
The Chips Quinn Scholars, their colleges and the newspapers at
which they will intern are listed below.
| Chips Quinn Scholars — Spring
2001 |
|---|
Name and
college | Internship newspaper |
Tonya Bradley
Univ.
of CA, Berkeley | St. Cloud (Minn.)
Times |
Marco Contreras
San Joaquin Delta College | The Record (Stockton, Calif.) |
Michelle Devera
Calif. State
Univ., Long Beach | The Record (Stockton,
Calif.) |
Keya Graves
Howard Univ. | The
Herald-Dispatch (Huntington, W.Va.) |
Dariyoosh Hariri
San Francisco State
Univ. | The Oakland (Calif.)
Tribune |
Madinah Hazim
Univ. of Kansas | The Topeka (Kan.) Capital-Journal |
J. J. Hynes
Univ. of
Iowa | Des Moines (Iowa)
Register |
Jennifer Javier
Univ. of Southern Calif. | The News Journal (Wilmington, Del.) |
Faith Karimi
Grambling State Univ | The News-Star
(Monroe, La.) |
Jennifer
Lee
San Francisco State Univ. | The
Brunswick (Ga.) News |
Femi Lewis
City College of NY |
The Daily News Leader (Staunton, Va.) |
Ethen Lieser
Univ. of
Iowa | Lincoln (Neb.) Journal
Star |
Marian Liu
Univ. of Calif., Berkeley | The Oakland (Calif.) Tribune |
Mary Ann Lopez
Univ.
of CO, Boulder | The Daily News Leader
(Staunton, Va.) |
Claire Luna
Univ. of Southern Calif. |
News-Press (Fort Myers, Fla.) |
Anthony McCartney
Santa Monica College | The Huntsville
(Ala.) Times |
Connie Murray
San Francisco State
Univ. | The Oakland (Calif.)
Tribune |
Erin Patterson
Auburn Univ. | News-Press (Fort Myers, Fla.) |
Joaquin Siopack
San
Francisco State Univ. | Rochester (N.Y.)
Democrat and Chronicle |
Eric Toomer
Virginia State Univ. |
The Herald-Dispatch (Huntington, W.Va.) |
Mandi Torrez
Univ. of
CO, Boulder | News-Press (Fort Myers,
Fla.) |
Christopher Viola
San Francisco State Univ. | The Topeka (Kan.) Capital-Journal |
Brenda Young
Univ. of
Mississippi | Clarksdale (Miss.) Press
Register |
