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What we offer: Chips Quinn Scholars are journalism students
of color with high potential. Scholars are required to attend
a four-day orientation at the Freedom Forum, which includes training and preparation for their internships.
The Freedom Forum provides travel expenses for the interns
to and from orientation and to and from the internship. The
Freedom Forum also provides each intern a $500 housing stipend
at the start of the internship and a $1,000 scholarship award
at its successful completion. Scholars are responsible for
their own housing and are required to provide their own transportation
during the internship.
What we request from newspapers: A large part of the program's
success comes from nurturing newsrooms and conscientious editors.
We welcome any daily newspaper newsroom that is willing to
offer challenging and educational internships for one or two
Scholars. The internship should be a 10- to 12-week position
in reporting, copy editing, photography, online or graphics
arts that pays at least $500 a week for 2007.
We encourage newspapers to provide Scholars with a newsroom mentor, a one-month
subscription to the newspaper before the internship and to
help Scholars find housing. Toward the end of the internship,
editors are asked to write an honest evaluation of each Scholar's
work and potential.
The Chips Quinn Scholars program
has a waiting list of daily newspaper newsrooms interested
in participating.
If you are interested in hosting a Chips Quinn Scholar, contact
Karen Catone, program director, at 202-292-6271.
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