JOURNALISM INTERNS
Chips Quinn Scholars Program
Application Deadline: October 15
The Chips Quinn Scholars Program for Diversity in Journalism offers students hands-on training and mentoring by caring news veterans. The program, operated by the Diversity Institute and funded by the Freedom Forum, provides internships, training, an intense one-week college course in multimedia skills and financial assistance to college students from multicultural backgrounds who are pursuing careers in journalism. Internships are currently offered in spring and summer. College juniors, seniors or recent graduates with majors in journalism or career goals in journalism are eligible.
The Diversity Institute matches nominees with participating news organizations from across the country for 10- to 12-week paid internships. Selected scholars participate in an orientation program at the John Seigenthaler Center in Nashville, Tenn., in preparation for their internships. Scholars also take a one-week class in multimedia journalism and can earn one hour of college credit. The multimedia class is taught at the Diversity Institute’s school facility in Nashville.
For more information and an application form go to http://freedomforumdiversity.org/chips-quinn/files/2012/07/application13.pdf