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Life in a Village in Azerbaijan
by Chhun Sun I’m an English teacher for Peace Corps Azerbaijan. I’ve been here for five months and spent the first 11 weeks immersed in language and technical training in Sumgayit, near the capital of...
View ArticleBecoming a Twitter magnet
Dear Help Desk, I’d like to grow my Twitter follower numbers to have better reach when I need it for crowdsourcing and other queries, and I wonder whether keeping my feed straightforward is the best...
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Transitioning from journalism in the United States to teaching in a foreign land
by Chhun Sun I didn’t like the idea of being an English teacher for Peace Corps. I didn’t think I was qualified to be one, regardless of where I happened to be in the world. For most of my adult life,...
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Letter from Azerbaijan
Editor’s note: Chhun Sun (Summer 2005) expects to be in northern Azerbaijan with the Peace Corps until November 2014, teaching English and co-editing AZLander, a quarterly publication of Peace Corps...
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Where in the World are our Chipsters? 2.0
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. Washington, D.C. Andrew...
View ArticleSucceeding at Freelancing
Dear Help Desk, I have been offered a chance to freelance for a well-respected company. I am excited about this opportunity, but it seems hard and a little intimidating to continually produce ideas...
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The truth about pessimism
by Zen Vuong Old journalists are disgruntled journalists. The statement isn’t true for all veteran reporters, but it is a truth generally acknowledged for those who have survived the once grand and...
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And the Pulitzer for National Reporting goes to…
Awards: Lisa Song Lisa Song (Spring 2010), with Elizabeth McGowan and David Hasemyer of InsideClimate News, won the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting for their “rigorous reports on flawed...
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Song adds another Pulitzer for Chips Quinn Scholars family
Lisa Song (CQS Spring 2010) and two other reporters from InsideClimate News were awarded a Pulitzer Prize on April 15 for national reporting. Song joins 11 other Chips Quinn Scholars who have been...
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Remembering Al Neuharth
Newseum: http://newseum.org/news/2013/04/al-neuharth-obit.html USA TODAY: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/04/19/al-neuharth-newspaper-founder-dies-at-89/2097995/
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Two Journalists add Pulitzers for Chips Quinn Scholars family
Editor’s note: Two Chipsters were among the newsroom teams that won 2013 Pulitzer Prizes, not one, as reported in a story posted April 19 to the Freedom Forum Diversity Institute website. Yesenia...
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Dogged reporting localizes a national story breaking in Boston
by Kellie Mejdrich You never know when breaking news might fall into your lap. An A1 teaser titled “BACK HOME,” that Kellie Mejdrich wrote about a local runner who was at the Boston Marathon. On April...
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Covering events in Boston through the lens of a multiplatform journalist
by Sonya Paclob On my sixth day on the job at the York (Pa.) Daily Record, I was sent to cover the Boston Marathon bombing. I’m new to journalism, and I’ve now seen that when breaking news happens,...
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In the heart of the damage in West, Texas
by Regina Dennis I’d just walked into my apartment and was kicking off my shoes when I got the phone call from an editor about the explosion at the West Fertilizer Plant on April 17. It didn’t hit me...
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Covering National News
*blurb on this new feature… April 15 started a week of devastating news for Americans, and Chipsters describe their roles in coverage for their papers. Boston Marathon Bombing (April 15, 2013) Dogged...
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Confessions of a Happy Journalist
Editor’s note: A shorter version of the following blog post was published at www.bizjournals.com on April 25. The post has been edited and reprinted with permission. by Blanca Torres My name is Blanca...
View Article2013 Summer Blog (Day 1)
Please share a question you have about the practice or field of journalism, and explain why this question, and its answer, is important to you.
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What suggestion or piece of advice did you hear today that you’ll try to put to use at your (internship/job) media site?
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What person, presentation or session so far during orientation has had the greatest impact on you and why?
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Write about one thing you learned during the multimedia training that will change what you do, or are expecting to do, at your internship or job.
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