AAJA-Chicago is seeking college students to apply for summer internships at the Chicago Tribune and WBEZ – 91.5 FM. We are pleased that WBEZ has partnered with AAJA-Chicago for the first time to offer one of our student members the opportunity to work in public radio. The internships are part of the Chicago chapter’s mission…
AAJA-Chicago is pleased to announce that the Chicago Tribune Foundation has awarded the chapter $2,500 to support our internship program. Every year the chapter partners with two media organizations in Chicago to hire summer interns from local universities. AAJA-Chicago provides the interns with a $2,500 stipend. The programs help further one of AAJA’s missions: to…
Congratulations to Natalie Cheng, this year’s recipient of the Linda Yu Broadcast Scholarship! Natalie will be entering her junior year at the University of Missouri. She is double majoring in business and journalism, focusing on entrepreneurial, emerging and converged media. In addition to taking classes, she has been a producer and reporter at mid-Missouri’s NBC…
Sharpen up those trivia skills! It’s time for the FIFTH ANNUAL AAJA-CHICAGO TRIVIA BOWL. Our annual event, which raises money for our scholarships will be held this year at: 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 13 Izakaya Hapa, 58 E. Ontario St. There will be food, drink, great prizes and mind-numbing trivia. (Anyone remember this haunting photo.)…
Congratulations to the 2009 AAJA-Chicago scholarship winners! JingTing Zhao of Indiana University has been selected for the Linda Yu Broadcast Scholarship. She will spend her summer at WMAQ-NBC. Sallie Ho of the University of Colorado is the recipient of the AAJA/SPJ Online Scholarship. She will spend her summer at ChicagoTribune.com. Caroline Smith of Northwestern University…