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Journalism professor wins coveted grant
An online project headed by Columbia College Chicago Prof. Teresa Puente has been awarded a $10,000 grant from the McCormick Foundation and J-Lab: The Institute for Interactive Journalism. Latina Voices is a new Web site that will offer news and commentary written by -- and aimed at -- Latina women, covering such topics as immigration, education and culture.
"I am so pleased that Teresa will be able to pursue her project with start-up funding," said Nancy Day, Journalism Department chair. "The competition was rigorous, but Teresa's idea stood out for its originality. She has also consistently demonstrated that she is excellent at follow-through, and will make this happen and grow. She already has a wide core group of contributors, is fully bilingual and bicultural and is passionate about her work. We are very proud of her."
Puente also is a member of the Chicago Sun-Times editorial board.
The grant was awarded through the McCormick Foundation's New Media Women Entrepreneurs initiative, which is aiming to tap into women's creative ideas as a way to help move newsrooms forward. J-Lab helps news organizations and citizens use new media technologies to create fresh ways for people to participate in public life.
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See "neighborhood news"
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An online project headed by Columbia College Chicago Prof. Teresa Puente has been awarded a $10,000 grant from the McCormick Foundation and J-Lab: The Institute for Interactive Journalism. Latina Voices is a new Web site that will offer news and commentary written by -- and aimed at -- Latina women, covering such topics as immigration, education and culture.
"I am so pleased that Teresa will be able to pursue her project with start-up funding," said Nancy Day, Journalism Department chair. "The competition was rigorous, but Teresa's idea stood out for its originality. She has also consistently demonstrated that she is excellent at follow-through, and will make this happen and grow. She already has a wide core group of contributors, is fully bilingual and bicultural and is passionate about her work. We are very proud of her."
Puente also is a member of the Chicago Sun-Times editorial board.
The grant was awarded through the McCormick Foundation's New Media Women Entrepreneurs initiative, which is aiming to tap into women's creative ideas as a way to help move newsrooms forward. J-Lab helps news organizations and citizens use new media technologies to create fresh ways for people to participate in public life.
Click here for more information
Junior Lands ABC News Paid Internship
Course Offers Taste of Real-World Reporting
My Reporting and Writing II class recently got the opportunity to interview a veteran newsmaker, Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White, while attending a preview of “Bellobration,’’ an event featuring high school musicians, cheerleaders and the Jesse White Tumblers.
See Real-World reporting
Not Everything That Happens in Vegas Needs to Stay in Vegas
Columbia College journalism senior Damon Maloney learned valuable skills and got unique professional experience during a recent National Association of Black Journalists convention.
See "Sin City reporting: more work that fun"
Site Promotes Neighborhood News, While Helping Students Gain Skills, Clips
Two professors from Columbia College Chicago’s journalism department shared a vision – a vision of students using a medium of the future to cover and publish neglected news in Chicago.
Full-time faculty members Barb Iverson and Suzanne McBride set out on the daunting task of obtaining a $12,000 J-Lab grant in spring 2006 to create a web site dedicated to community coverage.
See "neighborhood news"
Chicago Tonight “The Future of News”
Columbia College Journalism Chair Nancy Day and Medill School of Journalism Dean John Lavine were interviewed for a Chicago Tonight segment called “The Future of News”>
Kennedy Receives Scholarship from Legendary Chicago Radio Personality
TaQuoya Kennedy has spent much time in the air – and it’s paying off for the Columbia College graduate student.
From her time traveling the world in the Air Force to her more recent time on the air as a summer intern at WBEZ Chicago Public Radio, this Alabama native has collected a wide variety of experiences that will serve her well in a journalism career.
See Kennedy Receives
New "Links" Program Brings Journalism to City Youth
A new program designed by Journalism faculty members focuses on the youth of Chicago.
Columbia Links was developed to bring together journalism professionals, college students and Chicago Public Schools teachers and students in an effort to make youth more media savvy and introduce them to the world of journalism
See New "Links"