{"id":4627,"date":"2020-11-24T09:50:59","date_gmt":"2020-11-24T14:50:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncorv.com\/aaja_wp\/?page_id=4627"},"modified":"2020-12-19T11:08:31","modified_gmt":"2020-12-19T16:08:31","slug":"stanford-chen-internship-grant","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ncorv.com\/aaja_wp\/news-and-resources\/scholarships-internships\/stanford-chen-internship-grant\/","title":{"rendered":"Stanford Chen Internship Grant"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Stanford Chen<\/b> was a California-born city boy who was introduced to journalism by working on his high school newspaper at Oakland Tech. After graduating with a journalism degree from Indiana University, Chen\u2019s professional career began at The Bellingham, Wash., Herald. From there he moved to the Daily Journal of Commerce, a business publication in Portland, OR, as its editor before landing at The Oregonian, Oregon\u2019s largest metropolitan daily. Chen could do anything journalistically, and he frequently was ahead of trends: At The Herald he wrote an environmental column, long before the environment became front-page news; he also was the paper\u2019s sports editor, copy editor and photographer. At The Oregonian, he started as a part-time copy editor and soon was hired full-time, doing night page makeup. It left his days free to pursue photography, which is when he collaborated with a colleague on Rage Against the Dying Light, a book documenting the life and struggle of gillnetters on the lower Columbia River. Chen later then became deputy editor of the Forum editorial section before returning to his real love, reporting. He remained a reporter even after he was stricken with cancer. He died in 1999 at the age of 51.<\/span><\/p>

Chen helped found the Portland AAJA chapter in 1985, and he spent many hours doing AAJA work, both at local and national levels. Thanks to AAJA, he tapped into a part of himself that none of his full-time jobs were able to fulfill. Newsroom diversity was his particular passion.<\/span><\/p>

Chen was a mentor to countless young journalists during his career, on the job and through AAJA. He befriended many an intern or a new hire at The Oregonian, offering a hearty welcome and sincere words of support. To those of color, he was candid with answers to questions about diversity in the newsroom and city. Chen reached out to student journalists at AAJA\u2019s national conventions, always ready to answer questions or share advice. He lived his beliefs about diversity and helping the next generation of journalists.<\/span><\/p>

Chen was awarded AAJA\u2019s Lifetime Achievement Award at the 1998 Chicago national convention. Here, in part, is how he was introduced:<\/span><\/p>

\"\"As a longtime newspaper writer, reporter and editor, he\u2019s been a role model, a journalistic lion. His perseverance, achievements and advocacy have stood tall, underscored by a tireless fight for greater diversity in the newsroom and in journalism education. He\u2019s been a tireless supporter of AAJA, performing virtually every function, from stuffing envelopes to serving as AAJA National Vice President for Print. As an instructor and co-director of the reporting program in the Institute for Journalism Education (based at the University of California, Berkeley), and which later became the Maynard Institute, and AAJA\u2019s own Voices, he has helped others learn to become better at the craft that we all practice. As a voice and conscience in our own industry he\u2019s been an ardent leader in pushing all of us forward. And his book, Counting on Each Other: A History of the Asian American Journalists Association from 1981 to 1996, stands as a testament to his numerous contributions. As a person, he is simply unmatched.\u201d<\/span><\/p>

Accepting the award, Chen said: \u201cAAJA has been like a family to me. The mission of journalism has helped me and, in turn, I feel the need to give back as much as I can to keep the mission going, keeping diversity alive and making sure the industry does, too.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Please check back for more information on applications for 2021.<\/p>

Please email\u00a0support@aaja.org<\/a> with any questions.\u00a0<\/p>

Applicants have a serious interest in pursuing journalism as a career.<\/p>

Applicants must have already secured a summer 2020 internship before applying for the internship grant. The stipend is to be used towards living expenses and\/or transportation during your internship and\u00a0may not be used for any college expenses. Accepted applicants will be required to sign a waiver acknowledging this.<\/p>

AAJA student membership is strongly encouraged for all applicants, but not required to apply. Those selected to receive grants will be required to sign up for AAJA student membership.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  Stanford Chen was a California-born city boy who was introduced to journalism by working on his high school newspaper at Oakland Tech. After graduating with a journalism degree from Indiana University, Chen\u2019s professional career began at The Bellingham, Wash., Herald. From there he moved to the Daily Journal of Commerce, a business publication in … Continue reading Stanford Chen Internship Grant<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4629,"parent":3938,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"bgseo_title":"","bgseo_description":"","bgseo_robots_index":"index","bgseo_robots_follow":"follow","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4627","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"campaignId":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncorv.com\/aaja_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4627","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncorv.com\/aaja_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncorv.com\/aaja_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncorv.com\/aaja_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncorv.com\/aaja_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4627"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncorv.com\/aaja_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4627\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7287,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncorv.com\/aaja_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4627\/revisions\/7287"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncorv.com\/aaja_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3938"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncorv.com\/aaja_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncorv.com\/aaja_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}