New friends and old

The thing that I have been looking forward to the most during this Chips Quinn weekend is reconnecting with my American Indian Journalism Institute buddies. Except for Eric Bolin, I haven’t seen them for a year. Seeing them here, it seems like no time has passed. That is what makes me excited about Chips Quinn, too -- the opportunity to make new friends, the kind of friends that stick no matter the time or distance.

-- Amanda Stone, Northeastern State University, Springfield (Mo.) News-Leader

(Amanda Stone and Eric Bolin are two of eight graduates of the Freedom Forum's American Indian Journalism Institute in the Summer class.)