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Dulin
Chambrot
Crockett
Goldstein
Ok
ACES awards 5 scholarships
Five students have won scholarships fromthe American Copy Editors Society.
The 2006 winners are:
-- Matthew Dulin, University of Houston;
-- Krysten Chambrot, University of Missouri-Columbia;
-- Megan Crockett, Central Michigan University;
-- Amy Goldstein, City University of New York;
-- David Ok, University of Texas at Arlington.
As the top candidate among the applicants, Dulin, a senior at the Universityof Houston, has been named the Aubespin scholar.
The scholarship is named for Merv Aubespin, the former Louisville Courier-Journal editor who is considered the "godfather" of ACES.As the Aubespin scholar, Dulinreceived $2,500.
The other winners each received $1,000. In addition, all winners receivefree registration to the Miami conference.
As a Dow Jones intern, Dulin impressed his bootcamp instructors so muchthat three of them concurred he was the best ntern they've had in threeyears.
"It was clear to everyone at the training camp -- interns and facultyalike -- that Matt was the star player," wrote Rick Brunson, associatedirector of the Center for Editing Excellence at the University of CentralFlorida, in his letter of recommendation.
Dulin, a senior, completed his internship at the Naples Daily News inFlorida. He has also been editor-in-chief, managing editor and news editorof The Daily Cougar, the student paper at the University of Houston. Hisheadlines at the Naples Daily News show a real flair, even on dry newsstories, such as "The real toll, officials say, would be time," aboutthe widening of Interstate 75 and a study on toll lanes.
Chambrot, a senior, grew up in a Cuban family as a native Spanish speaker,and for her, learning English was a scientific endeavor: "I remember gettingexcited seeing sentence-diagramming trees."
While she was healing from major surgery after a bicycling accident,she stayed engaged by reading up on Bremner, Strunk & White, Walshand Truss.
Today, she helps coach other students as an assistant news editor atthe Columbia Missourian, and she spent the summer as a Dow Jones internat The New York Times.
Crockett, a senior, completed a Dow Jones internship at the Detroit FreePress last summer. There she demonstrated what one assigning editor calledan "I can solve this problem" attitude and an ability to get things done"with a minimum of drama and angst."
She quickly progressed during her 10-week stint on the features copydesk, designing inside pages and even doing some slotting.
Back at school, her academic adviser at Central Michigan described Crockettas "driven, diligent and meticulous."
Goldstein, a graduate student, said in her essay that she was "born toedit.'' In 1998, she placed fourth in the Scripps-Howard National SpellingBee. The judges found Goldstein to be a good wordsmith with good newsjudgment.
While interning at the McClatchy-Tribune news service, she lobbied tochange the wording that described the day an Israeli conflict began becauseshe knew newspapers disagreed about when the conflict began.
Ok, whose family moved to Houston from Seoul, South Korea, in 1989, wrotein his essay that English was difficult for him as a youngster. But thejudges agreed after reading his application package that he has masteredit through his dedication and hard work.
He began his trek into the newspaper world as a proofreader for the UTstudent newspaper and almost immediately was given editing duties.
In a few short months, he was named copy desk chief and has served aseditor-in-chief of the paper.
He's also working part time at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
The winners were selected from a group of 18 applicants, judged by fiveprofessional copy editors. The judges were Casey Common of the MinneapolisStar-Tribune; Lourdes Fernandez of Newsday; Henry Fuhrmann of the LosAngeles Times; Dory Knight-Ingram of the St. Petersburg Times, and CandyMount of the Belleville (Ill.) News-Democrat.
The winners were selected using these criteria:-- Commitment to copy editingas a career
-- Work experience in copy editing
-- Abilities in copy editing,as demonstrated by the examples in the application and the recommendations.
The judges' recommendations were approved by the board of the ACES EducationFoundation. The foundation's scholarship committee is Bill Cloud of theUniversity of North Carolina; Leslie Guevarra, San Francisco Chronicle;and Kathy Schenck of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
The 2006 scholarships bring the total awarded to 34 since 1999.
The deadline for the 2007 scholarships has passed. For the 2008 scholarship, the deadline is Nov. 15.