Digital Dividend Jet Magazine May 28, 2012 REGINALD JAMES NOTICED that his University of California at Berkeley classmates weren't connecting through the campus newspaper. So the multimedia journalist plans to create community on the Web. This fall, he will launch the Onyx Express Digital, an online, mobile friendly and hyperlocal companion to the university's 18-year-old magazine for Black students. The idea landed the junior from Alameda, CA, a $20,000 scholarship. The AP-Google Journalism and Technology Scholarship Program, which seeks creative ideas in digital journalism, awards six one-year scholarships to cover tuition, and James' plan came out a winner. The political science and African-American studies major says this outlet for Black stories is needed. "The Web site will be a resource for information and a sense of community in a campus with a climate that often feels unfavorable to African people," says James about Berkeley, where some racial incidents- ...
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