The AP-Google Journalism and Technology Scholarship Program fosters new journalism skills in undergraduate and graduate students developing projects at the intersection of journalism and technology. Kevin Schaul is one of six inaugural Scholars.

Hometown: Gurnee, Ill.
Current location: Minneapolis, Minn.
Current gig: Computer science and journalism double major at University of Minnesota: Twin Cities, Web programmer/intern at MinnPost.
Six-word memoir: Embracing the inner nerd since 1991.
Quick and dirty resume: Founded the Nap App as a sophomore in high school, worked as a copy editor and online manager at the Minnesota Daily, did research on the intersection of journalism and computer science with Dr. Seth C. Lewis, and will be a digital news production intern at the Seattle Times this summer.
Favorite fictional character: Woody from “Toy Story”

The AP-Google Journalism and Technology Scholarship Program fosters new journalism skills in undergraduate and graduate students developing projects at the intersection of journalism and technology. Reginald James is one of six inaugural Scholars.

Current location: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Current gig: Travel Correspondent, Reach the World
Six-word memoir: Have Pen, Paper, Pictures — Will Travel. 
Quick and dirty resume: Producer and host of The Black Hour internet radio show. Co-founded Harambee News, a publication for California Community College students. Former Editor-in-Chief of the Laney Tower at Laney College. Contributing editor to Oakland Local, and photojournalist for the Oakland Post and San Francisco Bay View. Awarded Chauncey Bailey Scholarship in 2010 by Bay Area Black Journalist Association.
Favorite fictional character: Taste-T from the film, “Fear of a Black Hat.”

The AP-Google Journalism and Technology Scholarship Program fosters new journalism skills in undergraduate and graduate students developing projects at the intersection of journalism and technology. Emily Eggleston is one of six inaugural Scholars.

Hometown: Marshalltown, Iowa
Current location: Madison, Wis.
Current gig Graduate student pursuing Master’s degrees in journalism and geography.
Six-word memoir: Interested, in everything. Too curious? Impossible.
Quick and dirty resume: I grew up in Iowa and earned a bachelor’s degree in agronomy and environmental studies from Iowa State University. The issues that spoke to me most in that learning experience were ones of food security and sustainable food production. I moved to Madison on a whim and found it to be my favorite city in the Midwest. Currently, I am finishing my thesis for an M.S. in geography and excited to begin my second year of a professional-track M.A. in journalism in the fall. This summer I will be an intern on the investigative team at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
Favorite fictional character: “Anne of Green Gables.” I read and loved the entire series when I was in elementary school and cherished the dream of visiting Prince Edward Island until 2009, when I actually made the trip.

The AP-Google Journalism and Technology Scholarship Program fosters new journalism skills in undergraduate and graduate students developing projects at the intersection of journalism and technology. Katie Zhu is one of six inaugural Scholars.

Current location: Evanston, Ill. 
Current gig: Part-time Developer at GOOD / full-time student at Northwestern University (Computer Science and Journalism) 
Six-word memoir: Learn all the things, add coffee. 
Quick and dirty resume: I came into Northwestern as a journalism major and spent my first summer interning at ABC News in Beijing. I picked up computer science my sophomore year, worked at GOOD over the summer and helped build its mobile website. I spent my first two years on campus writing, editing, designing and producing for North by Northwestern. I received a grant to study living labs in Finland and was selected as a Knight-Mozilla News Technology Partnership finalist.
Favorite fictional character: Abed from “Community.”

The AP-Google Journalism and Technology Scholarship Program fosters new journalism skills in undergraduate and graduate students developing projects at the intersection of journalism and technology. John Osborn is one of six inaugural Scholars.

Hometown: Medford, N.Y.
Current location: Oakland, Calif.
Current gig: I’m a graduate student at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism studying multimedia and data visualization. When not hitting the books, I freelance for the East Bay Express, a weekly newspaper based out of Oakland, and I also work as an independent contractor for Dygest Inc., a company that has developed a news prediction app called Scoople.
Six-word memoir: Political Junkie. Data Nerd. Media Revolutionary.
Quick and dirty resume: Learned the grim realities of the newspaper industry after my first job at the Eureka Reporter was cut short when it folded in 2008. Jumped into the freelance foray after that. Built a website to cover the 2010 election in Humboldt County. Moved to the Bay Area in 2011 and have since worked with the East Bay Express, Bay Citizen, Patch.com, and Berkeleyside.
Favorite fictional character: Nerd Alert. My favorite fictional character is Cecil Harvey from the Super Nintendo role-playing game classic Final Fantasy 4. I was always inspired by his empathetic and kind nature, his leadership ability, and his strong sense of purpose when it came to, well, in this case, saving the world from an ancient lunar-borne demon. Crossing fingers that we will never have to face a similar fate …

The AP-Google Journalism and Technology Scholarship Program fosters new journalism skills in undergraduate and graduate students developing projects at the intersection of journalism and technology. Rebecca Rolfe is one of six inaugural Scholars.

Hometown: Greenville, N.C.
Current location: Atlanta, Ga.
Current gig: Grad student studying Digital Media at Georgia Tech
Six-word memoir: I’d love to hear your story.
Quick and dirty resume: J-school at UNC-Chapel Hill with professors who greatly opened my mind, one summer learning design from the amazing Virginian-Pilot staff, and three years watching online journalism explode on the mobile front with a stellar design team at CNN.com. Somehow you can’t get through even a quick and dirty resume without thanking all the people who made it such a valuable experience. More than anything, major props are owed to the small-town papers and ad agencies that take a chance on newbies like me, hiring us even when our design portfolio consisted of a cut-out magazine art project held together with Elmer’s glue. The first experiences are always the formative ones, and I learned so much from everyone along the way.
Favorite fictional character: Harvey, the kindest and most inspiring 6-foot tall invisible rabbit you’d ever hope to meet.