Antonio Carlos Gilb will graduate in May 2002 from the University of Texas at Austin with a major in print journalism and minor in business. Prior to Scripps, Gilb interned at the Jackson (Tenn.) Sun through the Freedom Forum's Chips Quinn program.
In Jackson, Gilb covered courts and general assignments, and enjoyed a short stint as a travel reporter, visiting area attractions such as Graceland in Memphis.
In spring 2001, the El Paso, Texas native will intern at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. There, Gilb will report for the city desk, write editorials, do business reporting, and work as a copyeditor. After Pittsburgh, Gilb will drive across Pennsylvania to intern for the Philadelphia Inquirer's metro desk.
Gilb's career goals include working for the Boston Globe and covering Latin America. His interests include writing, politics, reading (especially biographies), the Internet, gambling, and traveling. Please visit Antonio Gilb online at http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~tonytony.
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Submitted on December 1, 2000 - 1:00am.
Antonio Gilb - Fall 2000
Onlookers came to view the spectacle, partisans wanted to make their voices heard. Partisans created their own signs, bought shirts, and chanted. Parents took snapshots with their children and of themselves to remember the carnival-type day. Even two of the police officers standing at the steps ..
Submitted on October 18, 2000 - 12:00am.
Antonio Gilb - Fall 2000
With the help of a President John Adams look-alike who looked a lot like Ben Franklin, the U.S. Postal Service officially unveiled the stamp design commemorating the 200th anniversary of the White House.The 33-cent stamp features photo of the front of the White House on a snowy day. About 125 ..
Submitted on September 29, 2000 - 12:00am.
Antonio Gilb - Fall 2000
The effects of agricultural mergers -- and the merits of two bills giving the U.S. Department of Agriculture increased authority to block them -- were debated at a Senate subcommittee Thursday.At the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Business Rights, and Competition, Sen. Tom Dachle ..
Submitted on September 29, 2000 - 12:00am.
Antonio Gilb - Fall 2000
The effects of agricultural mergers -- and the merits of two bills giving the U.S. Department of Agriculture increased authority to block them -- were debated at a Senate subcommittee Thursday.At the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Business Rights, and Competition, Sen. Tom Dachle ..
Submitted on September 18, 2000 - 12:00am.
Antonio Gilb - Fall 2000
At the voter registration drive outside a Falls Church, Va. mosque, some Muslim Americans were skeptical -- but Mustafa Sayid was downright angry."I pray to Allah to punish them because they're voting for enemies of Islam." he said of voting Muslims. "Muslims have nothing to gain for voting in ..
Submitted on September 14, 2000 - 12:00am.
Antonio Gilb - Fall 2000
WASHINGTON_ More than 32 years after an assassin's bullet killed him on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, the Rev. Martin Luther King and the movement he led will be memorialized in Washington, D.C."This memorial," said Coretta Scott King, Rev. King's widow, "will inspire ..
Submitted on September 13, 2000 - 12:00am.
Antonio Gilb - Fall 2000
WASHINGTON – Members of the Senate Commerce Committee hearing harshly criticized the entertainment industry's marketing practices Wednesday.The hearing was conducted in response to the September Federal Trade Commission report, "Marketing Violent Entertainment to Children." The study ..
