Journalism Alums Start Science Multimedia Scholarship

July 22, 2021
Alan Davis, right, gives pointers to Jordan T. Chin, the first recipient of the ODD Environmental & Science Multimedia Scholarship.

Photos by John de Dios

Two University of Arizona School of Journalism alums who banded together in their professional pursuits are working to help future generations of science and environmental journalists.

Alan Davis (’15) and John de Dios (’05), senior partners of the creative group Davis de Dios Media along with Jonathan Olesen, created the Olesen Davis de Dios (ODD) Environmental & Science Multimedia Scholarship for the school last semester.

Davis and de Dios met at the university in Professor Carol Schwalbe’s science multimedia journalism course in spring 2013. Schwalbe paired de Dios, an accomplished photographer, with Davis. During the semester, de Dios tutored Davis on the technology,...