Check out this link sent to me by alum Adrianna Choquette. Journalists must stay objective, even at comedy rallies. BTW, notice that the story contacts nearly every national media organization except for Fox News. Ironic?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_upshot/20101014/cm_yblog_upshot/news-outlets-caution-staff-about-stewart-colbert-events
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Monday, October 11, 2010
Washington, D.C. interns sought
The application deadline for the 2011 spring and summer Scripps Howard Foundation Semester in Washington internships is Nov. 1. The semester in Washington brings journalism students to D.C. for reporting internships of 14 or 10 weeks.
The program pays a stipend and provides free housing in furnished apartments.
Recently, interns have covered Justice Elena Kagan’s confirmation hearings, a bill signing ceremony at the White House, debates over health care and climate change legislation, how members of Congress are using Skype and Twitter, the New Orleans Saints’ visit with the president at the White House, proposals for saving the Everglades and the investigation of the Gulf oil spill.
The program is housed by the Scripps Howard News Service in downtown Washington. Interns report for the Scripps Howard Foundation Wire, a Web-based wire, and can report for campus or hometown news organizations. The interns work with an experienced editor to choose, report and edit stories. We tour Washington journalism and government institutions and have guest speakers.
The interns live in one of two apartments near the National Zoo in Northwest Washington. The stipend covers food, transportation and other essentials. It is $2,350 for the 14-week spring and fall programs and $1,800 for the 10-week summer program.
Interns must be undergraduates – juniors or seniors – in the semester they are in Washington. Students with superior multimedia skills will be given preference over those without those skills.
For more details, visit the Web site: http://www.shfwire.com. Click on “how to apply,” and download the application form.
For more information, contact:
Jody Beck, director
Scripps Howard Foundation Wire
Semester in Washington Program
Scripps Howard Foundation
1090 Vermont Ave. NW, No. 1000
Washington, D.C. 20005
202-408-2748
Fax: 202-682-2143
Saturday, September 18, 2010
Be a front page fashionista!
Check out the links below to see first what the most fashionable reporter is wearing to cover the hottest story:
www.modcloth.com/store/ModCloth/Womens/Journalism+Dress
and then to see what you should wear while blogging and sharing cupcakes with your readers:
www.modcloth.com/store/ModCloth/Womens/Dresses/Blog+Writer+Dress
Notice that the blog dress costs more than the reporter dress, obviously because bloggers make more money, right? :-)
Now, how many of you females will we see soon in your official reporter and blogger dresses?
www.modcloth.com/store/ModCloth/Womens/Journalism+Dress
and then to see what you should wear while blogging and sharing cupcakes with your readers:
www.modcloth.com/store/ModCloth/Womens/Dresses/Blog+Writer+Dress
Notice that the blog dress costs more than the reporter dress, obviously because bloggers make more money, right? :-)
Now, how many of you females will we see soon in your official reporter and blogger dresses?
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
DC internship available this spring
The Student Press Law Center is hiring interns for the spring semester to work in its Washington, D.C.-area offices, creating content for its print and Web publications.
It is seeking strong writers, with an interest in the law and in free-press issues.
The internship pays a $2,500 living expense stipend for the term. The real reward is to work alongside some highly committed First Amendment types doing work you would love and long remember.
Details on how to apply are here:
http://www.splc.org/
Applications are due by October 8.
It is seeking strong writers, with an interest in the law and in free-press issues.
The internship pays a $2,500 living expense stipend for the term. The real reward is to work alongside some highly committed First Amendment types doing work you would love and long remember.
Details on how to apply are here:
http://www.splc.org/
Applications are due by October 8.
Monday, September 13, 2010
Internship/Scholarship provided for women who want to cover sports
The application process for the Association for Women in Sports Media Internship/Scholarship program for the summer of 2011 is open.
The deadline to apply is Oct. 31. Internships are offered in writing (magazines, newspapers and online), broadcast, editing and media relations.
Full-time female students currently enrolled in college are eligible to apply for the internships. Applicants do not need to be members of AWSM to apply.
This year, AWSM will expand its internship program in hopes of offering scholarships to more than 12 deserving students. The top applicant in public relations, broadcast, writing and copy editing will be awarded a $1,000 scholarship in addition to a paid trip to the 2011 AWSM Convention in Charlotte, which includes hotel stay, $300 reimbursement for travel and free convention registration.
All other students chosen for an AWSM internship will receive a $500 scholarship.
Since 1990, AWSM has placed more than 100 female college students interested in sports media careers in paid internships with employers such as Sports Illustrated, ESPN, USA Track & Field, MLB.com and some of the country's most respected daily newspapers.
Applications can only be submitted via AWSM's online application system. For more information about the program visit: http://awsmonline.org/intern-
Saturday, September 11, 2010
Story of the Year examples
Click on this link to see work by the finalists for the Associated Collegiate Press Story of the Year.
Friday, September 10, 2010
Three days of training - free! - in Phoenix
For the second consecutive year, the Student Press Law Center – along with Investigative Reporters and Editors and the Education Writers Association – is co-presenting the Campus Coverage Project, January 6-9.
The Campus Coverage Project is underwritten by a grant from the Lumina Foundation for Education, and it pays all expenses for 75 college student journalists to receive three days of intensive training at Arizona State University’s Cronkite School in Phoenix from some of the leading professional journalists in the field of higher ed coverage.
The training is supplemental to the programming offered at College Media Advisers/Associated Collegiate Press functions in the spring and fall. It is laser-focused only on reporting skills aimed at holding colleges accountable for the cost and quality of education they are providing.
Everyone – two-year and four-year schools, public and private, print and broadcast – is encouraged to apply, with the caveat that preference is given to students who are at least a year from receiving their degree as of January, so that they have a year remaining to put the training to use at the college level.
Applications are due Sept. 27, and information about applying (along with a program from last year’s conference) is available at:
www.campuscoverage.org
(P.S., average afternoon temperature in Phoenix in January = 67 degrees.)
The Campus Coverage Project is underwritten by a grant from the Lumina Foundation for Education, and it pays all expenses for 75 college student journalists to receive three days of intensive training at Arizona State University’s Cronkite School in Phoenix from some of the leading professional journalists in the field of higher ed coverage.
The training is supplemental to the programming offered at College Media Advisers/Associated Collegiate Press functions in the spring and fall. It is laser-focused only on reporting skills aimed at holding colleges accountable for the cost and quality of education they are providing.
Everyone – two-year and four-year schools, public and private, print and broadcast – is encouraged to apply, with the caveat that preference is given to students who are at least a year from receiving their degree as of January, so that they have a year remaining to put the training to use at the college level.
Applications are due Sept. 27, and information about applying (along with a program from last year’s conference) is available at:
www.campuscoverage.org
(P.S., average afternoon temperature in Phoenix in January = 67 degrees.)
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