Stayin' objective

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

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

beckj@shns.com

www.shfwire.com

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?

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/journalism.asp.
Applications are due by October 8.

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-scholarship/ or to directly apply, go to: http://www.omnicontests3.com/awsm/omnicontests/login/login.cfm?nil=0&destURL=%2Fawsm%2Fomnicontests%2Fentry%2Fmainmenu%2Ecfm&destQUERY_STRING=

Story of the Year examples

Click on this link to see work by the finalists for the Associated Collegiate Press Story of the Year.

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.)

Intern in the nation's capital!

The Fund for American Studies is accepting applications for the Spring 2011 Capital Semester in Washington, D.C. This academic internship program includes full-time coursework at Georgetown University. A Political Journalism track is offered for students interested in interning with media outlets or communications firms. A substantial amount of scholarship funding is available, and will be awarded based on financial need and merit.

Students should apply by the early deadline of October 1 to receive a 5 percent discount on their tuition balance. In addition, I can nominate students so if you are interested, let me know.

Sports editor needed in Leavenworth, Kan.

The Leavenworth Times in Kansas is looking for an assistant sports editor. The position is a full-time one and provides full benefits. The pay isn't great, but this is a good starter job in journalism and media. The person hired would be responsible for shooting photos, reporting and writing stories as well as occasionally laying out pages.
Email your resume, clips and references to the Times Sports Editor, Sara Mettlen, a former editor of The Doane Owl, to sara.mettlen@leavenworthtimes.com. 

Work in the Big Apple

Job Description:

College Media Network and College Publisher are seeking an affiliate relations coordinator for our New York City office! Our team is looking for a recent journalism or communications graduate, preferably someone with writing and editing experience at a student newspaper.
The role will be heavily-focused on helping our partners build out their web presence, including technology trainings and trouble-shooting. We're looking for someone who can juggle many tasks at once and who isn't afraid of thinking outside the box.  The successful candidate will be a team player, but also someone who can work independently on projects. Our team is filled with folks wanting to affect positive change and we want someone who fits that mold and is willing to contribute 110-percent.
Day-to-Day Responsibilities:
* Assist in the development of marketing collateral and partner communications
* Respond to newspaper partner inquiries, problems and questions using our customer relations systems
* Contribute to the company's social media initiatives
* Be willing to travel to different colleges and universities to meet with existing and prospective partners

Qualifications:
* Four-year college degree from an accredited institution
* Journalism/communications majors preferred
* Experience as an editor of a student newspaper preferred
* Willingness to work in our New York City offices and willingness to travel on occasion (up to 25%)
* Entrepreneurial, self-starter attitude
* Sense of humor

Candidates should e-mail resumes to chris.gillon@mtvstaff.com. No phone calls, please.

Post reporter suspended for Twitter hoax

Check out the link about a Washington Post reporter who was suspended for posting a hoax on his Twitter account: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/01/business/media/01post.html
Please note the reporter's quote: “I’m paying the price I should for careless, dumb behavior in the multiplatform media world.”
Be careful what you post in social media, especially if you are part of a news organization. Even if it is your personal account, you are representing the medium for which you work. Don't give it an excuse to suspend - or fire - you.

Inspiring work performed by college journalists

The Associated Collegiate Press announced the finalists for awards in writing and reporting in print and online. Click on the links below to see some outstanding work by college journalists - the kind of work that Doane College students are capable of doing. All it takes is a little planning and a lot of exceptional story telling.

Story of the Year, co-sponsored by the Deadline Club (New York City SPJ chapter): http://bit.ly/9C2qzp
Multimedia Story of the Year, also co-sponsored by the Deadline Club: http://bit.ly/bkERN9
Reporter of the Year (Four-Year category co-sponsored by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services): http://bit.ly/ansQna

Announced previously:
Design of the Year, co-sponsored by Adobe Systems: http://bit.ly/ahsxNh
Photo Excellence, co-sponsored by National Press Photographers Association: http://bit.ly/buHsqX
Advertising Awards: http://bit.ly/ckAXts
Cartooning Awards, co-sponsored by Universal Uclick: http://bit.ly/dzAefD

See how 30 Rock is made

A weekend workshop in Denison, Iowa, will feature sessions on how the popular show “30 Rock” is made, conducted by an assistant director of the show. The sessions will be offered Sept. 24 and 25. 

The two-part workshop will feature a pair of workshop sessions on Saturday morning focused on TV show production. “Script to Screen” and “Breaking Into The Biz” will be conducted by Bellamy Forrest, assistant director of more than 20 episodes of the popular TV series “30 Rock.” She will cover in detail the process of creating an episode of “30 Rock,”starting from the script to the finished show. The workshop begins at 9 a.m.

Saturday afternoon will feature two sessions on cinematography, "Creating the Image" and “Lighting The Interview,” conducted by Nathan Stoll, an eight-year veteran camera operator and producer in New York. This session begins at 1:30 p.m.

Both presenters will share their insights about starting and working in the entertainment business.

On Friday night, the instructors will conduct a session on how an episode of “30 Rock" is shot, a behind the scenes look at all of the details that need to come together to produce a finished show. That session begins at 7 p.m.

The program is sponsored by the Donna Reed Foundation for the Performing Arts. Reed was an Academy Award-winning actress. 

Detail information and registration forms for the workshops can be obtained at: www.donnareed.org/html/festival/workshop10/drf2010.php?drf_page=september

Journalism job in Minneapolis

Here's a job that allows you to work with high school and college journalism/media students. The National Scholastic Press Association / Associated Collegiate Press has an immediate opening for an administrative assistant who is smart, creative, independent and efficient, preferably someone who studied journalism/media in college. The pay is about $16/hour.

For the full job description, go to:
http://studentpressblogs.org/nspa/?p=257

NBC News looking for interns

I received this from Doane grad Ziad Jaber, who now works as an assignment editor at NBC News in New York City:  

We are looking for Nightly News college interns for the Fall semester. We want to make sure to consider diverse applicants in the mix. 

Applicants can send their resumes to Aurelia Grayson as well as apply through the web site:  http://www.nbcunicareers.com/internships/coasts.shtml

These are unpaid internships and the student must be available to work weekends as well as weekdays. 

Here's Ms. Grayson's contact information:

Aurelia Grayson

Senior Broadcast Producer

NBC Nightly News

30 Rockefeller Plaza

New York, N.Y. 10020

As many of you know, Z interned at NBC before getting a full-time gig there recently. You can't succeed if you don't try.

Sports editor sought in Missouri

One of my colleagues owns a weekly newspaper in north central Missouri. She's looking for a sports editor. The job isn't for someone who is work brittle. The successful applicant will need to hit the ground running. Contact me if you are interested and I'll give you contact information.

TV reporter job in Scottsbluff

Any Doane grads looking for an entry-level TV reporting job should contact Patrick Maag, the general manager at KOTA-TV in Scottsbluff, who is actively looking to hire someone from Nebraska. The person hired could fill in as an anchor on the weekends. 
If interested, please contact Maag at:
308-632-3071
Or send tapes to:
Patrick Maag
General Manager
KOTA-TV
P.O. Box 1529
Scottsbluff, NE 69363

Sign up for Multimedia Workshop in Louisville, Ky.

The Center for Innovation in College Media has developed a multimedia immersion workshop in for the ACP/CMA National Media Convention in Louisville, Ky.


Go to this link to check it out: 
http://www.collegemediainnovation.org/blog/2010/08/new-multimedia-extended-workshop-launches-in-louisville/

Please note that the workshop is limited to 60 participants and costs $129 per person.
Also, check out the list of award-winning instructors. Storytelling will be emphasized. 


If Doane students wish to take part, let me know and I will register you. 


The Center for Innovation in College Media is the multimedia arm of College Media Advisers, a group of student media advisers on college campuses across the country. 

CNN wants interns

CNN.com's feature sections (which includes showbiz, tech, travel, lifestyle and health coverage) is looking for three interns for the fall. These are paid internships with credit. Applicants must be current college students. To apply, contact Cybil Wallace, CNN.com feature editor, at 404-878-0640 or check out the job description by clicking the link below. 

https://careers.timewarner.com/en/asp/tg/cim_jobdetail.asp?partnerid=391&siteid=36&AReq=119154BR

NBC News hires Doane grad

Doane College graduate Ziad Jaber, '09, was hired on a full-time, permanent basis yesterday by NBC News in New York City.
Jaber, who has interned at the network's headquarters at 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York for the past year, accepted the position of assignment editor in breaking news for the network.
While at Doane, Jaber majored in economics, but spent much of his spare time in Gaylord Hall, working for Doane media. He worked extensively with the college's radio station, KDNE, and DCTV, the college's television station. He also contributed a story or two to The Doane Owl, the student-produced newspaper.
In addition, Jaber joined several other Doane students in January 2009 on a two-week trip to Washington, D.C., where he and the other students reported about inauguration preparations and the inauguration itself, posting stories for the Omaha World-Herald and The Doaneline, the student-produced news website at Doane College.
Jaber also joined with another Doane grad, Mike Cochnar, to produce a full-length movie while he was a Doane student.

Listen to Dusty on 96KX

Listen to Doane College student Dusty Dales during his early morning show on Today's Country, KZKX, 96KX, in Lincoln. Dusty just finished his junior year at Doane College and is completing an internship at the Lincoln radio station. He is a Journalism and Media major at Doane.

The Lantern - Lantern photographer cuffed, detained

Incredible that this student photographer was arrested for taking photographs of cows. Good thing the cops didn't tranquilize the photographer and cuff the cows.

The Lantern - Lantern photographer cuffed, detained

College press included in shield law

We can continue to dream of this type of support from legislators in Nebraska.

The Owl named Newspaper of the Year

The Owl was named Newspaper of the Year Saturday in the Golden Leaf competition sponsored by the Nebraska Collegiate Media Association.

The Owl, the student newspaper of Doane College, dominated the print awards of the competition, winning 25 total awards and seven first-place honors. It marks the second time in the past 11 years that the Owl has been named Newspaper of the Year. 

The awards were presented to college students during a luncheon ceremony at Chadron State College. Other schools that belong to the NCMA and competed in the Golden Leaf Awards were Northeast Community College, Wayne State College, Chadron State, Hastings College, Western Nebraska Community College and Nebraska Wesleyan University. The Golden Leaf Awards honor the best student media work conducted at colleges in Nebraska with an enrollment of less than 5,000 students. 

Among the 25 print awards won by the Owl, the six first-place awards in addition to the Newspaper of the Year were:

• Hard News/Spot News Story: Meghan Kurtz and Cat Krumme
• Investigative/In-Depth Story: The J-Crew
• Feature Story: Meghan Kurtz
• Opinion: The Doane Owl staff
• Feature Photograph: Todd Depue
• Cartoon: Bob Kenny

All told, Doane media won 52 awards, including 15 first-place honors.

DCTV, despite being the only television station led by an adjunct adviser, remarkably earned 12 awards, including five first-place honors. They were:

• Entertainment-Miscellaneous: Ziad Jaber, "20 Minutes Late"
• Entertainment, Music Video: Mike Cochnar and Ziad Jaber, "Spies"
• Newscast: "Doane Weekly, "4/27/09"
• Public Affairs: Joey Klinkacek, Mike Cochnar and Dustin Dales, "Tiger Topics: Healthcare" (Doane College swept the Public Affairs category)
• Videography: Bob Kenny, "Late for Class"

In radio, the KDNE garnered eight awards, including a first-place honor in the Newscast category by Joey Klinkacek for "Newscast 11/23/2009"

The Doaneline finished with seven awards, including first-place honors in the Multimedia category and in News Coverage. The Doaneline finished second in the Website of the Year competition to HC Media Online from Hastings College. 

DCTV also finished second in the TV Station of the Year competition, won by KWSC-TV at Wayne State College. 

Wayne State's KWSC-FM won the Radio Station of the Year award. Doane finished third in that category. 

To read a news story about the awards ceremony, please click here. 

Two students named to Doane Media leadership roles

Two Doane College students, freshman Lyndsey Hrabik and junior Lucas Fahrer, were selected as the editor of the Tiger yearbook and the multimedia coordinator, respectively.

Hrabik, who attended Elmwood-Murdock High School, which does not have a student newspaper or yearbook, will organize and edit the 160-page Tiger yearbook, starting in August.

She successfully completed Basic News Writing and Reporting in the fall and soon will complete her Beat Reporting class. She is a Journalism and Media major.

Fahrer served this year as Managing Editor for the student newspaper, The Doane Owl. He will coordinate the news content for Doane media, especially in regard to the student news website, The Doaneline.

Lucas, who is majoring in History as well as Journalism and Media,  has successfully completed several important Journalism and Media classes, including Basic News Writing and Reporting, Media Production, Photojournalism and Editing and Design. He soon is expected to successfully complete Multiplatform Journalism

Golden Leaf winners

Listed below are all the winners from Doane College of Golden Leaf Awards. The Nebraska Collegiate Media Association, which sponsors the awards, will present them Saturday at Chadron State College. I don't know what awards were won, only those who won. Congratulations to all!

Doane Line
DCTV
J-Crew
Doane Owl Staff
Bob Kenny
Tatton Jacob
Amanda Bouc
Adrianna Chouquette
Meghan Kurtz
Todd Depue
Nichole Crowell
Cathy Krumme
Lucas Fahrer
Mike Cochnar
Ziad Jaber
Dan Werner
Joey Klinkacek
Taylor Foy
Shalene Weyers

Photos seized in JMU raid are sealed for now | Richmond Times-Dispatch

Here's the latest in the James Madison case, in which police and county officials raided the student newsroom and seized photos: Photos seized in JMU raid are sealed for now Richmond Times-Dispatch

Doane Owl staff named

Below are the editors for The Doane Owl for the 2010-11 academic year. Amanda Bouc is only the second editor in chief in the past 12 years to be named editor in chief two straight years.

Editor in Chief : Amanda Bouc


Managing Editor: Brittany Sampy

Copy Desk Chief: Caitie Leibman

Copy Editor: Lucas Fahrer

News Editor (Page 3): Lyndsey Hrabik

Life and Leisures Editor (Page 6): Michael Ulmer

Life and Leisures Editor (Page 7): Morgan Holder

Sports Editor: Andrew Ohlson

Photo/Art Manager and Editor: Ryan Corrigan

Business Manager: Caitlyn Luther

A Personal Post

In about two weeks, the 40th anniversary of one of the nation's most tragic events will be commemorated. On May 4, 1970, four Kent State University students were shot and killed by Ohio National Guardsmen during an anti-Vietnam War protest at Kent State University, my alma mater. If you are interested in learning about what happened, as I hope you are, please check out this website: www.kentstate1970.org//index2
Every May 3, as the midnight hour approaches, students and faculty gather near Taylor Hall on campus to remember the four who died. They light candles and walk around campus, returning to the Taylor Hall parking lot. At midnight, people begin taking turns standing with their lighted candles in the spot where the four students died. Please join me in lighting a candle for the fallen.

AP Style changes ... or does it?

AP POSTPONES STYLE CHANGE ON STATE NAMES
The Associated Press has postponed plans to change its style on state abbreviations, pending further review. In a wire advisory, the AP said it will continue to use state abbreviations in datelines and stories and Canadian provinces in datelines.
The AP had proposed, as of May 15, spelling out the names of U.S. states in all stories and datelines where a city is followed by a state name and dropping the practice of including names of Canadian provinces in datelines.
The intention was to create a consistent and universal style for international as well as domestic use. "We appreciate feedback we have received from members and will continue to review the proposed style changes,” the advisory said.

AP ADOPTS NEW STYLE ON WEBSITE
The Associated Press announced it is changing its style on Web site to website to reflect increasingly common usage, effective now.
A new entry on website has been added to the AP Stylebook Online and will be included in the updated text version, the 2010 AP Stylebook, which will be published next month.
The entry says:
website: A location on the World Wide Web that maintains one or more pages at a specific address. Also, webcam, webcast and webmaster. But as a short form and in terms with separate words, the Web, Web page and Web feed.

Localization?

How would Doane fare on a similar college report card? Click on the headline. Is there an in-depth piece here?

Student newsroom illegally searched?

Harrisonburg Police officers and the Commonwealth's Attorney for Rockingham County, Va. executed a search warrant in the newsroom of the James Madison University student newspaper Friday, seizing photographs of a recent riot near campus.

The Breeze's Editor-in-Chief Katie Thisdell said she received a call from the office of the Commonwealth's Attorney for Rockingham County on Thursday asking for photographs of the April 10 "Springfest" rioting. Thisdell informed them that it is the Breeze's policy to release only photos already published on its Web site.

Friday morning, Thisdell arrived at the Breeze's office to find Commonwealth Attorney Marsha Garst and about 10 police officers with a search warrant, threatening to take all cameras, computers and documents unless students released the photographs they sought.

"I was a little intimidated at that point and I stepped outside with our general manager and I decided that I would comply and give them the images," Thisdell said.

Thisdell then showed the Commonwealth Attorney and police officers where they could find the photographs and allowed them to burn them onto CDs.

Thisdell said she had spoken with Student Press Law Center Executive Director Frank LoMonte and tried citing the Privacy Protection Act in an attempt to avoid surrendering the photos.

The Privacy Protection Act is a "federal anti-newsroom search law," LoMonte said. Although the Act does allow lawful warrants to be executed, the media must have ample time to obtain counsel and respond to the warrant, unlike the situation with the Breeze.

The Breeze staff is in the process of obtaining legal counsel and determining what to do next, Thisdell said.

Garst could not be reached for comment by press time and requests for comment from the Harrisonburg Police were directed to the Commonwealth Attorney's office.

By Katie Maloney, SPLC staff writer

How to engage your audience

In Multiplatform Journalism, we recently discussed ways to involve our news consumers in a two-way journalistic conversation. Much of that information came from a NewsTrain conference I attended in Seattle early in February. Clicking on the headline above will take you to a video in which Doreen Marchionni, who has researched how to engage your audience, explains the practical do's and don'ts for getting news consumers involved in the journalistic conversation.

Basics for audio, video interviews

While at the NewsTrain conference in Seattle in February, Wayne Lynch, the news director at Northwest Cable News in Seattle, gave a few quick tips about how to conduct those interviews specifically for the Web. By the way, the link will take you to a video that describes most of these tips and features a cameo appearance by yours truly. For those of you who just want to read the tips, here they are:

1. Follow the KASS method for the Web - Keep all sound short.

2. 2-3 minute interviews MAX. Get it, get out, post. Talk first before you shoot or gather audio.

3. Avoid officials. Get real people. Viewers relate to them better.

4. Frame your questions to get to the point.

5. Ask for specific info. For example, you would ask: "In simple terms, tell what happened" ... or "Take us through the story point by point" ... or "Please answer this one key question ..."

6. Always ask, "What's the next step?"

Coaching people through an interview

1. Make sure the subject does not look directly into the camera. Use a tripod. Get 3/4s of face. 

2. Ask the interviewee to look at you.

3. Set the camera to your side to frame the shot. Set the camera at eyeball level.

4. Capture striking visuals in the environment. Shoot lots of B-roll.

5. Shoot in sequence - wide, medium and tight shots, every shot, for seven-10 seconds. Set up the tripod.

6. Look for natural sound in 2-3 second pops. Use it as an attention getter. It's a good idea to open with natural sound and then intersperse it through the story.

7. Get sharp sound and stellar shots. Give guidelines to the shooter: What do we want with this video?

TV Delivery Basics:

1. Be prepared.

2. Be conversational. Relate politics to the viewers. Smile. Stay on camera. Look at the lens as a person.

3. Use gestures.

4. Make eye contact. Talk to people.

5. Use everyday language.

6. Use visual expressions. Adjectives are OK.

7. Avoid dragging out your thoughts. Give tight answers. 

8. Don't say too much. Make three key points.

Also:

Practice correct breathing.

Do your homework.

Visualize your success.

When stumped, deflect. 

Unpaid internship offered

Teresa Shada, editor of several small weeklies in the area, is looking for interns, specifically Journalism and Media interns. She can use interns anytime of the year. The positions are unpaid, but students get experience working for a commercial paper and they will get some compensation, perhaps money to attend a local conference. Teresa can be reached at: editor@friendsentinel.com. Her phone number is 402.239.2388.

Win a sports journalism scholarship

The Associated Press Sports Editors are sponsoring four $1,500 scholarships for collegiate sports journalists.

APSE, a national organization of sports editors, is awarding four
scholarships to help motivate talented students to pursue a career in
sports journalism. Collegiate sports journalists entering their sophomore,
junior or senior years are eligible for the scholarship, which will be awarded
based on the student's journalistic work, academic record, financial
need and geography. The scholarships will be awarded to students from four
different regions of the United States. The winners will be chosen by the
APSE scholarship committee, which is chaired by Joe Sullivan, sports editor
of the Boston Globe and includes editors from all sections of the United
States. Deadline is June 1.

Please include the following information in your application:

• Personal: Name, address, age, phone number
• Academic: A copy of your college grades.
• Financial: A brief rundown of your financial situation with regards to how you plan to pay for tuition.
• Five examples of sports journalism (usually stories but could also be sections the student has edited).

Mail the information to:
APSE Scholarship
c/o Joe Sullivan, Sports Editor
Boston Globe
135 Morrissey Blvd.
Boston, MA 02205-2845

Advertising sales job in Missouri

Check out this from Laura Widmer, a friend of mine from College Media Advisers. She's looking for an advertising sales executive for the community newspaper she owns in central Missouri.

We're looking for goal-oriented self-starters who enjoy working with business people to help them market and grow their business.
Successful previous sales experience is helpful and previous newspaper or media sales experience is a plus.

Job summary: Responsible for growing business in the assigned territory by managing customer base and developing new customers for our newspaper and web advertising products. You will develop and implement a weekly sales plan and be responsible for reaching a monthly revenue goal.

Work performed:

• Call on retail and service businesses and present the companies print and web based advertising products.

• Manage existing accounts and prospect for new accounts through face-to-face meetings and other prospecting techniques.

• Create effective advertising schedules to help customers market and grow their business.

• Establish and maintain customer files and contacts.

• Responsible for generating sales reports, accurate planning and problem management.

•  Maintain a general sales-oriented knowledge of the companies full product line

• Represent the company and its products in a professional manner.

Qualifications:

• Previous sales or retail experience preferred.

• Must demonstrate team-oriented work skills and be customer service driven.

• Must be a self-starter and goal oriented.

• Possess ability to negotiate contracts and analyze competitive situations.

• Must be able to calculate business figures, (prices, discounts, percentages, etc.)

• Should possess excellent verbal and written skills and presentation skills.

• Be well groomed and professional in appearance.

• Own a dependable vehicle with proof of insurance and a good driving record.

We offer a competitive salary and commission package. E-mail your resume, including salary history to: hotop.cvnewspress@gmail.com or lwidmer@nwmissouri.edu

Students tell "muffin choker" stories

This is investigative reporting at its best at the college level. Are there applications for what we do here? Are there investigations that Doane College media should be undertaking?

Intern in DC - Washington, D.C.

Capital Semester in Washington, DC – Political Journalism Track
Fall 2010: August 28 – December 11, 2010
Spring 2011: January – April, 2011
Georgetown University, Washington, DC
www.DCinternships.org/CS  

***FALL 2010 - FINAL APPLICATION DEADLINE – JUNE 1, 2010***
****SCHOLARSHIP FUNDING AVAILABLE****

Sponsored by The Fund for American Studies in partnership with Georgetown University, Capital Semester – Political Journalism Track combines substantive journalism internships, courses for academic credit, professional development activities, site briefings and lectures led by working journalists.

Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis until the final deadline of June 1, 2010 for Fall 2010; students are encouraged to apply early for priority consideration in admissions decisions and internship placement. The early deadline for Spring 2011 is October 1, 2010. There is a substantial amount of scholarship funding available, and awards are made based on financial need and merit.

Capital Semester combines hands-on professional experience in the journalism or communications field for 25 hours a week with a challenging academic experience. This program provides students from around the world with the opportunities to gain an edge in today’s competitive job market and graduate school admissions, and experience the excitement of Washington first-hand.

·   Internships – Placements with top news and media organizations as well as communications and PR firms
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·   Guest Lectures – With Washington’s top print and broadcast journalists
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New AP Style adopted for state names

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EDITORS:

The Associated Press is changing its style on state abbreviations.

Starting May 15, we will spell out the names of U.S. states in all stories and datelines where a city is followed by a state name. SACRAMENTO, Calif., for example, will become SACRAMENTO, California.

State abbreviations will continue to be used in NewsAlerts and headlines.

In making this change, we will be creating a consistent and universal style for international as well as domestic use.

We also will drop the practice of including names of Canadian provinces in datelines. We will instead use Canada. VANCOUVER, British Columbia, for example, will become VANCOUVER, Canada.

The AP

FERPA can't hide a sexual assualt

Presumably, we at Doane College media would never face this issue, but it's good to know - thanks to the Student Press Law Center - that a college cannot use the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act to conceal a rape.

New video posting site launched

Check out this quick review of TubeMogul. Are there applications for DC Media use?

Doane recruit wins scholarship

Taylor Lutz, who will attend Doane this fall, won a $2,000 Nebraska Press Association Foundation scholarship. It will be presented to her April 17 at the annual NPA convention at the Holiday Inn in Kearney. 

The Dundy County-Stratton High School senior's parents are Scott and Brenda Lutz of Parks.

Taylor is one of four students to receive a scholarship. Two scholarships were given to high school seniors who planned to attend a Nebraska college and two went to current college students.

Before Taylor, the most recent Doane student to win the scholarship was Adrianna Choquette.

Be cautious about ads

The link takes you to a Student Press Law Center story about Holocaust deniers who try to buy space in college newspapers to spread the theory that the Holocaust never happened. Believe it or not, The Doane Owl once published an ad of Holocaust denier Bradley Smith on the grounds that the paper was providing him his right to free speech and that the issue needed to be explored more fully. But this is an extremely sensitive topic and, in point of fact, the Owl did not have to print the ad or grant Smith his First Amendment rights. He has a right to speak. The newspaper has a right to deny ads that he wishes to run in the paper.

The president of the college, at the time, was Fred Brown. He did not censor the publication, but he asked to talk to the editors of the paper after the Holocaust ad ran. He told them a chilling tale of a friend of his whose concentration camp number was tattoed on her arm. That, plus the preponderance of evidence that the Holocaust existed, was enough to convince, who is a history expert - in fact, owns a doctorate in history, Brown that it did happen. And that the Owl was wrong for printing the ad.

After they heard Brown's story, I think the students wished they would have pulled the ad and found a 20-inch wire story to put in its place.

Plan for the fall media convention

It's not too early to plan for the fall National College Media Convention in Louisville, Ky. The home of Muhammad Ali and the Louisville Slugger - not to mention Kentucky bourbon and Churchill Downs, known for the Kentucky Derby and mint juleps. Check out the convention brochure here http://bit.ly/ncmc10 and the hotel, the Galt House, here http://bit.ly/galthouse

Is Digital Media a Greener Way to Go?

Perhaps old technology - news printed on dead trees - isn't so terrible in terms of the environment. Thoughts?

Is 3D TV pointless?

What do you think? Up or down on 3D TV?

AP photog captures Afghanistan images with iPhone

Who says you need a lot of fancy equipment to take good photos. Check out these shots, taken with a cell phone. AP photog captures Afghanistan images with iPhone

Online Pacemaker Finalists announced

Here are the 50 online college sites that are finalists for the 2010 Pacemaker Award. Please take a look at them. Do similarities exist? How do they differ from the Doaneline? What can Doane College do to aspire to be one of these finalists - preferably sooner than later?

How Topic Pages Can Give Readers a Bird's-Eye View of the News

Can topic pages conquer news fatigue? How Topic Pages Can Give Readers a Bird's-Eye View of the News

What will health care reform mean for Doane?

Perhaps the journalism students at Doane College could use this story to jump start a localization: What will health care reform mean to the college? http://hosted2.ap.org/apdefault/9fffc92b12934d78a492c6b3b18f1697/Article_2010-03-31-US-Health-Care-Business/id-p73a4f5f88a2e482daba8d5a8619b34e1

Another success story

Doane alum Andy Dygert, a mass communication major, was just accepted into the Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences.  He joins several Doane alums in Journalism and Media or mass communication who are pursuing post-graduate degrees, including at least two in law school.

Localization?

Is there a localization for Doane in this tweet: nytimes 

Revamping of Student Loans Approved by Senatehttp://nyti.ms/arS3jd

How to Use Interactive Time Lines in Breaking News & Ongoing Stories

Need to add a time line to one of your stories? Check out this link from Poynter: How to Use Interactive Time Lines in Breaking News & Ongoing Stories

Design and make money

Make $1,000 by creating a logo and a theme for the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. But hurry, the deadline is May 1.

Convergence at work

Click on the headline to see a story about how convergence is happening in Tyler, Texas.

Photo competition announced

Shooters (also known as photographers) will get a chance to win money and prizes at the Joel Sartore/Thomas Mangelsen Collegiate Photo Competition April 16 and 17, sponsored by the Nebraska Press Association. 

The live, on-site photo contest is set for April 16 at the NPA spring convention at the Holiday Inn in Kearney. Any journalism student can compete.

Each shooter will be given a photo assignment. Students will have a deadline to shoot the photos and prepare their entries. Prizes for the top winners will be announced at the NPA luncheon at noon Saturday.

To participate, check in at the NPA registration desk at the convention by 1 p.m. Bring a laptop computer, camera, photo card and reader and any other photographic equipment you may need.

Let me know by April 1 if you wish to participate.

The convention registration is free to journalism students and the Saturday lunch costs just $5 for students.

Win some serious bucks

You could win up to $500 in a live, on-site reporting and writing contest next month, sponsored by the Nebraska Press Association.

The contest, the fifth annual Tom Allen Memorial Writing Competition, will take place April 16 at the Holiday Inn in Kearney.

Students will be given a story assignment and a deadline. The winner will receive $500 at the Saturday NPA luncheon in Kearney.

To participate, check in with the NPA registration desk at the convention. You must be there before 1 p.m. You will have to complete the assignment by 5:45 p.m. No Internet access is allowed.

You will need a laptop computer, a notebook and whatever reporting tools you use. The laptops must contain a USB port to download stories onto a jump drive.

If you want to participate, submit your name to me by April 1.

By the way, registration at the convention is free for college students and the Saturday luncheon costs just $5.

The dangers of Chat Roulette

Has anyone tried this? If you haven't, you may not want to start. See "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" and its send-up of this new Internet craze, featuring big-time reporters. Hilarious.

Editor wants apology from Texas A

Check out this story about football players stealing the campus newspaper and being praised by their coach, who said he was proud of his players for what they did. Editor wants apology from Texas A&M-Commerce coach who praised football players' theft of school newspapers | Sports News |
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How a Small-School Journalism Student Gets Noticed

Check out this advice from Poynter: How a Small-School Journalism Student Gets Noticed

Sandhills internships available

Sandhills Publishing is offering PAID Editorial Internships: ·       Starting at $10/hour ·       Professional, Valuable experience ·       20 hours/week, flexible around class schedule ·       Full-time hours available during summer and school breaks ·       Laptop computer for personal use Visit with their recruiters at the Doane College Career Fair Wednesday! Go to www.sandhills.com/career to learn more about their  exciting opportunities! To apply:  E-mail a cover letter and resume to  jobs@sandhills.com Visit the website www.sandhills.com/career  and complete an online application

Intern in DC - Washington, D.C.

Get an internship in Washington, D.C. this fall or next spring as part of the Political Journalism Track of Capital Semester, sponsored by The Fund for American Studies in partnership with Georgetown University.

The institute provides a 15-week academic internship program for students who want to explore journalism and communications careers. It also offers 15-week programs for students interested in public policy, international affairs, journalism and communications and the non-profit sector.

It provides hands-on professional journalism experience for 25 hours/week with a full-time academic experience at Georgetown University, which could transfer the credits earned to Doane.

You would be placed with news and media organizations or communications and public relations firms. You would earn 12 credit hours. You would be housed in furnished apartments in the Capitol Hill neighborhood. 

In addition, you'd hear guest lectures, tour top D.C. sites, such as the Newseum, and interact with professionals.

More than half of the students receive full or partial scholarships for the program.

If you're interested, let me know. Students I nominate receive special admissions and scholarship consideration.

Applications will be accepted until Jun 1 for the fall and Nov. 1 for next spring. Apply early. Students applying by March 1 and October 1 will receive a 5 percent tuition discount.

Example of publishing administrators' salaries

The University of Washington student paper reported comprehensively about the salaries of the university's  top administrators, including the president, who is the second-highest paid university president in the nation, after a press release touted the administrators' decision to donate 5 percent of their salaries to student scholarships. Should Doane College media pursue a story about administrators' salaries? After all, the information is public record.

Student press victory at Virginia Tech

Certainly this marks a victory for the student press, but what exactly should student media do about anonymous posts that are obnoxious, rude or downright disgusting? How do you think student journalists at Doane should react to these types of posts?

Higher education reporter needed

The Lincoln Journal Star is seeking a higher education reporter to cover the University of Nebraska and other smaller schools in and around Lincoln, probably including Doane College. You have to be able to break news and write compelling features.
The ad says the paper wants a reporter who can think fast and file Web posts and daily stories on deadline. It also wants someone who can produce weekend and enterprise pieces that examine in-depth the issues facing education.
The position mostly is a Monday-Friday job, but you would have to work nights and weekends as needed. The ideal candidate owns a bachelor's degree in journalism and at least two years of experience at a daily paper. But that shouldn't stop seniors from applying. You may not fit their "ideal" qualifications, but you could be the best candidate who applies.

Education reporter needed

The Sioux City Journal, a 40,000-circulation daily newspaper in western Iowa, is looking for an education reporter. The right candidate will be able to "craft compelling education features and enterprise" as well as explain complex school budget issues. The paper covers several school districts, three small colleges and the University of South Dakota.
According to its ad, the ideal candidate will have experience with blogging, social media, multimedia and other online tools.
The paper requires one year of reporting experience, but I'd urge current seniors to apply anyway. Exceptions can be made, you know.
The paper wants you to apply online. You may also send a cover letter, resume and samples by e-mail to Editor Mitch Pugh or by snail mail to Pugh at Sioux City Journal, 515 Pavonia St., Sioux City, Iowa, 51102. He will not take phone calls.

News reporters, editors still needed

Check out this quote from a Washington Post reporter, first blogged by Romenesko: "The media landscape is obviously changing in huge ways, and it's hard to know how it will continue to evolve with the technology," says Washington Post reporter Steve Fainaru. "But the demand for good information is not going to end, and we're increasingly presented with new ways to get information and deliver it. Also, the situation is so much more competitive that the media itself is more accountable, which is long overdue."
Despite the gloomy picture now, there will be jobs in journalism and media - they'll just take different forms than the jobs that were available when I broke into the business 34 years ago. 

What Journalists Need to Know About Google Buzz

Check out this link about Google Buzz and what it might mean for journalists and journalism. Please note that Google, already a monster in the tech world, could corner the mobile advertising world if the Buzz is accepted. What Journalists Need to Know About Google Buzz

Don't get in a twit

Check out this essay from my former boss at the Lakeland Ledger in Florida. He was the editor who took that paper in the 1970s, when no one was doing it, from an afternoon to a morning paper - and he did it successfully. His success there led him to Minneapolis where he prospered and led the Star Tribune to a Pulitzer Prize. He has a lot to say in this piece about Twitter and its place in journalism: http://cronkite.asu.edu/mcguireblog/?p=158. Plus, he's a Detroit Tigers fan.

Type a movie

Check out this link  - http://www.collegemediainnovation.org/blog/2010/02/xtranormal-in-ur-text-making-it-video/ - to see a cool way to create an animated movie simply by typing. Are there any applications for this technology that we could use to report news?

Count your blessings

Check out this story in the Los Angeles Times - http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-lacc28-2010jan28,0,6301622.story - and think about how the Doane administration, generally speaking, keeps its hands off Doane College media. In 11 years as an adviser here, I've never faced censorship from the administration. That makes me count my blessings. The only down side - we don't have stories about the administration censoring the Doane media to fill our print and Web pages or our airtime on radio and TV. I'll make that trade off anytime.