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
·   Classes – 12 transferable credits from Georgetown University
·   Housing – Roommate matching and furnished Capitol Hill apartments in the heart of D.C.
·   Guest Lectures – With Washington’s top print and broadcast journalists
·   Site Briefings & Visits – At USA Today, the Newseum, World Bank, State Department and U.S. Capitol
·   Leadership & Professional Development – Leadership, mentoring and career building activities
·   Networking – Interaction with seasoned professionals and student journalists from around of the world
·   Scholarships – Generous scholarships are awarded based on merit and financial need

For more information and an online application, please visit our website www.DCinternships.org/CS. Should you have any questions, please email Mary Connell at mconnell@tfas.org or call 1-800-741-6964.

New AP Style adopted for state names

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BC-AP Style,Advisory
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.