The Reed College of Media and College of Creative Arts will merge to form the new WVU College of Creative Arts and Media as of July 1, 2024. Get details.
The broadcast news senior from York, Pa., is scheduled to appear three times during ESPN’s coverage of the game. Fontanazza will appear on-air pre-game and then once during each half. He is still talking to ESPNproducers about content but says they plan to give him a Flip video camcorder to do a behind-the-scenes look at student fans and traditions.
Fontanazza’s appearance on ESPN is part of the network’s Campus Connection Week. Students from more than 40 schools, representing 15 conferences and 21 states, plus Washington, D.C., will have the opportunity to serve in various roles during games on ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU.
John Temple’s book, “The Last Lawyer: The Fight to Save Death Row Inmates” is getting national exposure. Temple, an associate professor and associate dean at the WVU Perley Isaac Reed School of Journalism, was interviewed when the C-SPAN bus visited campus in October and the piece aired earlier this month.
Jon Schmitz, SOJ alum and staff writer for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, will speak to J-School students on Tuesday, Feb. 2. Schmitz will speak to Professor Bonnie Stewart’s Public Affairs Reporting class.
Schmitz started his career at the Intelligencer in Wheeling, W.Va. He was later hired as a staff writer for The Pittsburgh Press. There he covered local government, politics and the courts for 14 years. He also served brief stints as a columnist and editorial writer. When the Press closed in 1992, he moved to the Post-Gazette as bureau chief for local government and courts. After several years in that role, he became an editor on the local news desk. In January, eager to return to the front lines, he took on the transportation beat.
The Poynter Institute is a school and resource for journalism located in St. Petersburg, Florida. It was founded in May 1975 by Nelson Poynter, chairman of the St. Petersburg Times and Congressional Quarterly. Poynter’s 2010 College Fellowship (May 16-28) is an intensive, two-week program in which students work in a classroom and on a beat to report and produce stories about the local community. Students will have countless opportunities for one-on-one coaching with Poynter faculty and professional journalists.
INSTITUTE ON POLITICAL JOURNALISM June 6 – July 31, 2010 Georgetown University, Washington, DC www.DCinternships.org/IPJ
Sponsored by The Fund for American Studies in partnership with Georgetown University, the Institute combines substantive internships, courses for academic credit, career development activities, site briefings and lectures led by working journalists. This fast-paced, eight-week residential program provides students from around the world with opportunities to gain the edge in today’s competitive job market and graduate school admissions, and experience the excitement of Washington first-hand.
Jean Dailey, writing specialist at the WVU College of Law, will be in Martin Hall to answer your grammar related questions on Mondays and Thursdays from 4 to 5:30 p.m. in Room 107. Dailey teaches the online grammar component to the School’s introductory media writing class.
Journalism and communications majors at the graduate and undergraduate level who are of Greek American heritage may apply for annual scholarships given in the amount of $5,000 in memory of Peter Agris, the late founder and publisher of The Hellenic Chronicle.
The non-renewable grants have been offered by the Alpha Omega Council of New England and the Agris family for the last 18 years.
Pharmaceutical company looking to hire a representative to cover their Morgantown, Fairmont, and Clarksburg territory.
Business to business sales experience desired (copiers, uniforms, payroll, advertising, etc.) with stellar sales numbers on resume. Client prefers more than 2 years outside sales experience, with strong accomplishments. This client wants to interview strong B2B reps whose career goals are to get into pharmaceutical sales.
Are you an SOJ student who has completed a study abroad experience? Whether it’s a faculty-led spring break/summer trip, a semester exchange or a non-WVU affiliated program, we want to hear from you. Please contact jan.boyles@mail.wvu.edu for more details.