Media College News

The Dominion Post is seeking freelance writers for all sections of the newspaper. Interested individuals should contact Michael Janney at mjanney@dominionpost.com by May 1. Please include a resume and several writing samples.

Full Time & Part Time TV Traffic Anchor

Metro Television, a Westwood One Company, is expanding in several markets. Along with this growth comes the immediate need to fill positions.

Where: National Center of Excellence in Women’s Health (NCoEWH) WVU Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center, Morgantown, WV

Application deadline: April 8th, 2011 (applications will be reviewed as received)

NBC 29 is looking for a good writer and editor to join our award winning news department. Primary job will be to edit news content and video for our websites and to create fresh content for those pages. Will have other web-editing duties. Knowledge of web design and editing a major plus, as well as some graphic design. An understanding of good journalism is a must. Hours are to be determined, but weekend afternoon/evening work will definitely be part of the job. Please rush NBC 29 application (available for download at www.nbc29.com ) resume, and writing/web samples to:

WVIR-TV
HR Manager
503 E. Market St.
Charlottesville, VA 22902

WVU P.I. Reed School of Journalism public relations students will showcase their semester-long campaign at the annual West Virginia Campus Compact conference Wednesday, April 20.

Led by Assistant Professor Dr. Rita Colistra, the 18 students are collaborating with the Ritchie Progress Alliance to promote its Buy Local Initiative, a campaign to educate the citizens of Ritchie County, W.Va., about the economic value of shopping at locally owned businesses. The students will present their work at 1 p.m., 2:20 p.m. and 3:05 p.m. at the Fairmont State University and Pierpont Community and Technical College Falcon Center.

In May, WVU P.I. Reed School of Journalism graduates will receive their final send-off from one of the nation’s leading experts on media trends. Brooke Gladstone, co-host and managing editor of NPR’s “On the Media,” will serve as the School’s 2011 May Commencement keynote speaker.

Formerly a print journalist, her work has appeared in the London Observer, the Boston Globe, the Washington Post, and The American Journalism Review among others. She also covered public broadcasting for Current and wrote and edited theater, film and music reviews for The Washington Weekly.

Three West Virginia University P.I. Reed School of Journalism students are headed to the Society of Professional Journalists National Competition. The students are advancing after receiving first place awards at the SPJ Region 4 Mark of Excellence Award competition earlier this month.

Two of the first place awards were won in the Television News Category –one for General News Reporting and the other for Sports Reporting. The School of Journalism’s student-produced newscast “WVU News” placed second in the region for Best All-Around Television Newscast.

The West Virginia University journalism graduate and Foundation Outstanding Senior is one of the creators of the Upper Big Branch coal mine memorial website, called Faces of the Mine.

“You get out of school what you put into it, and I came here and threw myself into anything I could,” she said.

Each year, the University recognizes its top seniors with the WVU Foundation Outstanding Senior Award. This year, the SOJ can count among them three of our own.

The news-editorial journalism major with a 3.84 GPA was a founding member of the WVU chapter of Ed on Campus, a group that supports students wanting careers in the magazine industry.

Who we are: ChildVoice International is a Christian organization seeking to restore the voices of children silenced by war. ChildVoice International’s programs recognize that someone must speak for the thousands of children rendered voiceless by unspeakable brutality and unimaginable inhumanity. ChildVoice acts on the conviction that children broken by war can be restored in safe communities with loving care, spiritual and emotional counseling, and effective education and vocational training. The children served by ChildVoice International and partnering grassroots organizations include former child soldiers, children orphaned by war, and those left destitute by rebel activity.

Job Description: Internships vary in length from 10 to 12 weeks and are available three times throughout the year – spring, summer, and fall. Anyone 18 years or older who has completed at least one year of college may apply. All internships are unpaid. Interns may be eligible to receive college credit.