Media College News

Applications are currently being accepted for the Spring 2013 Capital Semester (Political Journalism Track) in Washington, DC. Students will be placed in internships for 30 hours a week while earning 12 transferable credits.

The Political Journalism track is offered for students interested in interning with media outlets or communications firms.

When West Virginia University public relations students began their editing and design class last spring, fall fire prevention wasn’t on their minds. That soon changed when the students learned they would be designing promotional materials for WVU Fire Service Extension to promote National Fire Prevention Week, Oct. 7 – 13.

The week, which was started by the National Fire Prevention Association, raises awareness for consumers on ways that they can prevent fires at home.

Sponsored by The Fund for American Studies, Capital Semester – Political Journalism Track combines substantive internships, 12 academic credits, professional development activities, site briefings and lectures led by working journalists.

Capital Semester combines hands-on professional experience in the journalism or communications field for 25 hours a week with a challenging academic experience. This fast-paced, fifteen-week residential program provides undergraduate 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.

Fenton is looking for a Marketing Intern with top-notch communications skills to join its firm-wide marketing team in New York City.

Fenton is a pioneering social impact communications firm with 30 years of experience working on some of the country’s most important social change and social justice movements. They provide media relations, branding, communications planning, and digital media services to nonprofit, corporate, and foundation clients. Fenton has 80 staff in five offices in New York, London, Los Angeles, Washington, DC and San Francisco.

As part of the Graduate Academy, the Office of Graduate Education and Life is sponsoring a series of workshops to develop grad students’ leadership and communication skills.

Graduate Leadership Series – Robert Wickboldt

Press release writing/Layout intern
Department: Marketing
Reports to: Christie Zachary

Compensation
$12.00/hour

The SOJ will hold its annual December Graduate Open House on Sunday, December 9, 2012, from 10:30 a.m. to Noon in 205 Martin Hall. There will be a short ceremony to recognize top graduating seniors and students graduating with Latin Honors. Latin Honor cords will be presented at the event and should be worn during the WVU December Convocation ceremony. MSJ and MS-IMC graduates will also be recognized. A light reception will follow in room 101-102 Martin Hall.

All SOJ graduates are encouraged to attend the WVU December Convocation ceremony on Sunday afternoon at the WVU Coliseum—scheduled to begin at 1:30 pm.

WEIU-TV, on the campus of Eastern Illinois University, offers a paid summer internship program with real broadcast experience on a national award-winning newscast. Through this program, students will work full-time to prepare, create and deliver the news on an award-winning newscast in the 82nd television market.

The internship is paid and provides

Like many American reporters in the 1950’s, Kearns was a World War II-­era patriot who believed that   Egypt and the Middle East’s pro-­Arab movement was being influenced by the Soviet Union. He won major journalism awards when he risked his life to report on the real intentions of Algerian rebels. He was the first broadcast journalist to discover the insurgents weren’t communists or Arab extremists but were instead nationalists who believed in their country’s freedom.  

Following an 18-­year, award-­winning  career  at  CBS News, Kearns was named a Benedum Professor of   Journalism at West Virginia University where he taught from 1971 to 1983.  In 1976, CBS told a Congressional hearing that Kearns also worked for the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency while in Egypt in the 1950’s. He denied it until his death in 1986.

What: Fall 2012 Western Pennsylvania Career Services Association (WestPACS) Job & Internship Fair
When: October 17 from 10 am to 3 pm
Where: Monroeville, Pa.

Network with over 100 employers from diverse industries, non-profits, and government agencies. To view a complete list of employers, go to: https://westpacs-cfm.symplicity.com/events/students.php?cf=fallfair2012