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 West Virginia University Center for Women’s & Gender Studies is advertising a position for an intern who will help publicize and coordinate activities for the Center during the 2013/2014 academic year. This person should be currently enrolled as a WVU student with a background in women’s & gender studies and/or a commitment to social justice issues. The position is part-time (15-20 hours per week depending on need and availability) with a pay rate of $12 per hour and will start during the spring 2014 semester. The intern will be responsible for the following tasks:
1) Develop and communicate information about events and activities associated with the program through the Center’s website and other social media • Maintain the Center’s social media presence (such as Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube) to communicate with alumni, students, faculty and other supporters • Take photographs and video recordings and organize documents associated with the program’s activities to post on social media and the Center’s website • Update calendar of events and assist in communication about activities with university and community members
Print journalism senior Bryan Bumgardner recently traveled to Charleston, W.Va., to cover the Elk River chemical spill that contaminated water supplies to an estimated 300,000 residents in nine West Virginia counties. Bumgardner contributed a story and photos to Scientific American magazine, where he interned last summer, and appeared on HuffPost Live.
Bumgardner said a former SOJ professor contacted him on Friday, January 10 – the day after the story broke – and urged him to offer a freelance piece to the national publication. Scientific American accepted his offer, and Bumgardner was off to Charleston – his car packed with cases of water – the following morning. He was in the Capital City for about 36 hours.
Scientific American online published Bumgardner’s story, “Surviving the West Virginia Water Crisis,” about the Charleston chemical spill. Bumgardner also produced a slideshow to accompany the piece. And get this, as of January 15 it’s the top story on the SA site! Want to check it out? Visit http://bit.ly/1aomUUB
Do you have questions about producing an interactive documentary? The makers behind Hollow, and award-winning interactive documentary about small-town America, are holding a live discussion to help you kick off your interactive projects in 2014.
The team will be available to answer questions about Hollow’s fundraising and community building model, as well as design and development.
Charleston Daily Mail assistant city editor Billy Wolfe will conduct in-person interviews with SOJ students Friday, Jan. 31, for a summer internship.
The intern will work as a general assignment reporter in the Daily Mail’s dynamic, digital-first newsroom. The Daily Mail offers pay of $350 a week for 10-12 weeks following the spring semester.
In her documentary,The Last Clinic, award-winning photographer and multimedia producer Maisie Crow documents the Jackson Women’s Health Organization’s fight to stay open despite a new law that could shut it down.
On Monday, January 27, the WVU P.I. Reed School of Journalism will host Crow as she screens her film, The Last Clinic, in addition to meeting students in their visual journalism classes. The screening will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Life Sciences Building, Room G11. It is free and open to the public.
Day One is an urban clothing brand that aims to inspire those who wear it. But Gillis wants people to know that their brand isn’t just about the clothes. “We want to inspire people to do what they love,” explained Gillis, a Wheeling, W.Va., native. “We want them to like the style, and then be inspired.”
Gillis and Yurisko want people to be the “same old kids from day one” and to pursue the things they’ve always loved doing. This also led the duo to turn their company from just a clothing brand to a lifestyle brand.