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.
Are you a student journalist or photographer interested in all things fashion? Would you like the opportunity to enhance your portfolio and potentially connect with talented members of the industry? If so, join us as we promote Evolution of Design at West Virginia University. The inaugural event, hosted by the College of Human Services and Education and the Davis College of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Design, will bring together emergent designers in fashion, artistry, marketing, and history to produce a fashion show with enough glitz and glamor to rival those found in Hollywood.
In the months leading up to the event, student journalists will research and write short pieces and longer feature articles about the event and its designers that will be posted to the event blog and website. On the day of the event, student journalists will share details in real time via the event’s blog and social media pages.
Getting to class, paying tuition and buying books can be a challenge for any college student. That’s why Sheetz is offering full- and part-time West Virginia University students an opportunity to win up to $10,000 in tuition and books for the 2015-16 academic year as it prepares to open its new concept “Made-to-Order” grocery store at University Place Tuesday, March 3.
University Place is a $70 million, mixed use residential and retail complex in the heart of Morgantown’s Sunnyside district just a few blocks from WVU’s downtown campus. The housing complex, a partnership with the University, opened to WVU students in recent months as work continues on the retail shops.
Wikipedia is one of the most commonly referenced encyclopedias in the world – more than 450 million people visit the website each month. Unlike other encyclopedias, Wikipedia’s content is written by volunteer editors from around the world. However, the site faces a serious gender gap that can influence that content.
Some Wikipedia visitors may be surprised to learn that nearly 90 percent of the site’s volunteer editors are male. The editors also tend to be mostly white and college educated. As a result, users are more likely to find more information about men and male-related topics than they are about women and female-related topics.
The West Virginia University Jackson Hole Photography Workshop, now in its seventh year, is accepting applications for the intensive summer photography course located in the remote area of northwestern Wyoming.
The 10-day program, which runs from June 18-28, allows students to travel through the area’s terrain while experimenting with various forms of image making. The locations students will visit include Yellowstone National Park, Grand Teton National Park, the National Elk Refuge, the St. Anthony Sand Dunes and an authentic western rodeo.
If you anticipate graduating in May 2015, you must complete the online graduation application by March 6, 2015. Students who have previously applied for graduation, but whose degree was not granted, must resubmit a graduation application. If you will not complete all degree requirements by May, please do not submit a graduation application at this time. Only students who will complete all requirements by the end of the spring semester will be eligible for May graduation.
Please note, the graduation application and diploma process is separate from the ceremony RSVP and ticket-claim processes. Those details and instructions will be sent to you in a different communication. In the meantime, please visit the webpage at http://bit.ly/1Bybrm1.
WVU Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA) will be stationed in the Mountainlair Thursday, Feb. 12 and Friday, Feb. 13 from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. with a camera and a green screen for Valentine’s Day videograms and photos. Anyone can stop by and record a Valentine’s Day message for their loved ones near or far. The sender can choose from four designs for the background in their video (or picture). The RTDNA students will edit the message with the selected background and e-mail the video or picture to the sender’s Google Drive. Videograms are $8 and photos are $5.
Larry Whiteside, a pioneer in the field of sports journalism, was the first African-American beat sports writer for The Boston Globe. His achievements earned him many prestigious honors including induction into NABJ’s 2009 Hall of Fame (posthumous); NABJ’s 1999 Lifetime Achievement Award; induction into the 2008 National Baseball Hall of Fame (posthumous); and the 2008 J.G. Taylor Spink Award posthumously given by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America. Mr. Whiteside passed away in 2007 due to complications from Parkinson’s disease. NABJ’s Sports Task Force established this scholarship in Mr. Whiteside’s honor to provide financial assistance to journalism students interested in sport journalism.
Mr. Robert Byers, Executive Editor of the Charleston Gazette, will conduct in-person interviews in Martin Hall on Thursday, Feb. 19th, for summer reporting internships.
The Charleston Gazette is West Virginia’s largest newspaper. Their interns are very much a part of the reporting staff and cover everything from features to breaking news. They’re looking for applicants – preferably those finishing their sophomore or junior year—who have student newspaper experience and a desire to be a journalist upon graduation. The 13-week program usually begins in mid-May and ends in mid-August, but can be tailored to fit your college schedule. The position pays $350 per week.
Internships, Scholarships, Jobs, all sorts of good stuff this week. Read carefully and apply!
JOURNALISM: The NBCUniveral News Group is accepting applications from now until March 27th, 2015 (at 5pm) for its News Associates Program. This is a one-year long staff position designed to give participants real-world news experience. Aspiring journalists with diverse backgrounds hone research skills, work on developing news stories in a working news bureau, and participate in field and studio production on a variety of news programs. The News Associates program is a fast-track opportunity for people with the goal to learn news gathering and production skills. It is not designed to train people who wish to be on-air reporters. Contact Eric Minor for application instructions. This is a rigorous application—don’t wait until the last minute to apply.
Every couple of years, the Washington Post political blog The Fix releases a list of top political reporters in each state and the District of Columbia. This year several WVU Reed College of Media alumni were listed for West Virginia. We would like to congratulate and recognize Ashton Marra, West Virginia Public Broadcasting, Hoppy Kercheval, MetroNews and Phil Kabler, Charleston Gazette.