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InternshipsNewsCommentary
Volume 3, Winter Quarter, Issue 3
cont. on Page 2
Page 3
Magazine majorand IIJ ambassador
takes this week’sSpotlight.
Page 4
ACRN members talkinternships, riends
and fnding yourniche.
Page 4
Check out ourweekly list o media
opportunities aroundthe country.
InternshipListings
All CampusRadio News
ScrippsStudentSpotlight
The latest DIY tips, celebrity
gossip and newest apps are
available literally at the fin-
gertips of smart phone users. This
is a generation where social media
sites such as Twitter and Facebook
have become the source of news for
current events both domestic and in-
ternational. In technology-infused
environments from the classroom to
the workplace where accessing in-
formation is easier than ever, manyAmericans still are tuning out im-
portant information in the media.
Americans now pay less attention
to international affairs and consume
less foreign news. Domestic news
continues to dominate new Ameri-
can media.
According to the Pew Research
Center for the People and the Press,
59 percent of Americans say they reg-
ularly watch the local news in their
area. This has decreased significant-ly from the more than three-quarters
of American who regularly watched
local news in the early 1990s, but
is largely unchanged from 2000.
“Our generation is so used to get-
ting things instantly, everything is
available in one click, and I think
that makes us less interested in taking
time to read and digest a traditional
news story when we can get the gist
in a 140-character Tweet instead,”
said Karah Finan, an OU junior study-
“Generation Y”Logs On,Tunes Out
cont. on Page 3
Kaylyn Hlavaty n Reporter
Kayla Hanley n Reporter
OU students pose with their Mark of Excellence awards during the 2011 regional SPJ convention.
Mark of Excellence winners are announced at the annual banquet.
The Ohio University chapter of the
Society of Professional Journalists
has been given the opportunity to
submit entries to the Mark of Excellence
awards free of charge. Each student who is
an SPJ member can submit two entries of their work and they will be reimbursed by
the JSchool for the entry fee.
The Mark of Excellence awards are
given annually by SPJ’s national chapter to
honor the best in student journalism. The
awards offer categories for print, radio,
television and online collegiate media. En-
tries are rst judged at the regional level.
Next, rst place regional winners advance
to the national competition and are recog-
nized at the SPJ spring conferences.
Mark of Excellence submissions are
due tomorrow evening, January 25, by
midnight. This is the rst year that the
JSchool is paying these fees. OU SPJ Pres-
ident Taylor Mirfendereski brought this to
attention.
“Every year we never have a turnoutof entries like we should with how nation-
ally known our program is,” said Mirfend-
ereski. “SPJ always has winners every year
and we understand that money is an issue
for college students. So by being allowed
to have two entries paid for, students are
given a tangible benet.”
Professor Robert Stewart, director of
the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism,
agreed on the terms Mirfendereski spoke
of.
“It helps us, as a school, to have a na-
Opportunity for ExcellenceStudents invited to submit media work
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Winter Quarter, Issue 3
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Rachel Sayers n Reporter
SPJ Workshop teaches student journalistsimportance of online branding
A New Brand of Journalism
WThe age of journalism has
gone digital — at leastaccording to Ohio University
student Sarah Grothjan, who indicates
that students must find a way to brand
themselves online, or they take the risk
of going unnoticed.
Grothjan, a junior Carr Van Andamajor and Society of Professional
Journalists’ publicity chair, led an SPJ
workshop Monday highlighting the im-
portance of creating an online personal
presence.
“Everyone should at least buy their
own domain,” Grothjan advises. “Even
if they don’t use it right now, they’ll
want access to it in the future, if only
for SEO [Search Engine Optimization]
purposes.”
Her audience, a mixture of JSchool
students from different sequences, lis-tened intently as Grothjan guided them
through the steps of creating a web
page, designing the format and eventu-
ally getting it published.
The first step, according to Grothjan,
is to learn how to write basic HTML
code. She suggested using a program
such as Adobe Dreamweaver while
learning the basics of code writing.
The lines of code from Grothjan’s
demo web page presented a challenge
to the audience. HTML basics can seemdaunting to a beginning web designer.
Grothjan started from the beginning
and began explaining things in a funda-
mental manner.
“I realized that I thought I knew a lot
more than I actually did,” said Heather
Farr, a senior majoring in public rela-
tions. “But after
watching [Grothjan]explain the ‘basics,’ I know
I have a long way to go.”
The workshop, which lasted approx-
imately an hour, went on to show par-
ticipants a few of the most rudimentary
elements of web design. These included
inserting text, displaying photos and
adding tabs to the webpage.
Throughout her speech, Grothjan
stressed the importance of organization
while creating a design.
“You must label everything correctly,”
she said. “It’s very easy to get lost if you don’t add [titles] to everything.”
At the conclusion of her presenta-
tion, Grothjan stated the importance of
learning everything you can about web
design, pointing to the growing online-
based industry as confirmation.
The E.W. Scripps School of Journal-
ism is well aware of these trends. They
currently offer two courses on web de-
sign: VICO 361 and VICO 462. The
classes teach students the ins and outs
of creating and designing webpages, aswell as how to manage them once they
are up and running.
“Not a lot of students know these
sorts of skills,” Farr said. “It makes me
feel as if I have an edge on the compe-
tition. I’ll definitely be trying to learn
more.” v
tional visibility goal,” Stewart said.
“Being able to subsidize the entry
process is a way of increasing submis-sions as well as a way of telling stu-
dents, ‘You should join SPJ.’”
The first step in applying for the
Mark of Excellence awards is to be-
come a member of SPJ. A student can
do so online at spj.org and pay dues to
the national chapter as well as OU’s
$10 chapter dues. The Mark of Excel-
lence submission takes place at the
same website. Students can also sub-
mit a mail-in entry. The cost is nine
dollars for SPJ members and 18 for
non-members. However, the JSchool
will only reimburse a student if he orshe is an SPJ member.
First place regional winners ad-
vance to the national competition and
are recognized at SPJ spring confer-
ences. For the JSchool, regional win-
ners are invited to the spring banquet
and given a free ticket. Once their en-
tries are judged nationally, the JSchool
will give those national winners a
$100 check.
“Our organization is the most known
organization throughout the journal-
ism world. By applying for this award
you are not just a member of SPJ but aworldwide known journalist for how-
ever far your entries go,” Mirfenderes-
ki said. “Your potential employer will
know that you were given this award
and did the best that you could and
they will appreciate that.”
Last year, 59 individuals and teams
won nationally out of the 4,000 entries
received.
“If you win you stand out more,”
Mirfendereski said. v
Grothjan demonstrates the basics of coding.
ScrippsTip
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Name: Morgan
Sigrist
Year: SophomoreMajor: Magazine
Journalism
Hometown: Cleveland, Ohio
What organizations/publications areyou involved with?Students for Global Media and
Diversity and I blog for the
culture section of The Post. I am
also an International Institute of Journalism ambassador.
Favorite thing about Scripps?IIJ because I get the opportunity
to meet people in my eld.
What is your dream job?International Correspondant for
National Geographic or CNN.
If you could report in any country whatwould it be?South Africa, so that I can study
and report on human trafcking.
Favorite news outlet and why?CNN or National Geographic
because their reporting is the
least biased to me and I feel like
they are very well respected for
the work that they do.
What advice would you give to an aspiringjournalist?Find what facet of journalism
you like to do, and then nd
a club that tailors to your se-
quence. Get involved!
Q&ASpotlight -ing journalism and political science.
America is involved with many
countries because of trade, foreign
allies or war, but people focusing on
their own agenda tune out foreign
news. According to a 2004 Columbia
University Survey called “Americans
Are Tuning Out the World,” American
newspapers print less foreign news
now than in the 1980s. Foreign issues
are focused on war and terrorism,
but the number of news stories about
these issues is not rising.
Social media and foreign newsCollege students are more in tune
with social media networks such as
Twitter and Facebook. However, this
does not mean that their news con-
sumption is more frequent. Interna-
tional affairs are interconnected withour daily lives even if many students
do not think this news pertains to
them.
“I think
our generation
doesn’t pay atten-
tion to the news
because it’s bor-
ing. News pro-
grams don’t make
watching the news
appealing to theaudience,” said
Maggie Camp-
bell, an OU junior
studying commu-
nications.
There are many resources where
people can receive news. Media out-
lets such as NBC, The New York
Times and CNN all have websites and
apps for smartphones. The question is
why students don’t take the time to
read a headline or watch a clip from a
news story. There is a cost for knowl-edge, like the time and energy to ab-
sorb it and use it.
The Millennial generation has
spent much of its educational career
during a time of war. Some say that
students have become desensitized to
important issues such as war, poverty
or environmental concerns. One way
to get involved in domestic and glob-
al news is understanding how things
that happen on the other side of the
world are important to the lives, fami-
lies and job prospects of Americans.
“The sheer amount of informa-
tion in our lives is going up and up, so
people are so overwhelmed that they
self-select and will engage in some
sort of social network and ignore oth-
er,” said Marc Scarcelli, OU profes-
sor of international relations.
Social networking and media can
be used to exchange information in
an efficient and timely manner. So-
cial media is ideal for breaking news
events and uploading the story in a
matter of minutes. Sites like Twitter
allow people to share ideas or opin-
ions about topics in their community
or school.
Blogs are also useful because they
directly connect the audience to the
source. A columnist can post a sto-ry or commentary on a blog and the
reader can ask questions or provide
their own opin-
ion.
But social
media can also
have a detri-
mental effect
on how people
receive news
or find it. With
the amount of
blogs, web-
sites, com-
mentary and
online forums,
anyone can put
out “news” and there are some people
who think that information is accurate
and not biased.
However, media will always be
exchanged in a public forum. It is
up to the audience to decide what to
read and believe as accurate, recent
information. Despite the resources of social media sites and the availability
of news, Americans still remain cen-
tered around issues directly affecting
them.
“There is still plenty of a spoiled
and disconnected, apathetic, uninterested
trend in our society, but there is also that
counter movement of there is a lot more
going on in our world than I want to un-
derstand,” said Scarcelli.v
cont. from Page 1
Our generation is so usedto getting things instantly,everything is available in oneclick, and I think that makes usless interested in taking time toread and digest a traditionalnews story when we can getthe gist in a 140-character
Tweet instead.
— KARAH FINAN, junior
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ConnectingMusic toMediaJimmy Roller n Reporter
ACRN is Ohio University’s All Campus
Radio Network, but they are much more than just Internet radio. ACRN does everything from
previewing local shows to reviewing albums.
Their website, ACRN.com, is home not only
to their online radio stream, but also their edi-
torials. In the past ACRN has been able to gain
access to many big name bands, such as Blink
182, Manchester Orchestra and Heartless Bas-
tards. In their feature writing, ACRN tends to
focus on the local music scene.
“We are in Athens so we need to focus on
what is going on in Athens,” said Hannah Cook,
managing editor of ACRN.However, ACRN members strive to be more
than just a music organization on campus.
“ACRN is about nding your voice,” said
Cook. “We give students more chances to write
creatively. That is why we focus on feature sto-
ries.”
For those looking to get involved in music
journalism, ACRN offers much more than prac-
tical experience.
“I could not learn how to be a music journalist
in the classroom,” said Blogs Editor Cassie Whitt.
This is why ACRN tries to connect stu-
dents with internship opportunities, Cook said.ACRN has kept a close relationship with OU
alumni like Jillian Mapes, an editorial assistant
at Billboard. Melissa Burant, the ACRN copy
chief, was able to get two internships based on
the work she has done with ACRN.
Most of all, Cook, Whitt and Burant all said
they valued the personal and professional atmo-
sphere of the organization.
In addition to their daily radio programs,
ACRN hosts free events for the local and uni-
versity public. At 10 p.m. on January 26, the
Smiling Skull Saloon will convert into ACRN’sRock ‘N’ Roll Bingo night.
Just before Valentine’s day, ACRN mem-
bers will auction themselves off at the Date
Auction on February 10. ACRN also invited
bands like the She Bears, The Kyle Sowashes,
and Scubadog. All the proceeds from this event
go toward ACRN’s marquee event Lobster
Fest, a free music festival that is open to all and
held every spring.v
Inc. wants to help you be a leader in theonline journalism industry. Join the Inc. web team to fne tune your online skillsand work with a group o committed JSchoolers just like you. Contact Graylynand Emma at [email protected] ormore inormation!
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