Project opportunity at Instant-Off for Students with national exposure

Shoot a video, win the prize

We are INSTANT-OFF and our company makes an easy-to-use water conservation product that can save up to 15,000 gallons of water per faucet, per year.  We are embarking on the Pepsi Refresh Project and we plan to donate 15,000 INSTANT-OFF aerators to public schools across the United States and educate students about being eco-friendly and conserving water.  We want to give your creative students the opportunity to be a part of this national campaign to make a positive environmental impact.

We are looking for a student or group of students to create an animation, documentary or other creative outlet, promoting our water conservation and education efforts.  Our goal is to appeal to people of all ages (any Pixar-wanna-be’s are welcome), while emphasizing the importance of water conservation.
Guidelines:
Video shorts are preferred, with a 60-second minimum time.  The deadline is Monday, July 26th at 12 p.m.
We are offering $500 prize for the winning video!  The winning individual(s) will receive credit and national recognition for their work.
Emphasis should be on our product and how it will save school systems money and millions of gallons of water a year, plus, the education of students about conservation.
Visit www.instant-off.com for REGISTRATION and company information.

For further questions, please email:

Tara at tara@instant-off.com or Taylor at taylor@instant-off.com.
We encourage you to visit www.refresheverything.com to learn more about the project.
Please find our flyer and Pepsi’s guidelines for videos attached.
*Credit will be appropriately given, but ALL submissions are free to be used by INSTANT-OFF at any time.
Thank you,

Tara McCarty
Communications

INSTANT-OFF, INC.
4400 118th Avenue North, Suite 204
Clearwater, Florida 33762

Sales: 800-972-8348
Fax: 866-582-5023
email: tara@instant-off.com
Web: www.instant-off.com

INSTANT-OFF
* Saves Water & Money
* Reduces Cross-Contamination
* Eliminates Wasted Water
* Stops Drippy Faucets
* Pays for itself in 3 Months
* Fast -Easy Installation
* Made In Clearwater, Florida

Editor and Writers Needed at Alzheimer’s Family Organization

Alzheimer's Family Organization

The Alzheimer’s Family Organization is seeking a Newsletter editor and contributing writers. The organization produces a quarterly published newsletter, “Companion“, that goes out to 3500 people in the community featuring information related to caregiving, community resources and other related subjects. Duties for the editor include: choosing a quarterly theme, article content and proofing articles, most which can be done through email. Duties for contributing writers include: suggesting subject matter and submitting articles for approval by the editor.

The Alzheimer’s Family Organization provides support services and educational programs for caregivers coping with an Alzheimer’s or dementia patient at home. It services central Florida, including Pasco, Hernando, Lake, Sumter, Citrus, Northern Pinellas and Northern Hillsborough counties. The coverage area has over 100,000 people afflicted with Alzheimer’s disease. The organization produces a quarterly published newsletter, “Companion”, that goes out to 3500 people in our community.

Follow this link to its website to read past issues of “Companion” that have been archived: http://www.alzheimersfamily.org/Newsletter_Main.htm

If any students are interested to contribute to our wonderful publication, please contact Kathy Montero for additional information or with any questions.

Kathy Montero
Community Services Coordinator
kathy@alzheimersfamily.org
AFO – Alzheimer’s Family Organization
727.848.8888
888.496.8004
www.alzheimersfamily.org

Visual design intern at Instant-off Water Savor

Intern at instant-off water savor

The Instant-off Water Savor is looking for a creative individual with a good eye for color and that has good knowledge of Illustrator.

This position is a remote position and must have access to the necessary software. The individual would come into our office, located in Clearwater (4400 118th Avenue North, Suite 204), for an assignment and then would be able to work in a location of their choosing.

We expect to need this person throughout the summer and perhaps into the fall semester. The student can receive school credit for the internship.

We are also gearing up for the Pepsi Refresh campaign so we need someone immediately to also help out with this.

Our company website is www.instant-off.com

We are the manufacturers of the most cost effective water saving device on the market. We are an eco-friendly company. Using our device on a standard household sink will save each person in household 10,000 gallons per year on average.

If interested, please contact Lee Smith at lee@instant-off.com and CC Professor Loretha Cleveland at lclevela@mail.usf.edu.

Communications Internship for Global Agricultural Research Center in Mexico

Communications Internship for Global Agricultural Research Center in Mexico

The Corporate Communications unit of the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT, www.cimmyt.org) is looking for an intern to help with writing, editing, and public relations. Located outside Mexico City, CIMMYT is a non-profit, international research organization that develops and promotes improved maize and wheat varieties and cropping systems for farmers in developing countries.

The communications intern will work full-time assisting science writers/editors in duties such as:

* Editing and proofing articles for a weekly, internal newsletter.
* Reporting, researching, and writing articles for a bi-monthly e-newsletter distributed to an external audience of thousands.
* Publicizing the impacts of CIMMYT’s research.
* Editing scientific articles for international publication.
* Developing content about projects, results, meetings, and partnerships for CIMMYT’s website and blog.
* Monitoring the media for agricultural development-related articles.
* Drafting text for pamphlets, posters, and presentations.
* Other information management and dissemination tasks, as agreed.

The ideal candidate should be able to commit for one year as of 01 July 2010 and have a background in communications, journalism, or international development, an undergraduate degree, and writing or editing experience in English. Knowledge of Spanish, science, and agriculture are advantages. CIMMYT offers interns a modest monthly stipend, health insurance, costs for housing, and the arrival and return ticket to and from Mexico. To apply, please e-mail a letter of interest, resume, two writing samples (preferably non-academic), and contact information for two references to Mike Listman (m.listman@cgiar.org) by 04 June 2010.

Magazines designed by JMS students, Spring 2010

These are a few magazines selected from the final projects by the News Design class, spring 2010.

Full-time job opening at Time Customer Service, Inc.

Time Customer Service

PLEASE LET DR. SILVIA OR DR. WANG know if you are applying.

Lettergen Specialist

Department Magazine Marketing Svcs
Hours: M-F

Job Type: Full Time
POSITION DESCRIPTION

• Analyze, plan, and implement high-profile digital promotions by interpreting requirements and entering data into the design systems to ensure quality, accuracy and timeliness.
• Updates text, images, and interactive content of our client’s digital promotions.
• Partners with Analysts and technical groups to develop, test, and implement new client initiatives.
• Researches/resolves questions and problems regarding digital promotions and specifications.
• Maintains and monitors lettergen tracking reports.
• Produces monthly reports for billing of client rate card.
• Prepares and maintains departmental documents on procedures and programming enhancements.
• Recommends best practices and alternative solutions to team members as well as facilitates ongoing HTML and digital promotion training.

POSITION REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor’s degree (B. A.) from four-year college or university; or one to two years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• One year experience with digital technologies such as HTML, XML, Dreamweaver, and/or Javascript; or one year related training; or a combination of education and experience.
• Familiar with web design concepts.
• Strives to refine the digital promotion development process for maximum effectiveness.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.
• Ability to work against tight deadlines in a fast paced environment while keeping a keen eye on detail and accuracy.
• Demonstrated strong interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills.
• Responsible for maintaining the highest level of confidentiality in all aspects of the position.
• Strong organization skills, self-motivated, and a team player.
• Ability to type a minimum of 30 WPM.
• Ability to proofread.

TESTS WILL BE ADMINISTERED TO EVALUATE TYPING AND PROOFREADING SKILLS

POSITION PREFERENCES

• Experience with TCS Fulfillment Systems (i.e., MAGIC, MERLIN, MIRAGE)
• Experience with Adobe Software (i.e., Acrobat, Photoshop, Illustrator, etc.)
• Knowledge of Marketing Services processes
• Experience with Lettergen systems such as Dialogue/Script

Michelle Cervera|Team Leader, Lettergen

Time Customer Service, Inc.

813-676-8717 -P| 813.979.6531-F

michelle.cervera@custserv.com

JMS earns re-accreditation

The Department of Journalism and Media Studies at USF St. Petersburg, one of six accredited journalism programs in Florida, earned re-accreditation in 19-0 vote from the national agency responsible for evaluating journalism programs.

The department’s reaccreditation, confirmed April 30, keeps the program among the approximately one quarter of journalism programs in the United States that have met the standards set by the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications, or ACEJMC. Out of the 420 journalism programs in the United States, 113 have earned national accreditation. Journalism and Media Studies is among the even fewer programs in the United States with both undergraduate and graduate programs fully accredited by the council.

Robert Dardenne, the department chair, praised contributions of faculty members and students for their enthusiasm, participation and contributions to both the program and the re-accreditation efforts, and their academic and professional performance.

“Our faculty members have worked together to create a program that serves well our students, university, community and the craft of journalism,” Dardenne said. “Our program is rigorous, nurturing, innovative and ahead of many programs in adapting to the media’s digital environment.”

The program’s adaptation to the growing uses of technology among media outlets includes integration of digital media into many of the program’s courses and specialized courses in various areas of reporting, writing, design, content, development and implications of social and other digital media. At both the accrediting committee meeting in Chicago in March and the Arlington accrediting council meeting in April, Journalism and Media Studies was said to have a “model curriculum” for small programs throughout the country.

The program focuses on reporting and writing, and students create digital portfolios of their work, participate in course blogs and experience hands-on training in digital video, photography, design, web construction and other aspects of the rapidly changing digital media environment. Both the graduate and undergraduate programs ground students in concepts about the importance of a free press and the implications and influences of the changing news and media environment.

WJMCR publishes Dr. Wang’s sample size research

Dr. Xiaopeng Wang

Dr. Xiaopeng (Paul) Wang’s research on sample sizes for conducting content analysis of the Web media appears on the May 2010 issue of Web Journal of Mass Communication Research, an electronic journal devoted to mass communication research.

The research article, An Exploration of Sample Sizes for Content Analysis of the New York Times Web Site, Dr. Wang co-authored with Dr. Dan Riffe, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, explores the effectiveness and efficiency of sample sizes for content analysis of online newspaper sites. Using simple random sampling, the comparisons showed that a sample size of six days was effective and efficient to represent one year of content of the New York Times Online.