Blue Revolution

When: Thursday, February 9, 3:30 p.m.
Where: Davis Hall 104

Longtime Florida journalist and author of two books about water issues, including the recently acclaimed Blue Revolution: Unmaking America’s Water Crisis (Beacon Press, 2011), Cynthia Barnett will engage the USFSP community about a key issue in Florida and the U.S., as well as globally.

Americans use more water than any other culture in the world, much to quench what’s now our largest crop—the lawn. Yet most Americans cannot name the river or aquifer that flows to our taps, irrigates our food and produces our electricity. And most don’t realize their freshwater sources are in trouble. Barnett proposes the most important part of the solution
is also the simplest and least expensive: a shared water ethic among citizens, government and major water users.

Part of a lecture series sponsored by the university’s Center for Science and Policy Applications for the Coastal Environment (C-SPACE) and the Florida Studies Program, this event is FREE and open to the public.

For more information, please visit www.usfsp.edu/cspace and www.usfsp.edu/floridastudies or call (727) 873-4872.

When: Friday, February 3 from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Where: Harbor Hall Gallery

Journalists from Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Morocco, Palestinian Territories, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia and Yemen will visit our campus as part of the “Journalism and US Foreign Policy” Program.  The visitors will be accompanied by 4 USDOS Interpreters.

The U.S. Department of State has outlined the following areas of interest for this program:

• To highlight the significance of a free and independent press to the democratic process
• To enhance understanding of the U.S. foreign policy decision-making process, with an emphasis on the roles of the State Department and the Department of Defense
• To examine the influence of media, think tanks, trade associations and grassroots organizations on foreign policy formulation

The journalists will have a round table discussion on Friday, February 3, in the Harbor Hall Gallery, from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. About 10 chairs will be reserved for students to observe the discussion and perhaps ask a few questions. This event would be of interest to all students, but particularly to journalism and political science majors.

NYU

WHO: College students with or without schooling or experience in journalism skills against a backdrop of New York City’s East Village and the professional newsroom atmosphere created by The New York Times-NYU Journalism hyperlocal community news site, The Local East Village.

WHAT: This college-credit program offers two summer sessions of six weeks each. Students who elect Hyperlocal Newsroom will be grouped by level once you arrive, with special grouping arrangements for those with no prior journalism experience or training as well as for the most advanced. Multimedia skills training is incorporated into the course, which meets two days a week. For NYU Journalism students, the course can be taken either for one or both summer sessions and can fulfill one or two (depending on if you take four or eight credits), of these three elective rubrics: Elective Reporting Topics, Methods and Practice, or Production and Publication.

WHERE: The NYU Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute, 20 Cooper Square, East Village, New York City

WHY: Find out if journalism is your thing in a real-world environment or hone your skills if you already know it’s your passion.

WHEN: Summer Session I (May 21-June 29, 2012) and Summer Session II (July 2-August 10, 2012). Some courses are offered both sessions, some only in one session or the other, so please double check the information below.

HOW: Once the application for 2012 is up, we’ll post a link to it here. Please note that there is a separate application for 2012 housing, due by late March, and we will post that link as soon as it is live, too.

General enrollment information and answers to most other questions can be found here: http://www.nyu.edu/summer/2011/summerny/enroll.html

Applications are encouraged before March 1 to help ensure placement.

The AIDS Institute

The AIDS Institute, a national nonprofit
organization, is seeking Communications
Interns for the current and future semesters.
 
Details are listed below. If you are interested,
please contact Ted Howard, Communications
Coordinator, at thoward@theaidsinstitute.org. 
                                                                                                                                                         
Assist, research, improve, create or launch:

• New Website & Hosting Service (Spring 2012)
• Press Release set-up/distribution
• Web and social media posts
• Database Management
• Newsletter Management
• Webinar Management
• Media Relations
• Advocacy and Health Networks Administration
• Membership Communications
• Marketing materials and imaging
• Data Security
• Coordinated telephone systems
• Shared Files system
• Incorporating Video technology
• Intern and Volunteer Management
• Analytics/Metrics Systems
• Software upgrades, compliance and tracking
• National Conventions press events
• Fundraising event promotion (Fall 2012)
• Conference Call Systems
• Email Management

For other internship and volunteer opportunities, CLICK HERE

Alpha Omega Council

Peter Agris Memorial Scholarship for Greek-Americans pursuing careers in journalism and communications.

The Alpha Omega Council, comprised of leading businesspersons of Hellenic ancestry, honors its late founder by presenting the Peter Agris Memorial Scholarships annually to several young Greek-Americans pursuing studies in the fields of journalism or communications. The scholarship has been given in honor of Peter Agris, founder and publisher of The Hellenic Chronicle, for fifty years the premier Greek-American national English-language weekly newspaper in this country. Mr. Agris was also an Archon of the Greek Orthodox Church and a trustee of Hellenic College/Holy Cross School of Theology.

Criteria for candidates include:

• Being of Greek-American decent
• Current full-time enrollment as a journalism or communications major at the graduate or undergraduate level at an accredited college or university in the United States
• Active participation in school, community, church organizations
• A minimum of a 3.0 GPA and demonstrated financial need

The $ 5,000 non-renewable scholarships are presented at The Alpha Omega Council’s Annual Lifetime Achievement Award Dinner typically held in the month of June of each year.  At this event, a prominent Greek-American is honored for his or her contributions to Orthodoxy and Hellenism.

Click here to view the requirements and information needed to apply via email or regular mail.

Alternatively,  you may choose to mail your application with the form provided.

Click here to download the scholarship application to mail.

Applications should be emailed to nancyasavage@gmail.com or sent by mail to The Peter Agris Memorial Journalism Scholarships, c/o Nancy Agris Savage, 9 Nonesuch Drive, Natick, MA 01760 by no later than March 1.

Any questions may be directed to the above email address.

The CCNMA: Latino Journalists of California’s 2012 Scholarship applications are now available for Latino students interested in pursuing careers in print, broadcast or online journalism.

The competition is open to high school seniors who will enter college full time in the Fall of 2012, as well as college undergraduate and graduate students who will be enrolled full time for the entire 2012-2013 academic year.

Students do not have to major in journalism in college, but they must demonstrate a sincere desire to pursue a career in the news media. The scholarships range from $500 to $1,000. The application filing deadline is Monday April 2, 2012.

The completed application as well as all required accompanying material must be submitted in one complete package. Letters of recommendation may be submitted separately.

Application forms are available on our website at www.ccnma.org

Since 1976, CCNMA has awarded more than $800,000 to more than 800 students.

If you have any questions, please feel free to call the CCNMA office at (213) 821-0075, or e-mail us at ccnmainfo@ccnma.org

Realizing Media

Realizing Media is a multi-media production company specializing in web design, video production, photography, graphic design and marketing services, as well as operating local and non-profit news organization, New Roots News.

Located above The Studio@620 in downtown St. Petersburg, Realizing Media is currently seeking an organized and responsible student intern. This is an opportunity to expand your skill set, refine skills you may already have and to gain professional work experience in a fun, fast-paced environment.

Internship responsibilities include producing and editing content on various WordPress client websites, contributing to aspects of New Roots News management and operations, and many more exciting, interesting and sometimes unexpected projects.

The optimal candidate will be outgoing, organized, creative and flexible. In return for your hard work, you will have a blast pretty much every day and will learn the kinds of lessons you can only attain in a real working environment.

To apply, send your resume with cover letter and samples of whatever you consider as your best work in written, photo or video form to chelsea@realizingmedia.com.

Last August, we announced a joint scholarship program for aspiring journalists with the Associated Press, administered by the Online News Association. A total of six $20,000 scholarships will be awarded to undergraduate and graduate journalism students pursuing or planning to pursue degrees at the intersection of journalism, computer science and new media.

Knowing that journalists respect the pressures and motivations of a tight deadline, we want to remind everyone that all applications are due on January 27. That’s just 10 short days away!

The selection committee is looking for applicants with original and exciting ideas for using online tools and new technology to move digital journalism forward. We’re looking for students who love great reporting and value the importance of a strong press, and who can articulate creative and forward-thinking ways of using technology as a way to support and extend what’s possible through journalism.

Read more about the application process and eligibility on the scholarship program’s website, and beat that deadline!