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Internships News Commentary

Scripps Student Spotlight

Freshman Sara Jerde talks,about her experiences, hopes dreams.

Student paper strives for inovation

JSchool Students shoot to Chicago JSchool students travel to Chcago for an athletic experience.

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Student paper, The Post, creates new app and book. Page 4

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JSchool Celebrates Students and Faculty Acheivements

Taylor Petras n Reporter
ournalism students who have received scholarships for the next school year will be formally recognized at the annual awards ceremony on Weds., May 2 at 6 p.m. in the Baker Ballroom. Several top graduating seniors will also be recognized at the banquet. The event will also honor retiring faculty members, distinguished alums, and a special tribute will be made to the late Russell Baird, a journalism professor who taught at Ohio University for 40 years. Donors will also be recognized for their contributions to the scholarship funds. Bob Stewart, professor and director of the Scripps School of Journalism, said that there was a developmental aspect to the event. Donors come and its a way to say thank you to them, Stewart said. Current students are planting the seed as to how one day they might want to give back down the road, when they have made it big. This year the school of journalism will be giving away over $130,000 in scholarships and internship accounts, which has increased nearly 30 percent from last year. Approximately 62 journalism students will be receiving dean scholarships through OU. Also, there is about an additional 65 scholarship recipients through the school of journalism. 400 journalism students applied for the available scholcont. on Page 2

JSchoolers take a seat and work with professionals in Chacago. | Provided

JSchoolers take a trip to the Chicago Hot Seat

Holly Moody n Reporter
welve Scripps students traveled to the windy city last weekend to get the play by play on the sports news industry. Students had the chance to hear from Scripps alumni and professionals in the field, tour a few media outlets, as well as attend a Cubs game and a Bulls game during their visit. Professor Robert Stewart and Ph.D. candidate, Molly Yanity, arranged the trip and accompanied students as they visited the many sights and sounds of Chicago sports and media. PR student, Nicole Bersanialso, helped orchestrate the trip.

Bersanialso said one of the highlights of the trip was a tour of the Associated Press Chicago office. The tour was led by OU alumnus Jay Cohen an AP sports editor and reporter. Cohen will also be one of the APs correspondents for the 2012 London Olymic games. I am a huge Chicago sports fan and it was great to hear from someone in the industry that graduated from here, Sara Vallone said, a sophomore studying broadcast journalism. Jon Greenburg, a columnist for ESPN Chicago, also gave students a sneak peek into the regional ESPN

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Videos and audio are useful because it can provide an example of music that may be unfamiliar to the reader. Neil Shumate also offered advice to aspiring journalists, advising them to add another element to their articles. Try interviewing the fans, Schumate said. Of course its all about the bands, but try and get their perspective as well. Another student asked panelists how to correctly and ethically reviewing bands without angering fans, public relations managers or the bands themselves. I say to all PR people, were not all out to get you, Joy responded. Matthew Beamer, an English major and member of ACRN, said the panel helped him in a variety of ways as he prepares for the professional world of music journalism. The panel was really informative and it was really encouraging to talk with people who arent that far from where I am in my career, Beamer said. They have some awesome advice and interesting stories. Question after question, students kept the conversation going among the panelists and heard first hand advice about music journalism. The panel lasted for an hour and half that was followed by the Battle of the Bands. I enjoyed talking about music writing with OUSPJ considering their last guest was Chuck Todd, Joy said. Hours later, the group gathered together to attend what they had all been waiting for, the Battle of the Bands. It was fun, the music was okay, but I loved the chance to go out and have some fun, Brittnay Follet, a freshman studying biology said. By the end of the night, the acoustic duo, The Lost Boys, won the competition and five hours of recoding time at 3 Elliot Studios. In the end, the two bands shared the recording hours in hopes of strengthing the bands sound. v

n the filled Scripps auditorium, students from SPJ and ACRN gathered to hear advice from three music journalists with experience from different areas of the music industry. The panelists for the event included Kevin Joy, a Columbus Dispatch general-assignment features and music reporter; Neil Shumate, an independent publisher and founder of Out of The Blue Publications and Paul Meara, a staff writer at HipHopDX.com and creator of website paulmeara.com. In addition, the panelists were the judges for the Battle of the Bands that followed the discussion. After the speakers were introduced, the first questions of the night was directed to Joy, How do you think that music journalism changes from print to online? In response, Joy explained how necessary multimedia is for music journalism because readers want to have an interactive experience when reading about music.

Kaylyn Hlavaty n Reporter

cont. from Page 1 students applied for the available scholarships. This year there are 25 percent more applicants than last year. However, the crowning moment of the awards banquet is recognizing the top graduating seniors and graduate students. One student is selected from each journalism sequence and an overall top graduating senior is chosen as well. Faculty members must select the top students based on a certain set of criteria. Mary Rogus, a Scripps professor, is involved in the selection process. I wish we could recognize everyone

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because we have such a strong, accomplished group of students, Rogus said. We look at the GPA, which is some indication for academic accomplishments. But we also look at their activities and involvement and what they have achieved through this. Stewart agrees that GPA is not the most important aspect when choosing the top students. Normally the highest GPA doesnt mean they are the most involved, Stewart said. We are interested in what they have done to help the school.

The faculty has decided to do something a little different for this years award ceremony. All graduation seniors are now invited to the event to support their fellow classmates and their journalism school. Family and friends are also welcome to the banquet. I think thats one of the best things about the banquet because we never get to share that with them, Rogus said. Its a nice way to show off the best of Scripps and share with our family and friends.v

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cont. from Page 1 newsrooms. The radio rooms were see through so you could see everything, Vallone said. While attending the Dallas Mavericks versus the Chicago Bulls game students met the voice of the Chicago Bulls, and OU Alumnus Chuck Swirsky. I took to heart many of the things he was saying, Katie Schulz said, a senior studying journalism with a focus in advertising. Swirsky offered encouraging words and advised students to be personable while working in the industry. As a result, the alumni made a lasting first impression to the aspiring group of sports journalism students. He said you should always be an hour early for an interview and always be reading a magazine or a newspaper while your waiting, Vallone said. The Bulls claimed victory over the Mavericks. However, the Cubs were

not so lucky. The group watched Cubs lose to the Cincinnati Reds at Wrigley with a nearly 40-degree wind chill. A lot of us were fans and we were by the press box so we kept it professional and didnt support either team, Schulz said. Robert Stewart, the director of the School of Journalism said that the trip will possibly be offered to students in the future. We are hoping we can offer it every year, and at this point I would say Chicago is the winner, Stewart said. In order to participate, students who are interested in the experience must apply in order to attend. In response to the first JSchool trip to Chicago, approximately sixty students applied and only 12 were accepted. Despite the level of professionalism the students had to maintain, students had the chance to have a taste of what its like to be reporting from the sideline. Definitely apply, its an experience I will never forget, Vallone said.v

Q&A Spotlight
Name: Sara Jerde Year: Freshman Major: Journalism Hometown: Novelty, OH

Why did you choose Scripps? It has a really good journalism program and I was really excited to make all of the connections that they had. What organizations are you involved in? The Post. Im a staff writer and started fall quarter. What has been one of the most memorable stories youve covered?

Aspiring JSchool Sports Journalists pose at various locations in Chicago. | Provided

I wrote a story about the College of Medicines Willed Body program. The students use the bodies for practice in their anatomy classes. What is your favorite publication and why? Newsweek, I really like how they find the news. Its very easy to read and access. Who is your journalism role model? My aunt. She is a freelancer and has written for NPR, the Akron Beacon Journal and the Cincinnati Inquirer.

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Striving for Innovation

Yun Ye n Reporter

his year, The Post successfully launched their smartphone application, The Post of Ohio University, where readers can get all of The Posts headlines, photos, and content on their iPhone. The cool thing about this app is that it has the potential for advertising as well, Wesley Lowery said, the Editor and Chief of The Post, We did it through a company called iCampus, and they had been a very innovated Ad model. The iCampus business model sells companies monthly subscriptions, which gives them unlimited advertising. The companies can even upload the ads themselves, and iCampus also facilitates them by training companies in how to create their own ads. The advertising function could be very useful for the students daily life. People may have the opportunity to stay updated on specials provided by different companies on campus including coupons. Its great to let people access that from their main screen on their phone to access breaking news, sports scores and also the free access to advertisers, Lowery said. Maybe you walk in a town for lunch, you want to figure out if there is a special today. You can go to our app, you can see what the specials are and you can see what is there. In terms of the Ad revenue, Lowery also mentioned that the publication has strived to stay on top. Print Ad revenue has fallen across the country but, fortunately our business manager works really hard to be innovative and find new ways to continue bringing that ad revenue in, Lowery said. Lowery also pointed out two advantages in regards to the application. He said that The Post allows people to get news through any type of medium and the publication is able to build partnerships with local businesses. Currently, The Post team is working to further develop the app and are striving to receive

feedback from users. When I came in, people were criticizing The Post for not being innovative enough, Lowery said. Since I have been the editor, I push really hard to try to do things that are outside the box. As a result, the publication has created blogs, podcasts, a book reliving the basketball teams Sweet 16 season and the smartphone app. So we started designing a basketball book, which we had never done before, over onehundred years we never did the book, Lowery said. So we produce the book, working with the flyer code, part of WOUB, rolling out an App, giving more multimedia video. According to Lowery, The Post is progressing in telling its own tale. Weve really been pushing to be more innovative and to be more multimedia oriented and to be a complete package. We are not just the newspaper, we are tons of things, Lowery said. v

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