Stebbins Wins OETA Scholarship!  

Boettcher is keynote speaker.

Eight broadcasting students and three faculty represented Gaylord College at the 2013 OETA Student Day in Oklahoma City.  Broadcast students and faculty from colleges across the state meet every October at Oklahoma's Public Television facility.  The event is produced by faculty from the Oklahoma Broadcast Education Association and the staff at OETA.  Gaylord College faculty member Ken Fischer is OBEA's Vice-President for 2013-2014 and coordinated the day's panel sessions with the help of colleagues Kathy Johnson, Bob Dickey, Mike Boettcher, Brent Weber, Kenny Mossman and Rick Allen Lippert.  

Boettcher's session entitled "War Reporting" was the morning's keynote speaker.  The long-time international correspondent spoke solo with the group of more than 125 students and faculty.  He share clips from his upcoming documentary, "The Hornet's Nest."  Later in the morning, graduate student Brent Weber moderated a sports panel called "The Exploding Sports Media Landscape."  OU Senior Associate Athletics Director and Gaylord adjunct instructor Kenny Mossman shared his insights as a member of the panel.   In the afternoon Fischer moderated a panel called "Self-Branding, Free-Lancing and the Search for Work."  Gaylord adjunct instructor Rick Allen Lippert discussed what free-lancers need to know about running their self-employed businesses.  OUTV News Director Bob Dickey also attended.

The faculty were joined by seven undergraduate students from the Broadcast Journalism and BEM majors.  The students included Carter Baum, Kenzie Clark, Britni Harris, Lauren Nevitt, Sydney Stavinoha, Madeline Stebbins and Ross Stracke.  Perhaps the day's highlight was at the end when Madeline Stebbins was awarded one of four OETA scholarships.  Stebbins went through an interview process earlier in the day.  The scholarships are competitive against more than 15 colleges in the state.  Stebbins took home a $1000 Gene Dillehay Scholarship.  This is the first OETA scholarship won by a Gaylord College student in several years.                                                                                             Return to Top

"ambitious college students with an obsession for news and a deep desire to understand and help shape the way the Internet is changing."

Click here for more information or here for the application.  

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Expand your resume by attending one of the workshops taught by  Michael Acker.

InDesign 101

Oct. 25 in 1120 at 10:30 a.m. 

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David Gallagher, senior partner & CEO with Ketchum PR's European offices, to Visit Gaylord

Katerina Tsetsura's Dream Course October Schedule  

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Feed Your Entrepreneurial Side

2014 IRTS SUMMER FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM

DATE:  June 1 - August 2, 2014                                                                          

WHERE: New York, New York

COST: Travel, housing, internship  and living allowance included.

Applications are due Sunday November 3rd, midnight EST.               

The IRTS Summer Fellowship Program teaches up-and-coming communicators the realities of the media industry and business world through a nine-week, expense-paid fellowship, which includes practical experience and career-planning advice. Students selected for this highly competitive program learn about opportunities throughout the industry, in addition to interning at a specific company in NYC where skills are matched to a corresponding area of our business.  The Fellowship also provides the opportunity to network with industry professionals, take related field trips and attend panels, lectures and group discussions. Accomplished students from all majors (including math, computer science, liberal arts, business, marketing, communications, etc.) are encouraged to apply.

A copy of the application and the Fellowship one-sheet are attached to this email.

For additional program details click here: SUMMER FELLOWSHIP ADDITIONAL DETAILS

For former Fellow testimonials click here: FORMER FELLOW TESTIMONIALS

For examples of previous internship placements click here: INTERNSHIP EXAMPLES

ELIGIBILITY:
 

The Summer Fellowship Program is competitive. Students must be college juniors, seniors or graduate students at the time of application. Applicants must be full-time students who will not graduate prior to April 14, 2014.

For detailed eligibility information and to download an application learn more at: http://irtsfoundation.org/summerfellowshipprogram.html.

APPLICATION DEADLINE:  Sunday, November 3rd, midnight EST

All applications and one-page resume should be sent to SUBMIT@IRTS.ORG

  Enroll now and immerse yourself in Puerto Rican culture while learning how to make money doing what you love. 

Earn six credit hours in January before regular classes start. Learn how to interview and relate to people of another culture and produce quality portfolio pieces while studying hands-on history and absorbing theory on the ground.  Budget-based study abroad experience. 

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OU Ad Club

Monday, Oct. 28

Auditorium 

6 p.m.  

Magazine Interest Group    

Wednesday, Oct. 23

Gaylord 2025

7:30 p.m.

 

  

 

National Association of Black Journalists

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Professional Writing Students Association                      

Public Relations Student Society of America      

Society of Professional Journalists

Student Film Production Club

New Business and Energy Journalism Course Offered

Richard Weiss, a St. Louis-based writer, editor and entrepreneur, will join the Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communications in January, bringing with him an emphasis on business journalism. He will teach two classes: a new course, Business and Energy Reporting, and the college's Capitol Bureau Reporting class.

Both classes will include a focus on business, economic and policy issues related to energy, an abundant Oklahoma natural resource that has spawned several influential state industries.

Weiss has a broad experience in the field as a writer, editor, trainer, and entrepreneur. He worked for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch for 30 years, where he pioneered narrative writing and led a series of National Writers' Workshops that brought the best and brightest practitioners to the Midwest. 

Weiss writes about the Business and Energy class: Once considered a pipe dream, many experts believe that the U.S. stands at the cusp of achieving energy independence. Getting there will require changes certain to have a significant impact on everyone -- maybe even more so for Oklahomans. This course will provide students with:

• A keen understanding of the energy business, particularly in regard to how it functions in Oklahoma;
• An appreciation of the tradeoffs involved in encouraging oil exploration/production and its impact on the economy and the environment.
• An exploration into ways of producing compelling stories about these tradeoffs on a variety of media platforms - in print, online, on television, on the radio.

Students will work with and learn from investigative reporters and storytellers who cover the energy industry with the ultimate goal of producing a masterwork worthy of presentation to a mass audience.

Questions about the classes should be directed to Dr. Peter Gade, journalism area head, or journalism academic adviser Erin Simonton. 

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Historian Talks About Oklahoma Media in Society

Monday, November 4

Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation Auditorium

1 p.m.

Dr. Bob L. Blackburn, Executive Director of the Oklahoma Historical Society, will discuss how Oklahoma media over the years have shaped our shared memory and sense of community.

Dr. Blackburn, a native Oklahoman, has served as Executive Director of the Oklahoma Historical Society since 1999. He joined the OHS in 1980 as editor of The Chronicles of Oklahoma and became deputy director for agency operations in 1990. He earned his M.A. and Ph.D. in History from Oklahoma State University. 

He has written or co-authored 18 books and numerous articles, journal entries, and screen plays. He is a steady source of historical information for the media, and he has appeared numerous times on the History Channel. 

Dr. Blackburn was instrumental in planning and building the Oklahoma History Center, a 215,000 square foot museum and research center with a budget of $61 million. He has served on numerous national and regional boards and committees, including the Western History Association, the Oklahoma Association of Professional Historians, the American Institute of Architects, and Leadership Oklahoma City. 

Dr. Blackburn will be speaking to the JMC History of Journalism class, but the event is open to all. For more information: Dr. Robert Kerr at rkerr@ou.edu.

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See how professional communication works internationally, and

be part of the 11th year the Gaylord College has offered JMC 4303/5303 and MKTG 4303!

The International Advertising Class will travel to Singapore, Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur and Macau.

Get three credit hours and the experience of a lifetime during your winter intercession!

Interested parties please email Jim Avery at javery@ou.edu

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Wanted: Talented & Motivated Ad Students 

Wanting to Build Killer Resumes

  The National Student Advertising Competition (NSAC) team is seeking applicants for the spring competition team. NSAC is the premier student advertising competition in the country with over 150 schools participating. Schools develop a complete marketing plan from an actual case study for a national brand and present their plan at districts in Austin, Texas. If successful at districts students advance to nationals where they receive an expense paid trip to compete against district finalists at the American Advertising Federation's convention in Boca Raton, Florida this May. The competition provides great networking opportunities and many participants have moved on to top jobs in the industry.

This year's client is Mary Kay Cosmetics. We are seeking applicants for account planners/interactive strategists, research, graphic/interactive designers, copywriters, cinematographers, and media.  You are welcome to apply for multiple positions but please make sure the work you submit reflects your area of interest.

If you are talented, motivated, and able to work within an advertising agency structure please send a single PDF doc or a link to your website including a cover letter detailing what contributions you would make to the agency and at least one reference with contact information to Phil Willet: pwillet@ou.edu

NSAC is a capstone course and can substitute for the required ad campaigns course.

Hardcopy portfolios can be dropped off at room 3023 or to my attention in room 3000. Deadline is October 15.

For additional information or questions visit our Facebook page: OU/NSAC Mary Kay Cosmetics Forum

Good luck and thanks for your interest in NSAC.

Phil Willet 

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Have an idea for a new business venture? Put it to the test and compete in the New Venture Pitch Competition on November 21st for over $20,000in cash & in-kind prizes! Submissions due at 11:59pm on November 1st. Email slp@ou.edu if you have any questions.

Go to http://www.ou.edu/slp/ for rules and guidelines.

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