Do you have dreams of owning 

your own business? 

You can control your destiny by becoming 

a media entrepreneur! 

Take "Principles of Media Entrepreneurship" (JMC #4970) this spring, and learn how to create and launch your media company before you ever leave college. It's open to all JMC majors. Talk to your advisor or contact Professor Kathy Johnson at kjohnson@ou.edu.

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  Applications are now available for people interested in working on OU Nightly next semester.  You need to be available at least one day a week from 3:30 to 5:30PM.

Applications are on wall next to Gaylord 1585.  Fill it out and slip it under the door.  Schedules will be determined over the holiday break and you will be notified in January by email what day you are working. 

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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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Are you the next Glenn Greenwald?

Do you have what it takes to become an investigative reporter? Demonstrate your talent and you could win a $1,000 scholarship and a chance to have your report published on the MintPress News website alongside your photo and bio reaching readers from across the nation and world. The top 10 finalists will also be given the opportunity to have their investigation published on our website which could jumpstart your journalism career.

That's Not All

The 10 finalists will also be placed in a drawing to be selected for a PAID INTERNSHIP opportunity with MintPress News which could transition into EMPLOYMENT within our global news organization.

Have you created original journalistic content? Are you aware of a hard hitting issue that deserves national news coverage? Are you thinking up new ways to tell a story with video and/or online news reporting? Are you politically aware and news savvy on a national and international level? We're looking for students pursuing studies at the crossroads of journalism, human relations, international affairs and political science. If you're on the cutting edge of news reporting beyond the classroom, this scholarship is for you. The MintPress News scholarship fosters investigative journalism skills in undergraduate and graduate students developing projects at the intersection of investigative journalism and social justice issues.

Our goal: To revive hard hitting & informative news reporting by shining a light on journalism students across the nation who strive to bring a voice to the voiceless.

The scholarship program is targeted to individual students creating projects that further the ideals of video and/or online news journalism through the lens of social justice and human rights. In a headline news driven industry, we hope to encourage journalism students to help revive hard hitting, informative reporting by covering issues often overlooked by the media, and to create original content that is not already saturated in our news.

Students from diverse backgrounds, from across the nation, and who have a passion for keeping real informative journalism alive are strongly encouraged to apply and submit YOUR BIG investigative report to scholarships@mintpressnews.com along with a cover letter as to why you should receive this scholarship.

AWARD

Three students will receive scholarship awards of $1,000 each for the 201415 academic year.

Top 10 runner up contestants will have their report, picture and bio featured on the MintPress News website and social media channels.

Scholarship winners will also have the opportunity for their BIG investigative report, their photo and bio to be featured on the front page of the MintPress News website and social media pages reaching readers from across the nation and around the world.

DEADLINE

The deadline for the 201314 academic year is March 1st, 2014.

REPORTING REQUIREMENTS

Online news reports require at least two original interviews, more than 1300 words, originally sourced content. Video reports requires original video footage, at least two original interviews, at least 2 1/2 minutes long independently produced video packages only.

CONTACT

For more information about the MintPress News scholarship contact us at scholarships@mintpressnews.com .

About MintPress News

MintPress News is an independent, nonpartisan journalism startup providing issue based reporting, in depth investigations and thoughtful analysis of the most pressing topics facing our nation. We offer coverage of national politics and policy, civil liberties, the war on drugs, foreign affairs, energy and the environment through the lens of social justice and human rights. A fresh approach in a headlinedriven industry, our reporting is an innovative form of journalism that goes beyond answering "who, what, when, where and why" of certain topics. We're a team of editors, writers, reporters, national and international correspondents and contributors based across the nation and world. Our masthead includes veteran journalists and investigative reporters, war correspondents, grassroots leaders, political analysts, world renowned authors and academics. We believe that news media has a social obligation in keeping people informed on subjects that directly and indirectly influence people now and in the future, while rigorously discussing policies to drive us in a better

direction as a true republic.

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