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The Daily's first 'News Academy' offers free mentoring, training for first-time reporters
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The Oklahoma Daily is a student-run newspaper, meaning that many of the paper's best reporters came in with little to no experience in the beginning. Starting next semester, the Daily is offering a full, semester-long guided training for first-time reporters in their first ever "News Academy."
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Workshop postponed, another announced
Two November Adobe classes have been postponed.PRSSA announces LinkedIn workshop for all majors and will offer $5 headshots at the event.
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Find your perfect 2015 class schedule
New classes have been added to the Gaylord Extra's list of spring/summer 2015 classes! If you're still trying to finish your schedule, check here first.See the List
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Updates and Announcements
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 Deadline approaching for OU in LA class Dec. 5 is the deadline for applications and deposits for the new internship/summer school class, OU in LA.
Though no further information sessions have been announced, course instructor assistant professor Kyle Bergersen is available via email at kbergersen@ou.edu to answer questions. |
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The Wire focuses on Toys for Tots
The Wire will be holding a 24-hour radiothon to bring awareness to the charity Toys for Tots! The radiothon will run from Thursday, November 20 at 7 a.m. to Friday, November 21 7 a.m. Listen online at wire.ou.edu or with the TuneIn app, either on your phone or at tunin.com.
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Bedlam Blood Drive begins today
The Oklahoma Blood Institute will be holding their annual Bedlam blood drive at the OU ROTC Armory this week, from Nov. 18 to 21. Though OBI intended to be on campus all week, Monday appointments were removed from the OBI website after the campus closure. OBI will be draining donors from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day the campus is open this week, but donors can also skip the lines and register for a time slot online at the OBI website. All donors will receive an OU "Feel Sooner Strong" T-shirt and a chance to win a pair of tickets to the 2014 Bedlam football game December 6 in Norman.
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 "Tell Them I Didn't Cry" Jackie Spinner Assistant professor, Columbia College, Chicago November 18 Jackie Spinner was a staff writer for "The Washington Post" for 14 years and covered the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Spinner arrived as the most junior member of The Washington Post bureau staff, working as a metro reporter and financial reporter, before becoming Baghdad Bureau Chief. In Iraq, she survived mortar attacks, car bombs, the Battle for Fallujah and a kidnapping attempt outside of Abu Ghraib prison. Spinner left the Post in 2009 and founded Angel Says: Read, an international literacy project based in Belize, Central America. In 2010, she returned to Iraq to start the award-winning AUI-S Voice, Iraq's first independent student newspaper at The American University of Iraq. She was a U.S. Fulbright Scholar in Oman and taught journalism at Sultan Qaboos University in 2010-2011, where she founded Al Mir'ah, the university's first independent student newspaper. In 2011, she was named Fishback Visiting Writer at Washington and Lee University. She has contributed to the Christian Science Monitor, Foreign Policy magazine, Slate, Glamour, American Journalism Review, Defense Quarterly Standard and U.S. Catholic News. She is the author of "Tell Them I Didn't Cry: A young journalist's story of joy, loss and survival in Iraq" (Scribner 2006). Spinner is a member of the Society of Professional Journalists, Journalism and Women's Symposium and Military Reporters & Editors Association. She is co-director of "Conflict Zone," a groundbreaking multimedia exhibit from the frontlines of Iraq and Afghanistan. |
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Help Gaylord improve while keeping boredom at bay
The campus was closed Monday, leaving students, as well as most staff and faculty, the chance to catch up as we near the end of November.Now that everyone has a little more time on their hands, don't let boredom seep in. Take a survey on how Gaylord's communications team is doing with Gaylord newsletters and social media accounts.The survey will only take about ten minutes and will help Gaylord improve the quality of the information sent to you. And, at the very least, it will give you something to do with your hands for a few minutes.
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National Student Advertising team seeks applicants for capstone competition
The National Student Advertising Competition team is seeking applicants for the spring team.
NSAC is the premier student competition 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 the district competition in Dallas.
If successful, students advance to nationals at the American Advertising Federation's convention in Las Vegas.
This year's client is Pizza Hut. We are seeking applicants for account planners/interactive strategists, research, graphic/interactive designers, copywriters, cinematographers and media.
NSAC is a capstone course and can be substituted for the ad campaigns course.
If you are talented, motivated and able to work within an advertising agency structure contact Phil Willet, pwillet@ou.edu, for application information.
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 The Oklahoma Daily will debut a comprehensive training program for first-time reporters in January. The semester-long News Academy is an effort to better prepare Daily journalists by providing mentoring, opportunities to bond with peers and regular guidance and feedback from the paper's professional advisers. Any full-time OU student in good academic standing may apply for the News Academy. Student editors will choose participants based on interviews and a brief test that includes some current events questions and a little writing. Those chosen for the News Academy will attend 10 basic journalism classes over the semester and fulfill other requirements, including working with peer editors, writing at least four publishable newspaper articles and handling weekly "desk duties" in The Daily newsroom. Candidates who complete the program will receive paid staff positions in the fall 2015 semester. The core of the program, coordinated by Student Media assistant director Judy Gibbs Robinson, will be the weekly classes, which will include modules on libel and privacy law, ethics and sensitivity and diversity awareness, as well as practical sessions on news reporting, news and feature writing, and editing. The program is patterned on one initiated by John Harvey at Penn State, Georgia Southern and Eastern Carolina universities. Applicant tryouts are being conducted between now and Dec. 5 and again Jan. 12-13. Interviews with finalists will be held throughout the day Monday, Jan. 19 (Martin Luther King Jr. holiday). Those chosen for the academy will be notified on Tuesday, Jan. 20. To apply, complete the application form at studentmedia.ou.edu/jobs or click the button below.
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Learn networking finesse with free PRSSA workshop
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Gaylord's free workshops have been available all semester for students to take  advantage of, teaching everything from basics of Adobe Creative apps to correctly representing one's work at a job fair. This month should have brought another round of Adobe workshops, this time focusing on Premiere, but due to unforeseen circumstances, the Adobe workshops for November have been postponed. As of today, no new dates have been given for the workshops. The Public Relations Student Society of America has announced a new workshop and  fundraiser to take place from 6 to 8 p.m. tonight, Nov. 18, at Lindsey+Asp. The free tutorials offered at the event will focus on LinkedIn, the increasingly popular online professional networking site. Resume critiques and tips as well as interview tips will also be free of charge. As an additional service, as well as a way for the student group to raise funds, PRSSA will also be offering professional headshots for $5 each. To look your spiffiest in the photos, PRSSA recommends dressing "business casual." All majors are welcome to attend. |
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Class offerings spring 2015
Helping you create the perfect spring schedule.
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Enrollment windows are opening across campus. If you haven't finalized your spring schedule yet, browse through some of Gaylord's spring course offerings and be sure to snatch up a seat before they're all gone. |
Digital and Transmedia Theories
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Women in Media Leadership
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Women around the world are late to the entrepreneurial, leadership and even management tables in world media and still number only a handful in management positions in the major media and media groups of most countries. They are even fewer in number as we move up the ladder of decision-making power to positions of media leadership and ownership. Yet, they are instrumental in guiding their media organizations through what are rapidly changing times by implementing alternative approaches to organizational management and interpersonal communication. In fact, some scholars say that during these turbulent times in heritage or traditional media, women have a key opportunity to step into newsroom and business models that are no longer defined by the traditional hierarchical structure. A rise in the number of women entrepreneurs suggests that styles of managing and leading more often associated with women are the keys to success in the new mediascape evolving now.
We will study gender and leadership from both a theoretical and a practical perspective. The purpose of this course is to engage students in thinking about what makes a leader, manager or entrepreneur; to provide an overview of the challenges and opportunities women face in their efforts to move into management and leadership positions as well as to engage in entrepreneurial behavior; to offer guidelines and strategies for developing the qualities and traits associated with leadership.
As a related topic, we will also discuss the representation of women in media (news, entertainment, advertising, etc.) and coverage of serious issues related to women. We know that when media outlets do not have women in positions of decision-making power, when women do not have a respected voice at the media management table, representations of women in media is often problematic and that coverage of issues relevant to their cultural positions, is limited, inaccurate, insensitive, etc. In other words, representation without representation does not lead to cultural equity.
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Principles of Media Entrepreneurship
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Communicating Culture: Travel Writing in Puerto Rico
(Travels during winter break)
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 There is still time to join students who are already signed up for a six-credit-hour class experience in tourism and media in Puerto Rico for the Spring 2015 semester. JMC 4273/5273.25 and 4283/5283.26 offer upper-division and graduate classes in place-based learning about concepts, careers, and the media involved in travel writing and tourism marketing. We will go to the "enchanted island" during the winter break in an exciting trip of adventure, discovery and conversations. Our next pre-departure class is November 15. For application, course information and details, contact Dr. C at mcarstarphen@ou.edu or Jocelyn Pedersen at jpedersen@ou.edu soon. |
Magazine Practicum -- Pulse
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Documentary Producing and Directing
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Presidential Dream Course -- Global Public Relations and Strategic Communication
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Race, Gender, [Class] and Media
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OU in LA
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Important Dates
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All Week
| Bedlam Blood Drive
November 17-21
ROTC Armory
10 a.m to 4 p.m.
(ID required) | Tuesday, November 18
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Lecture
"Tell Them I Didn't Cry"
Jackie Spinner
E&E Auditorium
6 p.m.
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LinkedIn Workshop
PRSSA
Lindsey+Asp
6 to 8 p.m.
$5 professional headshots to support PRSSA
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Monday, November 24
Lindsey+Asp
6:30 p.m.
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OUTV Weekly |
Keep up with your favorite student-run productions on OUTV, and check these weekly highlights to see what's coming up. OUTV can be watched at tv.ou.edu and on Cox 124/OKC, uVerse 99/OKC-Tulsa, OU Campus Channel 76.Be sure to tune in to "The Wire" later this month for their Radiothon to bring attention to the Toys for Tots charity. The show will start at 7 a.m. on November 20 and will continue for 24 hours, until 7 a.m. on November 21. |
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"GamedayU"
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"The Wire"
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replay at 9:30 p.m.
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Thursday
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Friday
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OU hockey live
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Saturday
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| Live at the Kansas game, no time or location announced | 8:30 p.m.
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Also, tune in to OU Nightly, which comes on daily at 4:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m at tv.ou.edu.
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Convergence Lab Hours
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CAGE Hours
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8 a.m. to 10 p.m.
| 8 a.m. to midnight | 8 a.m. to midnight | | Friday |
8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
| 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. | 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. | | Saturday |
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Gaylord College
395 W. Lindsey, Room 3000
Norman, OK 73019
405-325-2721 | Advising 405-325-5684
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