News — The Meek School of Journalism and New Media at The University of Mississippi

Delta Station Needs Social Media Manager

WABG (Greenville) is looking for a multiple platform journalist to assist with the production of local commercials for station advertising clients along with studio production duties. Will also be responsible for station websites and updating social media platforms. Experience in graphic design and/or commercial production preferred. Job requires working knowledge of all aspects of digital media including various forms of social media.

Send resume to:
Steve Ross
849 Washington Ave.
Greenville, MS 38701

Source: http://video.pandodaily.com/5Ah/lewis-dvorkin-is-forbes-way-the-only-way/

Lewis DVorkin, Forbes’ chief product manager, mentioned his recent visit to the Meek School during a PandoMonthly interview with Adam Penenberg in New York. Watch the clip at pandodaily.com.

Lecturer Robin Street found seven former students, now PR professionals, when she attended the Public Relations Association of Mississippi conference in April. The students took her PR and/ or her feature writing classes. Pictured left to right are: Selena Standifer, communications officer, American Red Cross, Northern Miss. District; Ashley Ball, current student; Matt Ginn, corporate communication program development specialist, Southern Farm Bureau Life Insurance Company; Street; Genie Alice Via Causey, staff writer, North Mississippi Medical Center; April Sudduth Lollar, communications specialist, Coast Electric Power Association; Laura Beth Lyons Strickland, marketing and special events manager, Vicksburg Convention and Visitor’s Bureau and Ashlee Reid, administrative assistant, Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning. Not pictured is Kenny Foote, public information officer, Mississippi Department of Transportation.

Public Relations/Marketing Intern, The Salvation Army, Jackson, Miss.–Deadline in May 2013

Position: Public Relations/ Marketing Intern

Location: Jackson, MS

Term: May 29- August 5, 2013

Description: The Salvation Army of Jackson, Miss. is seeking a highly motivated individual to serve as a Summer Intern. This opportunity will give students hands on experience preparing media kits, press releases, and preparing for large events.

Required Skills:

Junior Level

Intermediate Skill in Adobe Creative Suite ( InDesign, Premiere, and Illustrator)

Social Media Skills Ability to write press releases

Ability to assist with major campaigns

Ability to telecommute on some occasions

Compensation: Unpaid; College Credit Available

Yahoo! Seeking Marketing Intern–Deadline in May 2013

http://www.indeed.com/job/Marketing-Intern-at-Yahoo!-in-New-York,-NY-4e532249d49750ce

Marketing Intern
Yahoo! Inc. – New York, NY
Marketing Intern
Job Number: 1344774 Primary Location : United States of America-New York-New York

Yahoo! is focused on making the world’s daily habits more inspiring and entertaining. By creating highly personalized experiences for our users, we keep people connected to what matters most to them, across devices and around the globe. In turn, we create value for advertisers by connecting them with the audiences that build their businesses. Yahoo! is headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif., and has offices located throughout the Americas, Asia Pacific (APAC) and the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) regions. For more information, visit the pressroom (pressroom.yahoo.net) or the company’s blog (yodel.yahoo.com).
Position: Yahoo! Designer – Brand Creative Group Summer Internship

Location: New York, New York

Approximate Internship Period: 10-12 weeks between May – August 2013

Hours: Approximately 40 hours/week

Be part of the world’s biggest start-up – Yahoo! – and its in-house creative agency. As a member of Brand Creative Group, you’ll be on the ground floor of the reimagining of a world-famous brand. You’ll have the opportunity to be a key contributor to a new talented team that’s building a new brand vision and platform, redefining the look and feel of Yahoo!, and producing work that will reach hundreds of millions of people globally.

You’ll join a team that is relentlessly focused on making the world’s daily habits inspiring and entertaining.

In this role, you will support various brand and product initiatives – from the creation of campaigns that support various Yahoo! products to brand-focused design efforts that help to unify and elevate the brand’s awareness and appeal.

We’re looking for a:

-Brilliant thinker and designer that is eager to understand how to bring together many two different initiatives within a cohesive and compelling campaign framework.

-Spirited collaborator who thrives in a fast paced inter-dependent team

-Keen on creating brand-building big ideas that cross media.

-Well-versed in design principles, typography, photography, illustration.

-Fascinated with digital and design trends.

This a great hands-on opportunity to be part of a transformative moment at Yahoo!

Job Responsibilities:

- Advertising Campaigns: Develop and design promotional concepts that support Yahoo!’s product market campaigns.

- Brand Management: Support on-going brand management assignments – from the development of style guides to the design of concepts that indicate how the Yahoo! brand should be represented in different situations.

- Merchandise Design: Help envision new branded products and develop designs for apparel and merchandise.

- Environmental Design: Create design concepts to be used in Yahoo! offices.

Minimum Job Qualifications:

- Rising Senior (graduating in May/June 2014) that is currently enrolled at a college or university.

- Previous design internship experience valuable.

- Design portfolio that includes digital (e.g. web, mobile, social) concepts.

***All applicants should include a link on their resume to their online portfolio.***

Hockey Magazine Editorial Assistant Internship, Colorado–Deadline: June 1, 2013

Hockey magazine in Colorado looking for summer internship.

Deadline June 1, 2013.

See link below.

http://www.journalismjobs.com/Job_Ad_Intern.cfm?JobID=1490473

Marketing Internship, Hinsdale Humane Society, Chicago–Deadline: May 11, 2013

Summer Intern: Hinsdale Humane Society Marketing/Advertising and Special Events

The Hinsdale Humane Society in located in the western suburbs of Chicago. Please see our website to learn more about us! www.hinsdalehumanesociety.org

POSITION Summer. Approximately 3 months, 25 hours per week. Some nights and weekends required. For students who have completed sophomore or junior year of college.

JOB DESCRIPTION The Internship will offer experience in special events planning, media relations, graphic design, and donor solicitation. The Intern will work with staff and volunteers through exciting, high profile events and will learn about the inner workings of a successful nonprofit animal welfare organization.

• Support various events, including our annual Pet Walk and our outdoor birthday party • Create invitations and other marketing materials as needed • Assist with our printed newsletter and electronic communications • Assist in special mailings • Learn about fundraising • Other general clerical duties required as they apply.

COMPENSATION: If applicable, credit hours will be allocated according to your University standards. Upon completion of the internship, a $1,000 scholarship is awarded.

REQUIREMENTS • Demonstrated proven leadership skills • Professional demeanor • Attention to detail • Excellent written and verbal communication skills • Excellent organization skills • Excellent follow through skills • Microsoft applications Word, Publisher, PowerPoint and Excel are mandatory

To apply, please submit resume and letter of introduction to pr@hinsdalehumanesociety.org
Contact e-mail: pr@hinsdalehumanesociety.org

Michigan Reporting PAID internship, deadline May 8

DEADLINE May 8, 2013

http://www.journalismjobs.com/Job_Ad_Intern.cfm?JobID=1449992

The Flint Journal and MLive Media Group are looking for reporting interns to work in our Flint hub. We are an online-first focused news organization that prides ourselves in delivering the breaking news that readers want and the anlaysis they need. As an intern, you will report on a wide range of topics, including spot news, local government and feature stories. Ideal candidates will be tech savvy with a minimum of two years college newspaper experience but applicants with other experience will be considered. To learn more please email a resume and five clips to Managing Producer Bryn Mickle at bmickle1@mlive.com

Contact e-mail: bmickle1@mlive.com

Journalism grad Bill Miles’ papers donated

Bill Miles, left, was joined by Dr. David Cole and former Rep. Billy McCoy, right, at a ceremony presenting Miles’ political files to the Ole Miss library. Miles has had a career in reporting news, publishing, political consulting and serving in the Mississippi Legislature. Cole is president of Itawamba Community College and McCoy served as speaker of the Mississippi House during Miles’ terms in office.

Bill Miles, an early Journalism graduate who went on to a career in reporting, publishing, consulting and two terms in the Mississippi Legislature, has donated his political papers to the J.D. Williams Library at the University of Mississippi.

The gift was made official in an April 29 ceremony, featuring former House Speaker Billy McCoy of Rienzi and Rep. Steve Holland of Plantersville as keynote speakers.

Dr. Ed Meek, for whom the Meek School is named, commented that Miles was ahead of him in classes. “Just watch Bill Miles and do what he does,” Meek quoted early professor and chairman Sam Talbert as saying. “I did, and I have been doing it since,” Meek said.

The event also showcased several vintage campaign commercials produced by the Bill Miles Associates firm for north Mississippi candidates.“We’re also opening the Bill Miles Collection to researchers,” said Leigh McWhite, political papers archivist and associate professor at UM. “Among the current holdings of the Modern Political Archives, the Miles Collection is quite unique.”

Contained within the collection are documents, photographs and recordings on the campaigns of several north Mississippi candidates as well as Miles’s own files from his 12 years in the Legislature. The collection also includes diaries that he kept while it was in session.

“I feel very humbled to be included in an illustrious group of individuals whose accomplishments have impacted Mississippi’s history,” Miles said. “By the luck of the draw, I was fortunate, in most instances, to be an observer and, sometimes, a participant in some unusual events.”

While Miles had considered the possibility of Ole Miss being the custodian of anything worthwhile for future researchers, it was not until he was contacted by key players in the 50th anniversary observance of James Meredith’s enrollment that he made a commitment.

“Dr. Ed Meek and Dr. Andy Mullins pressed me hard by flattering me that my stuff might be worthwhile,” Miles said. “Ole Miss has meant a lot in my own education, and for my children and grandchildren. When I was shown the extent of the archives – where it is housed and its documentation – I was very impressed. And the university is a place where scholars can use ordinary collections, such as mine, for extraordinary benefits for the future.”

After working briefly as a journalist, Miles formed the advertising/public relations firm Bristow-Miles Associates Inc. in 1963 in Tupelo. After later becoming Bill Miles Associates, the firm often represented local political candidates. In 1996, voters of Itawamba and Monroe counties sent Miles to the Mississippi House of Representatives, where he remained for 12 years.

“The most meaningful period in my career probably was during my legislative service, where my friendship and relationship with Speaker Billy McCoy resulted in my appointment as chairman of transportation and as a key adviser to him during very turbulent times,” Miles said. “I certainly enjoyed the association I had with the late Congressman Jamie Whitten, as he attained his high rank in the U.S. Congress. As one back home in his First Congressional District on whom he might rely for counsel, I had the unusual perch on which I observed and sometimes helped him get programs and projects which benefited Mississippians.”

For more information about the Bill Miles Collection at the University of Mississippi, visit http://clio.lib.olemiss.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/miles/.

Meek School students win national journalism honors

The Society of Professional Journalists Mark of Excellence Awards competition receives more than 4,500 entries each year from hundreds of journalism programs around the country.

This year, broadcast journalism students Margaret Ann Morgan and Stephen Quinn have been awarded first place honors for their breaking news television coverage of Hurricane Isaac. Their stories aired on the student-produced newscast NewsWatch 99 and were part of a multimedia coverage effort surrounding this major storm on the Mississippi coastline.

In addition, The Flood of the Century magazine was one of two national finalists in the best student magazine category, and student Jared Burleson was a national finalist for his feature photography.

SPJ Is the country’s largest and oldest professional journalism organization in the country. The winners will be honored at the national convention in Anaheim, Calif. on August 25.