the beacon - jan 23 - student media jobs guide special section
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Student Media Jobs Guide
KDUP: Radio Is not Dead
Thought about being a part of student media? Applications for the 2014/15 school year are open now.
General Manager $4,000
Program Director $2,600
Music Director $2,500
Promotions Director $2,500
News Director $2,400
Event Coordinator $1,500
Web Producer/Technician $1,275
Assistant Music Director $1,275
News Reporter $1,275
Music Archive Manager $1,275
Your college radio station KDUP has a question for you. Do you love playing and talking about music? Do you love exposing
your friends to great local bands and throwing concerts? You love telling the news from a different perspective? Basically, do you like to have fun!? If the answer is YES to all of the above, KDUP wants you! Get
your application now at our website http://kdup.up.edu or at our Facebook page
www.facebook.com/kdup.collegeradio. All completed applications must be turned into KDUP Adviser Brian Blair at [email protected]
by 7:00 p.m. on Feb. 14, 2014.
KDUP Positions
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KDUP is housed behind St. Mary’s. They stream shows daily through their website kdup.up.edu.
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Above, The Randy Jacksons perform-ing at “Supergalactic Evening” held in November with lead singer Brendan Rice (below).
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KDUP General Manager Katie Husk and KDUP Event Coordinator George Brockett take part in the photobooth at the November event “Supergalatic Evening.” Students who went were encouraged to take a photo in the photobooth and tag themselves on Facebook.
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KDUP plays music at many events on campus including some Pilots After Dark events and the Activities Fair seen above.
8 January 23, 2014 SPECIAL SECTION
Wanted: Champions
Read full job descriptions and requirements by clicking on the “Beacon Jobs” tab at www.upbeacon.com. Fill out and submit online application with
requested work samples, if applicable. Those interested in applying for Editor-in-Chief should contact Beacon
adviser Nancy Copic at [email protected].
The Beacon is looking for champions. People who not only get stuff done but do it with passion and excellence. Smart, principled people who give it their best every day. Curious types who like meeting new people. Who understand the power of stories, pictures and asking
the right questions. Did we mention fun? You see, at The Beacon, we don’t think hard work and fun are mutually exclusive. We want people who get that. Since 1936, The Beacon has been the student voice at The University of Portland. The newspaper you see every Thursday is part of a
great award-winning campus tradition. Now, in the digital age, The Beacon reaches readers around the world 24/7 through its website UPBeacon.com. We look forward to diving deeper into digital next year. These are exciting times for UP students who want to be an important part of
the campus conversation. Not to mention the benefit of adding cool stuff to your resume and the fun of working on a team. If you want a piece of the action in 2014-15 and have what it takes, now is the time to apply.
The Beacon is Hiring
application deadlineFeb. 6 - Editor-in-ChiefFeb 13 - all other positions
how to apply
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Reporter Nastacia Voisin, alums Laura Frazier and Elizabeth Tertadian and Editor in Chief Kelsey Thomas hold up the many awards The Beacon won from the Oregon Newspa-per Publishing Association.
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(Above) News Editor Sarah Hansell, Editor-in-Chief Kelsey Thomas, Design Editor Shellie Adams and Living Editor Kate Stringer show off The Beacon at the Wall Street bull in New York City. (Below) Web Content Manager John Liedtke, Living Editor Kate Stringer and Design Editor Shellie Adams finish the print paper and upload articles to the website on production night.
Editor-in-Chief: $5,150
Online Editor/Reporter: $1,600
News Editor: $3,000
Living/Faith and Fellowship Editor: $2,700
Sports Editor: $2,500
Opinions Editor: $2,000
Design Editor: $2,250
Asst. Design Editor: $1,500
Copy Editor/Reporter: $1,600
Web Content Manager: $2,000
Reporter (9): $1,000
Sports Reporter (3): $1,000
Photographer (3): $1,000
Photographer/Videographer: $1,000
Social Media Manager: $300 Cartoonist: $300
Business & Advertising Manager: $2,450
Circulation Director: $1,200
*All stipends are approximate
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At the Activities Fair held last fall, Reporter W.C. Lawson, Sports Editor Katie Dunn, Copy Editor Kathryn Walters and Living Editor Kate Stringer pass out copies of The Beacon and encourage students to write guest commentaries.
For more information and to see a list of successful people who worked at their college paper, visit upbeacon.com/faq and
upbeacon.com/inspiration.
www.upbeacon.com 9SPECIAL SECTION
“I’m not sure if it was slicing up long reams of typeset copy
with an exacto knife and laying out pages of The Beacon late at
night - keeping an eye out for the other slap-happy staffers with a
penchant for lighting fire crackers - or all the black and white photo
developing chemical fumes I inhaled during the countless
absorbing and happy hours I spent in the darkroom in the basement of Christie, but my years at the
University of Portland set me out on a journey to tell true stories about the way we live that has taken me from New York to
Wyoming and South Carolina, from the White House and halls
of Congress, to homeless shelters, fields of rare orchids, bat caves and Haitian coups. Margaret Mead used to say that she was wise enough to
never grow up, I imagine because she found such joy and meaning in her work. I feel the same. The Beacon helped light the way.”
Brigid SchulteUP/Beacon alumna, Washington Post staff writer, Pulitzer prize winner, author of
“Overwhelmed: Work, Love and Play when No One Has the Time,” to be published in March 2014 by Sarah Crichton Books/ Farrar Straus & Giroux
From The beacon to the washington post
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(Above) News Editor Sarah Hansell, Editor-in-Chief Kelsey Thomas, Design Editor Shellie Adams and Living Editor Kate Stringer show off The Beacon at the Wall Street bull in New York City. (Below) Web Content Manager John Liedtke, Living Editor Kate Stringer and Design Editor Shellie Adams finish the print paper and upload articles to the website on production night.
Editor-in-Chief: $5,150
Online Editor/Reporter: $1,600
News Editor: $3,000
Living/Faith and Fellowship Editor: $2,700
Sports Editor: $2,500
Opinions Editor: $2,000
Design Editor: $2,250
Asst. Design Editor: $1,500
Copy Editor/Reporter: $1,600
Web Content Manager: $2,000
Reporter (9): $1,000
Sports Reporter (3): $1,000
Photographer (3): $1,000
Photographer/Videographer: $1,000
Social Media Manager: $300 Cartoonist: $300
Business & Advertising Manager: $2,450
Circulation Director: $1,200
*All stipends are approximate
The Beacon Positions
(Above) Alumna Jackie Jeffers captures the energy of the Redefine Purple Pride Movement last Febru-ary. (Below left) Sports Editor Katie Dunn, Design Editor Shellie Adams, Living Editor Kate Stringer, Copy Editor Kathryn Walters, former photographer Joey Solano and News Editor Sarah Hansell met Mark Luckie, the News and Journalism Manager at Twitter, at a journalism conference in New York City. (Below right) Circulation Director Shelby Steinauer takes The Beacon to stands around campus every Thursday morning.
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Photo courtesy of Peter Heinberg
www.upbeacon.com 10 SPECIAL SECTION
The log: making memories
“The Log has become quite an influential aspect to me. Starting out as a photographer freshman year I had no idea I would get this far in three years. I applied for the yearbook because it was something I did in high school and thought it would be a great opportunity to continue photographing and learning about UP and meeting new people. Now that I am the editor- in-chief I am not only able to learn but also help guide the incoming staff members to the creative dreams and practical realities of producing a yearbook. As a program, The Log has and continues to provide me with opportunities to improve my photography, writing, designing and managing skills. It is one of few things that you can do on a college campus where you can say your work has been published and have the chance to be recognized for awards based upon that work, while competing against hundreds of other US colleges and universities.”–Brooke Williams, ’15, 2013-14 Editor-in-Chief, 2012-13 Photo Editor, 2011-12 Staff Photographer
Editor-in-Chief: $4,100
Copy Editor: $1,750 Photo Editor: $1,750
Design Editor: $1,750
Staff Writer (3): $1,400
Staff Photographer (3): $1,400
Staff Designer (3): $1,400
*All stipends are approximate
the log Positions
how to apply
application deadlineApplications for the Editor-in-Chief position are
due Feb. 7 at 5 p.m. Applications for all other staff positions are due
Feb. 14 at 5 p.m.
Staff positions, along with job descriptions and application instructions are posted to the UP
student job board at UP.edu. Please read the job descriptions thoroughly before applying. Follow the instructions as detailed in the job posting to
complete your online application.
Becca Tabor | THE BEACON
(Above) Editor in Chief Brooke Williams, Copy Editor Tori Dunlap , Designer Francisco Calderon, photographer Sean Eckhardt, photographer Timothy Kang, Staff Writer Christine Menges, Designer Alison Kratochvil , Designer Summer Staley, Photo Editor Leah Walters and Staff Writer Emily Fitzgerald hash out their latest assignments at a staff meeting. (Below) Staff Writer Christine Menges, photographer Timothy Kang, photographer Sean Eckhardt and Staff Writer Cerice Keller discuss assignments at a staff meeting.
“I enjoy yearbooking. Although school is my first priority, being on staff has allowed me to make connections with new people every time I worked on a new spread. I enjoy hearing their stories and a yearbook is the perfect place to record these memories that have made UP such a lively campus.” –Isabelle Nguyen, ’16, 2013-14 Design Editor, 2012-13 Editor in Chief & Staff Designer
Experiences on The Log
“The Log was one of my first families on the UP campus and I feel completely comfortable in that room with the staff, even new staff members because I hope they value the group as well. I made lasting friends and everyone on staff pushed me at one point or another to make my photography better, but also pushed me to reach out into the UP community and take the photos of my classmates. The Log makes me feel more connected to my school and I love my job.” –Leah Walters, ’16, 2013-14 Photo Editor, 2012-13 Staff Photographer