Commuter seeks editors for next school year

For journalism and other students looking to step up their involvement at LBCC’s student newspaper, now is the time to apply.

The Commuter is accepting applications for editor-in-chief as well as the other positions on staff, such as managing editor, photo editor, webmaster, and arts and entertainment editor.

Editor-in-chief applicants will be interviewed by the Student Publications Committee on Wednesday, May 18, beginning at 3:30 p.m.  The 10-member committee consists of LBCC students, faculty and staff and meets each spring to appoint a new Commuter editor-in-chief.

The duties of The Commuter's editor-in-chief include:

• Appointing and managing the newspaper's staff of editors, reporters and photographers.
• Coordinating the work of the staff, including assigning and editing stories and photos.
• Leading staff meetings and other newspaper activities.
• Representing the newspaper in the college community.

The next editor-in-chief, who will succeed current editor Justin Bolger, starts the position over the summer and continues through the 2011-12 school year.

The deadline to submit editor-in-chief applications is Monday, May 16.   

Applications for staff positions are available at The Commuter office in Forum 222, or from the newspaper’s adviser, Rob Priewe.  His office is in North Santiam Hall, room 114.

For more information about the application process or duties of the various Commuter staff positions, contact Priewe at 541-917-4563 or rob.priewe@linnbenton.edu.

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A New Term for Journalism at LBCC

"Finish/Start" by I Like, courtesy of Flickr.com/Creative Commons.

We are off and running into a new term at LBCC.

All the Journalism classes are full and students have created the blogs they will use to display their work this term.  Check them out in the blogrolls to the right of this post.

I'm looking forward to a great term.

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LBCC Winter Term Means New Student Blogs

Take a look to the right and you'll find a new lineup of student blogs for Winter Term.

This term LBCC's Journalism program is offering Feature Writing (JN217) and Media & Society (JN201).  Like most other departments on campus, all the Journalism classes are already full.

As part of their coursework, students in these classes will publish their work on their own blogs.  Check out some of the student journalism from last term as well.

The Commuter also is fully staffed and looking forward to working with students new to writing, reporting, editing and photography.  Numerous students are enrolled in the Journalism Lab (JN215A) and the Design and Production Lab (JN215B), where they contribute weekly to both the printed edition of The Commuter as well as the online site.

This promises to be another great term.  The staff of the Commuter is looking into attending another journalism conference this spring, possibly the Associated Collegiate Press convention March 3-6 in Los Angeles.

Finally, The Commuter and LBCC will once again be host to the annual Collegiate Day conference organized by the Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association.  This event, May 6, is a one-day journalism conference and awards program for the state's college journalists.

So there's a lot going on in the months ahead!

(Photo credit: "extreme sports and blogging" by Will Lion, courtesy of Flickr.com/Creative Commons)
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Welcome to Fall Term Journalism at LBCC

Thanks for checking out "Rob's Class Blog." This is where you will find work posted by my students during Fall Term 2010.

This term I'll be teaching sections on News Reporting, Photojournalism and Media & Society.

I'm looking forward to reading and enjoying the journalism produced by my LBCC students, and encourage you to check back from time to time during the term.

The class assignments produced these students also will be considered for publication by the staff of The Commuter, LBCC's award-winning student newspaper.

To find out what else is going on in journalism, new media and LBCC's Journalism program, see "Rob's Media Blog."

(Photo credit: "Third Tuesday #Olympic Journalism" by rocketcandy/Elizabeth Sarobhasa, courtesy of Flickr.com/Creative Commons.)
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PDX marketing experiment features Fiesta, clothes and concerts

Interesting story in the Oregonian about "lifestyle marketing" and creating a "cultural hub" around a product. In this case, the Ford Fiesta, which is being displayed in a downtown Portland store space that serves as a "lounge"/clothes boutique during the day and concert space at night. The story, "Ford taps local flavor to sell Fiesta," was written by Oregonian reporter Elliott Njus.

And while we're thinking of creative, innovative, interesting ideas, check out "Ten Inspiring TED Talks for Startups," a blog compiling 10 favorite TED videos focusing on innovation and creativity. (It includes two of my favorites by Seth Godin and Clay Shirky.) It's on the ReadWriteStart blog.

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Old Spice Guy: A Guide to Viral Marketing?

For those of us who can't get enough of the "Old Spice Guy," make way ...

Niraj Chockshi of The Atlantic writes how the company and its ad agency have targeted social media sites to generate buzz that just keeps on keeping on.

... and does any of this have to do with the future of news? Maybe, as this Nieman Journalism Lab post notes ...

Or if you'd like to know how Portland marketing geniuses Wieden + Kennedy are making these "ads" ...

... Or the "Man Your Grades Could Be Like" -- a terrific parody by the creative library crew at Brigham Young University.


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