Charles Apple

Here’s a roundup of items that may be of interest to college students on a busy Wednesday…

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NEW SCHOLARSHIPS

Last week, the Society for News Design Foundation announced two new scholarships for visual journalism students.

The first — the SND Foundation Scholarship — will be a $2,000 scholarship awarded annually to any visual journalism sophomore, junior or senior, in print or interactive or both. The deadline for application is June 13.

The second — SND’s Edmund C. Arnold Scholarship — will be a $5,000 award given annually to a visual journalism student at Syracuse University. The deadline for applying is May 30.

Read all about them and find links to application forms at the SND/Update web site.

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‘THE INTERN’ RETURNS TO SND/VEGAS

Our host for SND/Vegas this fall — Bill Gaspard, former president of the Society and the design guru of The Las Vegas Sun — has announced the return of “The Intern” contest for this year’s workshop.

This year’s contest — the third annual “Intern”-fest — will be a little different, however.

For starters, you won’t have to win a first round just to participate in Vegas. You will have to register in advance.

Bill writes:

Every student who applies and shows up for the free student workshop on Sunday can participate in the first two rounds of the competition…

Your first step is to submit your application.

Semi-finalists will be chosen based on the application and performance in a live visual challenge exercise at the end of the student workshop. They will be announced poolside at the opening reception Sunday night.

The semi-finalists will then participate in group and one-on-one interview sessions with the judges at a Monday luncheon. After that, winners will be chosen and announced at our Tuesday morning general session.

…Best of all, if you don’t win one of the competition spots, we’re arranging a mini “job fair” for students and potential employers so that everyone who comes looking for an internship still can walk away with a job.

Prizes so far — more will be listed later — are paid internships at The Arizona Republic and the Poynter Institute.

Sounds like a great deal, folks. Even if you don’t win, you can still win. Read more about it here.

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AND, SPEAKING OF VEGAS…

A student designer e-mailed me recently, seeking tips for what to do at — and how to prepare for — the Vegas workshop.

It’s a little early for me to have pulled together my annual workshop tips post. But because you asked, we’re working on it now. Worry not; we’ll cover all the tips, especially for students and first-time attendees.

The pool at the Red Rock Resort & Casino, the
venue for SND/Vegas, Sept. 7-9. The resort is
the venue, I mean. Not the pool.
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Check back with us soon.

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LAST-MINUTE INTERNSHIPS

Still looking for an internship for this summer? Here’s what we know about:

* A temporary, three-month page designer position working with Scott Goldman and his team at The Indianapolis Star.

* The Hour newspaper group in Norwalk, Conn., is seeking two interns who can write, shoot photos and do the audio/video thing for multimedia. They’re unpaid internships, but the ad says “exceptions can be made for the right candidate.”

* St. Mary’s Today, a small daily in Waldorf, Md., is seeking an intern who can report, work the news desk and post stories online.

* The Annapolis Capital in Maryland is looking for two non-paid multimedia interns for its web operation.

* The Chautauqua Institution in New York is looking for four page designers to put together a daily tab for its busy summer season. Learn more about the Institution here.

* Ah, to hell with an internship. Go to work full-time for Dean Lockwood and his top-notch visual outfit of the San Antonio Express-News.

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SPEAKING OF INTERNS, DID YOU SEE OUR INTERN ROUNDUP?

Better yet, why aren’t you in it?

We published it Monday morning, here in the blog.

Do you have an internship this summer? Did you graduate, putting you into the job market? Drop us a line. We’re always eager to provide coverage or face time for bright young visual journalists.

I’m out sick today. Aching muscles and joints; very tired. I hope I’m not coming down with the flu. Diabetics have trouble with the flu.

And what’s worse: I’m getting no sympathy at all from my wife — who’s also at home today, sicker than I am. At least I can get around a little. She’s still in bed, not feeling well at all.

Despite the fact my brain was AWOL Monday, I got far enough ahead on my ongoing city budgets project that the Pilot can possibly spare me a day. I’ll post more about that later, perhaps.

Just as I was preparing to go home early, reports came in of a possible tornado in Suffolk, southwest of Norfolk. I felt really guilty about leaving only one artist in the department to handle whatever resulted from the storm. John Earle and our boss, design director Paul Nelson, assured me they could deal with it. Especially since I was fading pretty fast, at that point.

So I staggered out to my car, hopped on the interstate and… ran smack into a wall of rain. Which, naturally, brought traffic to a standstill. It took me 90 minutes to get to my home in Virginia Beach — about double what it normally takes.

When I finally got home, I discovered that the storm cell — the same one I had just driven through — sure enough did generate a tornado. In fact, it destroyed a nice neighborhood in Suffolk, trashed a shopping center and injured 200 patients in a hospital. No fatalities though, thank God.

In retrospect, a PT Cruiser was probably not the best place in which to ride out a storm like that.

I’ve not yet walked downstairs to pick up today’s Pilot to see how we covered it. So we resort to The Newseum…

Looks like my buddy John Earle got along fine without me last night, after all. The map locates alls the severe damage on the north side of Suffolk, along the bypass.

The funnel reportedly traveled northeast, skipped across the Elizabeth River and made landfall among the piers at the enormous Navy base just north of Norfolk — the home of the entire Atlantic Fleet. But the tornado had lost enough force by that time that it caused damage to neither base nor ships.

I also like the tiny shot, in the upper left, of the twister itself. That’s from a local TV station. More about stormchasing in a moment…

Here’s how Link covered it today:

I’m guessing a lot of folks are appreciating our web coverage. Our web site, Pilotonline.com, is running very, very slowly this morning.

Among the things we have there is the obligatory photo gallery. I’m happy to see the incredibly talented Steve Early was on the scene Monday.

Here’s a 16-year-old resident, leaping over debris in the Burnett’s Mill section of Suffolk:

Here are cars that have been tossed around like Hot Wheels in a shopping center, across the street from Obici Hospital:

The hospital itself wasn’t struck directly. But 200 people were injured by debris and glass when the windows blew out, officials said.

One more picture: The Pilot’s Delores Johnson snapped this one of a Suffolk mother, strolling with her baby in the aftermath of the storm:

Again, you can find all this — and much more — at the Pilot’s web site.

The most extraordinary thing there today, however, is this: Video of the tornado on the ground, shot at 4:32 p.m. Monday by Portsmouth-based stormchaser Jesse Bass III:

Now there’s something you don’t see every day. Here’s a direct link to the video.

If you have a tornado — or other nasty weather — rake across your area, you can find the latest raw reports, as they stream in to the National Weather Service computers, via the Storm Prediction Center. Click on “reports” and choose the time frame you want:

Blue dots indicate wind damage. Green are hail reports. Red are tornadoes.

When the NWS receives a report of a sighting or damage, the report goes into their database. Which then generates listings for the map and for the text listings that appear below the map:

Whenever you have storms passing through your area, pull up the SPC site and update the page constantly. It’s the quickest way to follow the reports as area police and other officials pick their way through the aftermath.

Go there now and bookmark it.

OK, that’s it. I’ve been awake for about an hour. Time for a nap.

Wondering where all the cool kids are interning this summer?

Wonder no longer. Below is a glance at 28 of college journalism’s brightest and best. Where they’re working, when they’re graduating and what they hope to do.

Heads up, visual editors: You’ll note there are a couple who don’t have internships lined up for this summer. There are a couple more who will be entering the full-time job market at the end of summer.

Just remember: You saw them here first!

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JENNIFER ADAMS
Ball State University

Graduates: December 2008
2008 internship: Art department of The Oklahoman, Oklahoma City
Previous internships: The Herald Bulletin (Anderson, Ind.) and The South Bend (Ind.) Tribune

This year at school has gone well. I am extremely excited for my summer internship; I think it’s going to be a great experience. This semester I worked with Ball Bearings as a designer, and I also developed a few flash projects as well. Ball Bearings is Ball State’s online multimedia publication.

Samples:

Jennifer has only a few graphic samples posted in her NewsPageDesigner gallery:

She says she’ll have an online portfolio posted soon.

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PATTIE BARRY
University of Maine

Graduates: May 2008 with a dual B.A. in New Media and French
2008 internship: South Florida Sun-Sentinel in Ft. Lauderdale
Previous internships: French translator for the National Park Service at St. Croix Island; web/print design intern for the University of Maine’s Hudson Museum.

I am totally pumped to head down to Florida to join the Sun Sentinel team; it sounds like Paul has a really exciting summer planned for us. I’ve spent the past year developing a new Web site for The Maine Campus, our student newspaper here at UMaine, and along the way I’ve sharpened my coding skills as well as my design savvy.

Samples:

See more in her NewsPageDesigner gallery or at her personal web page.

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COLIN BRIDGE
University of New Mexico

Graduates: December 2009
2008 internship: News design at The Albuquerque Journal
Previous internships: New Mexico Magazine, Santa Fe

This year is going great. I am looking forward to interning at New Mexico’s largest paper.

This semester I am taking an independent study with my design mentor at UNM and former Free-Press designer, Karolyn Cannata-Winge, and for the class I am doing a complete re-design of our school paper, the Daily Lobo.

It’s been the most difficult challenge of my short career so far. I am really excited to see it launch in the fall.

Samples:

See more in his NewsPageDesigner gallery.

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ROB BYRD
Coastal Carolina University

Graduates: Spring 2009
2008 internship: Currently looking for one
Previous internships: Graphic design intern at the Franklin G. Burroughs - Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum in Myrtle Beach (mostly making logos, flyers and brochures for exhibits as a freelance internship, Rob says)

Rob, by the way, was named Student Designer of the Year in the non-daily category.

This year has been great. I’ve been trying to work on as much art and design as I possibly can. It’s been really fun working with my magazine staff trying to improve on the magazine that we put out the previous semester. I have one year left of school.

I’m seeking an internship outside of South Carolina, preferably a bit farther North. I would love to work with someone who has been in the business and from whom I can learn. I would also like to work in a challenging environment. I really enjoy conceptual work.

Samples:

Download issues of Tempo, the magazine he designed and illustrated from his personal web site.

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DARLA CAMERON
University of Missouri

Graduates: May 2008
2008 internship: News art department of The St. Petersburg Times
Previous internships: Design at The Tulsa World

I’m wrapping up my journalism degree and GIS/geography minor soon! Woohoo! Then I have a Poynter Fellowship before my internship, which will be quickly followed by a job hunt.

Portfolio:

See more in her NewsPageDesigner gallery.

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CHRISTINE CHAN
University of Missouri

Graduates: May 2008
2008 internship: Graphics and art at Condé Nast Portfolio
Previous internships: Art intern at W magazine, Cookie magazine

This year has been fabulous. I got to work with John Grimwade and Danielle Jett in the graphics department at Portfolio. They are both amazing mentors to me. I learnt a lot, worked a lot but had lots of fun… I couldn’t have asked for a better internship!

I’m taking a vacation over the summer before taking on a real job. But I would love to do some freelance work!

Samples:

Christine doesn’t appear to have any posted at the moment at her personal web site.

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ALLISENCE CHANG
Michigan State University

Graduates: May 2008
2008 internship: First, a Poynter Fellowship in St. Petersburg, Fla.; then design and graphics at The Arizona Republic in Phoenix, via a Pulliam Fellowship.
Previous internships: News graphics at The Virginian-Pilot

This semester, my last semester, I’m studying graphic design at La Universidad San Francisco de Quito in Quito, Ecuador. It’s quite interesting.

Samples:

See more in her NewsPageDesigner gallery and on her personal website.

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LESLEY CONROY
Syracuse University

Graduates: May, 2009
2008 internship: Page design at the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, Ft. Lauderdale
Previous internships: None

Lesley was presentation director of the Syracuse student paper, The Daily Orange.

I am really excited for a summer in Ft. Lauderdale at the Sun-Sentinel because of its web width reduction and redesign.

Samples:

See more in her NewsPageDesigner gallery.

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NICOLE DAVIS
Ohio University

Graduates: June, 2008
2008 internship: Art department of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, Ft. Lauderdale
Previous internships: Ohio magazine and Whirl magazine

Although I am very sad to be leaving OU, I cannot wait to start my internship! I look forward to learning from everyone and can’t wait to see what else is on the road ahead for me!

Samples:

See more in her online portfolio.

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AMY DUNCAN
Ball State University

Graduates: May 2008
2008 internship: Design at The Hartford Courant
Previous internships: Indianapolis Monthly, The Tampa Tribune

I recently worked my last night at the Ball State Daily News. I’m sad to leave the college life, but I’m very excited to intern at the Hartford Courant and start my career in the “real world.”

Samples:

See more in her NewsPageDesigner gallery.

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ADRIENNE DYE
Indiana University

Graduates: May, 2008
2008 internship: Features design at The Dallas Morning News
Previous internships: Presentation at The Savannah Morning News

My senior year has been great and I cannot wait to get started in Dallas! I start graduate school in the fall at IUPUI in Indianapolis where I’ll be pursuing my MFA in visual communication.

Eventually, I’ll stop going to school and get a real job, I promise.

Samples:

See more in her NewsPageDesigner gallery and on her personal portfolio site.

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KYLE ELLIS
Ball State University

Graduates: May 2009
2008 internship: Design at The Evansville Courier and Press, Evansville, Ind.
Previous internships: None

I’m excited at the wide-range of design experiences awaiting me at The Courier and Press this summer. More importantly, I’m anxious to start saving money for SND/Vegas and the shot to compete in “The Intern” contest! I’ve had a great time working for The Ball State Daily News again this year and I’ve finally moved up to designing Page 1!

Samples:

Find more in his NewsPageDesigner gallery.

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HANNAH FESSLER
Syracuse University

Graduates: May 2008
2008 internship: Design desk at The Detroit News
Previous internships: Inside Lacrosse magazine, CADEXCO (Chamber of Exporters of Costa Rica)

Senior year has been a great experience, working as an editor for three campus publications, free lancing, and planning a large scale community service event for the Syracuse community. I’m so excited working on all of these but I can’t wait for the summer!

Samples:

Find more in her NewsPageDesigner gallery.

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ALLIE GHAMAN
University of Michigan

Graduates: April 2010
2008 internship: News design at The San Francisco Chronicle
Previous internships: None

I’ve never been to the West Coast besides L.A., so I’m thrilled about exploring San Francisco.

Samples:

Find more in her NewsPageDesigner gallery.

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CATHERINE GIGNAC
Ohio University

Graduates: June 2009
2008 internship: Art department of Cosmopolitan magazine, New York City
Previous internships: Art department of Whirl magazine, Pittsburgh; Design intern, GACC Printing, Pittsburgh

This year has been a whirlwind of design for me! From my summer at Whirl, to completing my senior design sequence a year early, to designing for one of the largest student organizations on campus, to Cosmopolitan, I’ve had a taste of it all!

I look forward to stepping away from the computer screen a bit next year to take on the role as president of the student organization for which I currently design (The Ohio University Program Council).

Samples:

Find more in her NewsPageDesigner gallery. Also, she says her personal web site will be up and running by June.

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TONY GONZALEZ
Hillsdale College

Graduates: May 2008
2008 internship: Features department of the Minneapolis Star Tribune as a Chips Quinn scholar
Previous internships: Toledo Free Press, The Detroit News

This year, Tony was edit0r-and-chief of Hilldale’s student paper, The Collegian.

It’s a time of transition for me: I’m graduating, I’m engaged, I’m moving to the heart of a city, and I’m back on the juggling scene with a new routine.

Samples:

Primarily a writer and editor, Tony has posted many, many examples of his news and features stories in his personal blog.

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MICHAEL HIGDON
University of Nevada, Reno

Graduates: May 2009
2008 internship: Visuals intern (general design, graphics and/or web) at The Indianapolis Star via a Pulliam Fellowship.
Previous internships: Design at The Courier-Journal, Louisville, Ky.

I can’t wait until I get to Indiana. I’m totally stoked about the opportunity to work with the web people (their sites are amazing), work with Scott Goldman and all the other people I’ve heard a lot about.

Right now, I’m working on social-networked news and environmental public journalism. I’m trying to get officials and the public together for a public forum about a huge coal power plant being proposed in Nevada.

In fact, a couple of months ago, we wrote extensively about one of Michael’s public journalism projects.

Michael, by the way, was SND’s Student Designer of the Year for 2006-2007. He’ll be a speaker during the student session at SND/Vegas this fall.

Samples:

Find more in his NewsPageDesigner gallery and at his personal web site.

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KRISTEN HUTH
Penn State University

Graduates: May 2009
2008 internship: The Virginian-Pilot copy desk, via the Dow Jones Newspaper Fund
Previous internships: None

I’m the managing editor of design at The Daily Collegian. Over the past year I won several awards: First place, Sports (News), SND College News Design Contest; First place, layout/design, Pennsylvania Newspaper Association’s Keystone Press Awards; Second place, single subject presentation, Columbia Scholastic Press Association’s Gold Circle Awards.

In addition, under my direction, the Collegian staff won first place, website design, in the SND College News Design Contest and second place, overall design of a newspaper, in the Gold Circle Awards.

I’m really looking forward to my internship–I have admired the Pilot for quite some time and can’t wait to be there this summer!

Samples:

See more in her NewsPageDesigner gallery.

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VICTORIA MILLNER
University of Missouri

Graduates: May 2008
2008 internship: Features design at The Denver Post
Previous internships: none

My final year of undergrad is going well; I’m ending with a few art classes, which I’m LOVING!

Samples:

See more in her NewsPageDesigner gallery.

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BRIDGET O’DONNELL
University of Michigan

Graduates: April/May 2009
2008 internship: The New York Times art department
Previous internships: Art intern for Autoweek magazine

I’m pumped for the new gig! I’m counting down the days until May 24th — the day I leave for New York City — and I’ve got less than 40 days left.

You’ll recall that Bridget was the winner of the second annual The Intern contest at SND/Boston. Her prize was first choice of several incredible internships. She chose the Times.

Here’s hoping she blogs about her summer adventure.

Samples:

Find more in her NewsPageDesigner gallery and in her personal portfolio.

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CHLOE PARK
James Madison University

Graduates: May 2010
2008 internship: She just finished a design internship at The Arizona Republic and is currently looking for something for this summer.
Previous internships: Life section design at USA Today

I took a semester off from school to enjoy the Arizona winter weather. What was supposed to be a 12-week gig was extended indefinitely (though I requested my last day to be May 2–so it’ll be a total of 16 weeks).

The first half of the time I spent out here was really devoted to my internship, but I have to admit that I have created a whole new life out here for me. It’s going to be hard to leave… though inevitable.

Not only am I considering transferring, but I think I may pick up another major–business, maybe–I just feel like I need to give myself some more options. All this is great timing, because I am only a sophomore and have half of my college education left–plenty of time to change and change again.

Regarding that transfer: Chloe is considering two wonderful schools: UNC-Chapel Hill and the University of Virginia. She’s heard from the former, but not the latter.
Samples:

Find more in her personal portfolio.

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CAITY PELLICCIA
University of North Carolina

Graduates: May 2009
2008 Internship: Page design and infographics at The Hartford Courant
Previous Internships: Design assistant for Carolina Union Marketing and Design

I am so ecstatic to be working with the Courant this summer. It’s a name tossed around so often in my design classes, and I feel very privileged to be working with their awesome design team.

Samples:

Find more in her NewsPageDesigner portfolio.

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CHASE PURDY
Hillsdale College (Mich.)

Graduates: May 2009
2008 internship: Reporting internship at the Charleston, S.C., Post and Courier. “I hope to create multimedia presentations and dabble some in design, as well,” he says.
Previous internships: Reporting and design at The Toledo Free Press

I’m a curious and tenacious young journalist ready to learn as much as possible. My favorite activities include: playing Scrabble, juggling, and photography.

Samples:

Find more in his NewsPageDesigner gallery and in his blog.

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REBECCA ROLFE
University of North Carolina

Graduates: May 2008
2008 internship: The Virginian-Pilot, in the new combined design/multimedia/graphics department
Previous internships: COXnet, Inc. (with Cox papers) in Atlanta, Adams & Longino Advertising and The Daily Reflector in Greenville, N.C.

I’m having a crazy final semester, trying to cram all of the college life experiences, the last tests, projects and design enlightenment into the last few weeks of classes. Exhausting, but exhilarating — sounds a lot like journalism!

Samples:

Find more in her NewsPageDesigner gallery and in her personal portfolio.

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TIFF SCHWARZ
University of Alabama

Graduates: August 2008
2008 internship: Doesn’t have one lined up yet
Previous internships: Dothan (Ala.) Eagle, Asbury Park (N.J.) Press, St. Louis Post Dispatch, Tuscaloosa (Ala.) News

This has been a rather strange year. My ups are down and downs are up. However, as I have been without a proper design job and just regular work, I realize how strong my passion for media is.

I’d love to find an internship that would challenge me, give me
experience in Flash, work in features or even magazine-style design. With my portfolio, I feel I need experience in sports design, graphics and multimedia work.

Samples:

Find more in her NewsPageDesigner gallery.

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ASHLEY THOMAS
University of Missouri

Graduates: Earned her Bachelor’s degree in December. Hopes to earn her Master’s degree in May 2009.
2008 internship: Copy editing on the national desk of The Associated Press in New York City, via the Dow Jones Newspaper Fund.
Previous internships: Reporter and copy editor for Retail Jeweller magazine in London, designer for The Albuquerque Journal.

I graduated in December and moved south for the winter to design for the Albuquerque Journal. I never expected to move from New Mexico to New York in a single year, but I can’t wait for this year’s adventures to continue.

Samples:

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STEPH YIU
Northwestern University

Graduates: This past weekend.
2008 internship: Design at The Boston Globe
Previous internships: The Oregonian; Northwestern magazine; the Museum of Contemporary Art; CenterstageChicago.com; Shape magazine in Singapore

Life is just one giant transition right now! I’m trying to finish my art history thesis on “Second Life avatar self-portraiture.”

Last quarter, I helped orchestrate a collaboration between the “traditional newspaper” and “alternative website” on campus (like the real world, huh?) and in 6 weeks we put together 24@NU. It was a ton of fun.

And, I took two awesome classes: a community journalism/web design independent study with Professor Susan Mango Curtis, and a terrific web programming class.

I’m looking for a full-time job… otherwise I have to leave the country next April when my visa expires.

Anything to do with multimedia and newspapers - web design, producing web video, doing cool community-based web projects.

Samples:

Steph has no online portfolio, but she recently finished work on this multimedia presentation. A couple of screen grabs:

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ANDREA ZAGATA
Michigan State University

Graduates: May 2010
2008 internship: None
Previous internships: None

This year has gone really well, I’ve taken many reporting and design classes and have really been developing my skills. I’m headed to Spain for half the summer to study visual communications and graphics with Karl Gude and I can’t wait to go.

Since I will only be available from late June-August, I didn’t apply for any summer internships, but I will be looking for any experience in design that I can get in the coming year, as well as next summer.

Samples: Not yet available