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.
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