Greyhound Application
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The Greyhound The Student Newspaper of Loyola University Maryland Application for prospective (highlight all that apply). Staff Writer
Photographer
Copy Editor
Associate Editor
Name: Class year:
Major(s):
E-mail (please list the one you regularly check): Phone #: 1. Please list all relevant experience (i.e. journalism courses; work on a high school newspaper; previous internships; etc.). Provide specific information, including the time spent. (For example: nature of the journalism course – what it covered, what you learned – and the hours per week spent on the course. For relevant extracurricular activities or internships positions, what position did you hold, for how long, what did it entailed, etc.)
2. For which section of The Greyhound are you MOST interested in writing? (Highlight one.) News
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Opinions |
Arts and Society |
Sports | Photography | LoyolaGreyhound.com
3. Below is a selection of computer programs/software. Please highlight all programs you are proficient in. Adobe InDesign
WordPress
Microsoft Word
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Illustrator
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4. Below is a hypothetical fact pattern. Assume you’re the news reporter covering the story. Please write a hard news story lead of no more than three sentences in the space below. Then write a soft news story lead no more than three sentences in the space below. (Ignore if you are applying ONLY to be a photographer.) A girl, Katy Perry, was robbed Friday night on York Road. She was wearing a jean skirt, black flip-flops, and a green Loyola sweatshirt. Friends of the girl, a Loyola sophomore, had been running to the corner to catch a taxi when the robbing occurred near Swallow at the Hollow. Loyola police arrived 10 minutes later. Justin Timberlake, a senior, made the phone call. “It all happened so quickly,” said Timberlake. “One minute she [Perry] was talking on her phone, and the next I saw this guy grab her purse and start running.” “That’s what you get for being drunk and stupid,” said Clark Kent, a Towson University junior. Baltimore City police announced Saturday morning that they had apprehended a suspect. The suspect matched the profile of the robber, described by witnesses on the scene as wearing a white cap, dark jeans, and having a skuzzy-looking beard and greasy long hair. The man was walking down Charles Street with a brown purse, according to police. “She definitely had a brown purse with her Friday night,” Loyola sophomore Maria Shriver said. No one was injured in the robbery. Perry has since retrieved her purse, and she’s pressed charges against the suspect, who is still in the custody of Baltimore City police.
5. With this application, please attach two writing samples of no more than 1,000 words each. Previous news articles, if you have sample clips, are preferred. Otherwise, whatever you deem as your two best writing samples will suffice. (Ignore if you are applying ONLY to be a photographer.) Questions? Feel free to e-mail Jenn Ruckel, Editor in Chief: [email protected].
Photographer
Copy Editor
Associate Editor
Name: Class year:
Major(s):
E-mail (please list the one you regularly check): Phone #: 1. Please list all relevant experience (i.e. journalism courses; work on a high school newspaper; previous internships; etc.). Provide specific information, including the time spent. (For example: nature of the journalism course – what it covered, what you learned – and the hours per week spent on the course. For relevant extracurricular activities or internships positions, what position did you hold, for how long, what did it entailed, etc.)
2. For which section of The Greyhound are you MOST interested in writing? (Highlight one.) News
|
Opinions |
Arts and Society |
Sports | Photography | LoyolaGreyhound.com
3. Below is a selection of computer programs/software. Please highlight all programs you are proficient in. Adobe InDesign
WordPress
Microsoft Word
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Illustrator
CollegePublisher5
4. Below is a hypothetical fact pattern. Assume you’re the news reporter covering the story. Please write a hard news story lead of no more than three sentences in the space below. Then write a soft news story lead no more than three sentences in the space below. (Ignore if you are applying ONLY to be a photographer.) A girl, Katy Perry, was robbed Friday night on York Road. She was wearing a jean skirt, black flip-flops, and a green Loyola sweatshirt. Friends of the girl, a Loyola sophomore, had been running to the corner to catch a taxi when the robbing occurred near Swallow at the Hollow. Loyola police arrived 10 minutes later. Justin Timberlake, a senior, made the phone call. “It all happened so quickly,” said Timberlake. “One minute she [Perry] was talking on her phone, and the next I saw this guy grab her purse and start running.” “That’s what you get for being drunk and stupid,” said Clark Kent, a Towson University junior. Baltimore City police announced Saturday morning that they had apprehended a suspect. The suspect matched the profile of the robber, described by witnesses on the scene as wearing a white cap, dark jeans, and having a skuzzy-looking beard and greasy long hair. The man was walking down Charles Street with a brown purse, according to police. “She definitely had a brown purse with her Friday night,” Loyola sophomore Maria Shriver said. No one was injured in the robbery. Perry has since retrieved her purse, and she’s pressed charges against the suspect, who is still in the custody of Baltimore City police.
5. With this application, please attach two writing samples of no more than 1,000 words each. Previous news articles, if you have sample clips, are preferred. Otherwise, whatever you deem as your two best writing samples will suffice. (Ignore if you are applying ONLY to be a photographer.) Questions? Feel free to e-mail Jenn Ruckel, Editor in Chief: [email protected].
