Job opportunities at The Maneater

The Maneater is eager to welcome any new staff member, regardless of previous experience or college major. In other words, you don’t have to be a pre-journalism major, nor do you have to have worked for a newspaper before. Your best bet to get involved is to swing by one of our journalism workshops, held every Friday.

Staff Writers

All writers start as reporters. A reporter can become a staff writer by completing five story assignments. Staff writers are then paid $10 per story. When staff writer has worked with The Maneater for a year, he or she is then considered a senior staff writer.

Photographers

A photographer becomes a staff photographer by completing five photo assignments. A staff photographer is paid $10 per photo. After one year of working for The Maneater, a staff photographer becomes a senior staff photographer. All photographers must have their own cameras.

Production Staff

The production staff works in the evening on production nights (Mondays and Thursdays) to arrange the stories and photos on the pages to be printed. Our newspaper uses Adobe InDesign for designing. Members of the production staff are paid $7 per page as soon as they begin work.

Online Production Staff

Members of the online staff work translating stories from the InDesign layouts into the online database that makes up The Maneater’s Web site. Online staff members get paid $10 per shift as soon as they begin working for The Maneater.

Columnists

Anyone wishing to be a columnist can apply at the end of a semester. Watch for posters and house ads announcing that applications are available. The editorial board then chooses the next semester’s columnists from the submitted applications. Each columnist appears once a week, and is therefore responsible for turning in one column per week. Columnists are paid $10 per column.

Cartoonists

Like columnists, anyone can apply for a cartoon at the end of a semester. Cartoons are selected by the editorial staff. They run twice a week; each cartoonist must submit two cartoons per week. Cartoonists are paid $10 per cartoon.