The Maneater is accepting applications for spring 2012 columnists and cartoonists. Please return completed applications to Nassim Benchaabane in G216 Student Center or by email to nssmben@gmail.com, by 3 p.m. on Sunday, December 4. 


Columns

Columnists are responsible for producing one approximately 600-word opinion piece to appear in The Maneater’s Forum section each week. Columns should be well researched, identifiable with readers, and have a concrete point. Columns are due by 9 p.m. two days prior to publication. Hired columnists also must provide three backup columns to be published at any date. The editorial board will collectively determine decisions regarding the hiring of columnists.
» Campus Issues Application » Create-Your-Own Application

Cartoons

Cartoonists are responsible for providing two comics each week, one per issue. Cartoonists may be responsible for either drawing a cartoon illustrating a viewpoint on an editorial, issue affecting the MU community and/or national issue, or may be responsible for producing a comic series with a humorous or dramatic or anywhere-in-between narrative. For editorials, cartoonists must supply editorial cartoons that are researched, concrete in point, and identifiable with readers. For comic series, cartoonists must supply a cartoon that is engaging and entertaining to readers.
» Cartoonist Application

The Maneater is accepting applications for the spring 2012 online assistant. Please return completed applications to Ted Noelker in G216 MU Student Center, or by email at t.noelker@gmail.com, by 5 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 2.

Online Assistant

The online assistant is responsible for overseeing the prompt uploading of all articles, photos, graphics and online-exclusive material and updating The Maneater's social networking accounts with links to new content on the website. The online assistant should be in the office on Monday and Thursday nights to upload content coming in on production nights. The online assistant should also be avalible via email contact to upload web-exclusive content any day of the week. Other duties include keeping content fresh on the website, such as changing the five main stories on the home page, and The Maneater's Facebook and Twitter accounts. He/she will also assist the Multimedia editor livestreaming and podcasting when needed.
» Online Assistant Application