Please submit completed applications to Chelsie Veasman by email at Chelsie.Veasman@gmail.com no later than Friday, April 26 at 5 p.m.
Application deadline: April 26
Advertising Account Representatives are the driving force for The Maneater’s revenue. As the core of the advertising department, Account Representatives and their work are essential to financially supporting each department of the newspaper. In addition, Account Representatives serve a greater goal: assisting Columbia business owners with the selling of their products or events through The Maneater. Account Representatives maintain communication with their clientele, solicit new advertisers, sell and design display advertising for each issue of The Maneater, and work to promote the paper through passing out papers throughout campus and at special events. This position is paid on commission.
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Please submit completed applications to the applicable editor by the application deadline.
Application deadline: May 1
Especially at a large state school like MU, athletics are a source of pride. As Assistant Sports Editor, you will assist in the organization of coverage for The Maneater's Sports section by helping direct and edit content, cover certain shorelines, manage social media accounts, coach developing writers and aid the Sports Editor and Editorial Staff in other important tasks.
Application deadline: May 1
The Assistant Photo Editor will attend Tuesday night Production Nights and Monday budget meetings, edit and upload photos for online, work with the Multimedia department to produce slideshows of 10-15 images, have first pick at any photo pitches before they get sent out to the rest of the staff and be able to pick up any breaking news assignments or Tuesday night photo pitches.
Please submit completed applications to Scott MacDonald by email at smacdonald@themaneater.com no later than Saturday, May 4 at 5 p.m.
Application deadline: May 4
The Maneater is the student voice of MU, and it would be incomplete not to have just that: a student voice to raise critical questions about the daily challenges and long-term problems of the student body, the university and its various groups, as well as highlight elements of the MU community that you think are particularly beneficial to students, faculty, and staff. As a campus issues columnist, it will be your job to start conversations about the things that affect students in their daily lives. This can cover academic concerns, social issues, daily struggles — any kind of problems you feel need to be addressed.
Columnists are responsible for producing one coherent, focused 600-word opinion piece each week to appear in The Maneater’s Forum section. Columns should be well-researched, identifiable with readers and have a concrete point. Hired columnists will have a weekly column deadline and must provide two backup columns to be published at any date. The editorial board will collectively determine decisions regarding the hiring of columnists.
Application deadline: May 4
Despite talk of a “post-racial” society and a shattered glass ceiling, there is still social injustice in America and at our university, and we should work to confront these issues head-on. Your job as a diversity issues columnist for The Maneater is to give a reasoned, expressive take on social and cultural issues facing students. Using your experiences and voice, you will write a weekly piece to inform, persuade and challenge MU students, in the hopes of sparking genuine dialogue on campus.
Columnists are responsible for producing one coherent, focused 600-word opinion piece each week to appear in The Maneater’s Forum section. Columns should be well-researched, identifiable with readers and have a concrete point. Hired columnists will have a weekly column deadline and must provide two backup columns to be published at any date. The editorial board will collectively determine decisions regarding the hiring of columnists.
Application deadline: May 4
Our Forum section can often get pretty serious. We sometimes need a lighter perspective on things — some comic relief. That’s where our humor columnist comes in. As a humor or satire columnist for Maneater Forum, you would provide an entertaining take on anything you’d like, as long as students can relate. Political satire, social commentary, or just crazy stories from your life; whatever makes readers laugh works for us.
Columnists are responsible for producing one coherent, focused 600-word opinion piece each week to appear in The Maneater’s Forum section. Columns should be well-researched, identifiable with readers and have a concrete point. Hired columnists will have a weekly column deadline and must provide two backup columns to be published at any date. The editorial board will collectively determine decisions regarding the hiring of columnists.
Application deadline: May 4
Living in our modern society, we’re constantly surrounded by politics and political opinions. There’s a lot of noise that reaches our ears and our screens daily. Your job as a politics columnist for The Maneater is to help our readers make sense of current political events and ideas, especially those most local and relevant to them, while evaluating and analyzing them through your own lens. We encourage applicants of all political persuasions and will judge applications not on what your opinions are, but how well you are able to communicate them and make them relevant to students.
Columnists are responsible for producing one coherent, focused 600-word opinion piece each week to appear in The Maneater’s Forum section. Columns should be well-researched, identifiable with readers and have a concrete point. Hired columnists will have a weekly column deadline and must provide two backup columns to be published at any date. The editorial board will collectively determine decisions regarding the hiring of columnists.
Application deadline: May 4
Religious views and practices or the lack thereof shape our lives and our interactions in countless ways. This column is not for theology or preaching, but for the discussion of religious issues and struggles facing students at the University of Missouri and in today’s modern society. We encourage you to be open about your own views and practices, and to draw on your own experiences to help foster dialogue about religious issues and problems you and others may deal with.
Columnists are responsible for producing a one 600-word opinion piece each week to appear in The Maneater’s Forum section. Columns should be well-researched, relevant to students and have a concrete point. Hired columnists will have a weekly column deadline and must provide two backup columns to be published at any date. The editorial board will collectively determine decisions regarding the hiring of columnists. Your editor expects coherence, intelligence, and sensitivity with each piece you produce.
Application deadline: May 4
Columnists are responsible for producing a one 600-word opinion piece each week to appear in The Maneater’s Forum section. Columns should be well-researched, relevant to students and have a concrete point. Hired columnists will have a weekly column deadline and must provide two backup columns to be published at any date. The editorial board will collectively determine decisions regarding the hiring of columnists. This application is intended to provide a platform for you to define your own column theme and determine your own future as a columnist. Your editor will be lenient with what you write about, but expects coherence, intelligence, and sensitivity with each piece you produce.