New campus magazine looks for student editor

OU students interested in gaining managerial journalism experience are being asked to apply as editor of OU's first-ever general interest magazine, a new publication under OU Student Media that is scheduled to debut this coming summer.

The magazine, which has been considered for years, said Lori Brooks, adviser for the Features Department of OU Student Media, will be similar to an airline magazine as it will appeal to a general audience with a variety of stories about OU. But since this magazine, which will be published in full-color, glossy paper, is the first of its kind at OU, Brooks said they are looking for students who have a creative vision on what the campus needs as far as coverage, ideas about balancing the needs of readers and staff, and the ability to craft a new deadline schedule and manage content flow.

"They should walk in the doors with ideas that they can articulate what this magazine can be," Brooks said.

Applications to be the editor of the new magazine, which will produce five issues a year — one summer, two spring, two fall — are due by 5 p.m. March 2 in the Student Media business office, which is housed in Copeland Hall, Room 149A. The editor is expected to be chosen in the spring. Previously, it was required that editorial positions in OU Student Media were filled by students who worked in the department, but that has been waived for this publication. Applications are available here.

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In other OU Student Media news, the department received word Wednesday, Feb. 19, that its 2008 yearbook package — Sooner 2008 and Crimson Traditions 2007 — is a finalist for the Pacemaker award, given by the Associated Collegiate Press and considered the Pulitzer Prize of collegiate publications. The package won that award last year.