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JOURNALISM 1110 – 5-6:20pm Thursdays w/virtual time
Starts May 26   - SRC 1560
Email – stablein@cod.edu

Are you a journalism type?



Are you a journalism type?
The Riley Guide
http://www.rileyguide.com/
• Use Sponsored Links on the top right side.
• Under “what,” type in reporter, editor, writer to get maximum appropriate hits
• Under “where.” type in “Chicago” in you’re interested in local jobs
• After clicking on a job, you’ll be able to apply.

Quintcareers

http://www.quintcareers.com

Job seeking tips:
• Specify keyword “reporter.”
• Specify metropolitan area “Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI
• Specify Industry Focus “Media & Communication” and “Marketing & Advertising”
• Order results by “Date”
• Put in your e-mail to receive job alerts and other information
• After you receive your jobs listing, you can create an account to get customized information

Illinois Department of Employment Security – IDES
http://lmi.ides.state.il.us/wagedata/msawages.htm
• For MSA (Metropolitan Statistical Area), click on Chicago-Naperville-Joliet IL Metro. Div.
• Select the download file format as either PDF or Excel
• This is a long list by title, but it gives you salaries for jobs in the Chicago area for beginning, median and advanced positions.
• Beginner salaries for reporters range from $18,000 to $43,000. • Beginning salaries for radio and TV announcers is $25,000.The Vault

http://www.vault.com

What journalists do…
• Write articles
• Broadcast audio and video stories
• Take digital photos
• Design information displays online, on air and in print
• Publish timely information to large and diversified audiences.

• In markets like Chicago, competition is high.
• Most successful candidates need a bachelor’s degree in journalism or mass communication
• College newspapers, radio stations and TV stations let students gain experience in a news environment.
• Journalists can become public relations professionals in almost any industry.

Good places to get a start
• Courier student newspaper – http://www.cod.edu/courier
• Chaparral student magazine – http://www.cod.edu/courier
• Journalism 1110 – Newspaper lab
• Journalism 1115 – Feature magazine lab

Courier Student Publications is a member of the following organizations:
• Student Press Law Center: http://www.splc.org
• Associated Collegiate Press: http://www.studentpress.org/acp/
• College Media Advisers: http://www.collegemedia.org/
• Illinois Community College Journalism Association:
• College Newspaper Business and Advertising Managers, Inc.: http://www.cnbam.org/

Journalism courses – Introduction to Mass Communication

Take Journalism 1100 online year-round at College of DuPage

Take Journalism 1100 online year-round at College of DuPage

Links to Journalism materials

The following advising materials may help you:

• http://www.cod.edu/dept/oid/WorkingCourseSummary/JOURN1100-Ver1Summary.pdf

• http://www.cod.edu/dept/oid/WorkingCourseSummary/JOURN1105-Ver1Summary.pdf

• http://www.cod.edu/course/information/jou1100f10/jou1100_p.pdf•  http://www.cod.edu/dept/lart/stablein.htm – This is a web page updated by the Liberal Arts Division

•  The Courier student newspaper online – This page is updated by the Courier student newspaper staff

•  http://www.cod.edu/courier/about_courier.pdf – This is information that I update about the Courier

•  Journalism Program Guide

This is the college Program Guide information

• Student Publications is information linked to the Student Life site.

College of DuPage Journalism and Mass Communication

COD Journalism & Mass Communication Program stablein@cod.edu		Cathy Stablein, Professor of Journalism and Mass Communication College of DuPage, 425 Fawell Blvd., Glen Ellyn, Illinois 60137 Office phone: 630-942-2650 Office: Student Resource Center (SRC 1560) Courier newspaper
Courses	Transfer info
Academic	Professor of Journalism and Mass Communication, and English at COD Member of COD’s Liberal Arts Division Faculty adviser to the weekly Courier student newspaper, Chaparral feature magazine, COD Today annual orientation edition and Courier web edition at COD Full time faculty at COD since September 1987 Full time faculty at Roosevelt University Communication Program (Chicago) 1983-1987 Part time faculty at Roosevelt University (Arlington Heights, Skokie and Chicago) 1981-1983 Part time faculty adviser at Morton College Collegian student newspaper, and yearbook 1984 & 1985 Part time faculty adviser at Daley College Daley College Planet student newspaper 1986
Professional	Managing editor at various Pioneer Press Newspapers (Glenview Announcements, Maywood Herald, West Proviso Herald, Wilmette Life)1978-1983 Copy editor at Lindsay-Schaub Newspapers’ daily Courier in Urbana 1977-1978 City editor and reporter at Star Publications (South Holland/Dolton/Thornton edition) 1972-1977
Active Memberships	College Media Advisers since 1990 Illinois Community College Journalism Association since 1984 Community College Journalism Association since 1990 Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication since 1984 Illinois Articulation Initiative since 1997 College Newspapers Advertising and Business Managers since 2008
Education	Master’s degree in public affairs reporting Northern Illinois University 1977 Bachelor’s degree in communication science Governors State University 1972 Professional development courses College of DuPage since 1987
Community Service	Participated in the All-College Picnic Dunk Tank  with other selected staff members to raise $432 for the People’s Resource Center social care agency in Glen Ellyn in July 2005 Volunteered at the College of DuPage information booth at the DuPage County Fair several summers since 2005. Represented the Liberal Arts Division at the College Fair on numerous occasions during the Fall terms to talk with prospective students and families about COD programs and events. Helped judge the DuPage County ACT-SO competition for writing since 2006 in poetry, essay and playwriting categories. Helped judge numerous COD forensics speech tournaments since 2006 Have served as site coordinator and speaker for the annual conference sponsored by the Northern Illinois School Press Association each spring since 2001. Volunteered during COD In-service Day at DuPage Children’s Museum to cut and fold materials, and update the web site.
Personal	Born Jan. 25, 1951, at South Chicago Community Hospital Grew up on Chicago’s South Side and Dolton in south suburbs Graduated from St. Jude the Apostle Grade School in South Holland, Ill., and Thornridge High School in Dolton, Ill. Married with two children Live in Wheaton, Ill.
Teaching legacy	My students are a rich legacy. I am particularly close to those who have worked for the Courier student newspaper and Chaparral feature magazine. I have attended several weddings, and kept in touch with many since I started teaching at College of DuPage in 1987. Quite a few have entered the field of journalism. Kathy Cichon is a reporter with Sun Publications. Christopher LaFortune, a graduate of the University of Illinois with both bachelor’s and master’s degrees, is a reporter with Pioneer Press Newspapers. Chris and wife Diane became first-time parents in August 2007. Maren McKellin is the coordinator of the Field Studies Program at COD. Melanie Murphy used her QuarkXpress layout skills in a marketing job. Melanie current is the assistant director of marketing at North Central College in Naperville. Laura Taylor is the coordinator of communications and government relations at Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital. Fred Moss, who developed the first cover artwork for Chaparral magazine in 1994, creates fine art and advertising, and works in the graphic arts industry. Amy Wooten, a graduate of North Central College and Columbia College, was a reporter in Chicago last time I checked. Some of my recent editors are pursuing, or have finished, journalism majors at Roosevelt University, Illinois State University, Eastern Illinois University, Columbia College, North Central College and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Courier staff members under the leadership of Kristina Zaremba were honored as finalists for the Associated Collegiate Press best newspaper award in 2006. Photo editor Robert Bykowski took a second place nationally for best feature photo. Most recently, 2006-2007 photo editor Russ Augustine won a third place in regional Society of Professional Journalists competition for his news photography on a snow day the college closed. News editor Rick Kambic took third place nationally for best two-year college reporter. Most recently, Co-op intern student Lena Kachinski was selected as the 2007 national Cooperative Education and Internship Association for the Two Year College Student Achievement Award. Caralyn Prueser is a page designer with the Aurora Beacon News in Aurora, Ill. Shannon Torii is finishing her bachelor’s degree at the Art Institute of Chicago. Jordan Glover is an executive assistant at the National Public Housing Museum in Chicago.  Former Sports Editor Bob Bajek is a religious writer at Examiner.com. I’m very proud of all of them.
Teaching philosophy	I want my students to succeed and be the best they can be at their endeavors. I treat students as responsible professionals who must use words and word processors as precisely as surgeons use their instruments. I expect students to consider learning their priority while they are in class. Not all days can be “A” days as students challenge old habits. My classes integrate a course management system called Blackboard with the Internet and the College of DuPage student e-mail system available through MyAccess. Textbook Material – Textbooks are required in designated courses. Course materials are printed in handbooks for independent study sections through the Centers for Independent Learning. Web enhanced and online course materials are listed in the Blackboard course management system via bb.cod.edu Discussion – Students do a great deal of writing in my classes for discussions. Both the online and web enhanced classes write discussions for most units, based on all resources available, including video, Internet and sometimes live discussion in class or over the telephone. Students become very proficient at discussing issues in writing, as well as talking them through in person or over the phone. Projects – At home writing and reporting assignments challenge your ability to meet deadlines and write efficiently. Most reporting assignments are due each week for online and web enhanced and classroom sections. Independent study assignments have a more flexible schedule. Test/Exam – Web enhanced and online sections use online practice tests, unit tests and midterm and final exams for course evaluation.