SOJ eNews
- WVU School of Journalism to launch online strategic social media minor this fall
June 14th, 2013 - SOJ alumna to launch interactive documentary about McDowell County on W.Va. Day
June 13th, 2013 - SOJ to use Google Glass to explore new ways of storytelling
June 11th, 2013 - Students, industry leaders come to Morgantown for INTEGRATE 2013
June 4th, 2013
Student Announcements
- Important August 2013 Graduation Information
June 12th, 2013 - WVU's PRT maintenance closure to extend to mid-June
June 4th, 2013 - Journalism study abroad opportunity in Oman and Dubai
May 8th, 2013 - SOJ computer lab hours for finals week (5/6-5/11)
May 3rd, 2013
Jobs
- IMC Graduate Assistant position available
June 17th, 2013 - Freelance writer needed for WV Executive Magazine
June 17th, 2013 - Audio/Visual service company seeks new hires
June 17th, 2013 - Farm Credit is seeking a Marketing Specialist
June 11th, 2013
Internships
- IMC Graduate Assistant position available
June 17th, 2013 - Freelance writer needed for WV Executive Magazine
June 17th, 2013 - Internships available with the Our Children, Our Future Campaign
June 3rd, 2013 - Internship/Temporary job with WV law firm
June 3rd, 2013
Scholarships & Competitions
- National Association of Black Journalists Scholarship Programs
June 4th, 2013 - Direct2TV.com offering $1,000 blogging scholarship
May 10th, 2013 - WV Press Association Foundation internships and scholarships
April 24th, 2013 - WVU Summer Photo Contest
April 1st, 2013
Dr. Bob Britten
Assistant Professor
Bob.Britten@mail.wvu.edu
304-293-8710
Dr. Bob Britten is an assistant professor at WVU’s Perley Isaac Reed School of Journalism. Britten has been working in journalism and news design since his junior year of college, when he was “promoted” from movie reviewer to managing editor of his campus newspaper.
In the subsequent decade he has worked as a reporter, graphics reporter, designer, art director, graphics editor and editorial director, in addition to picking up freelance writing and designing jobs. Britten has worked for newspapers of various sizes (the Greenville Record-Argus, the Meadville Tribune, the Columbia Missourian, the Seattle Times), as well as publications such as Vox (an alternative newsweekly in Missouri), Allegheny magazine, and a national agriculture magazine, Farm Journal, and its subsidiary, Beef Today. He also designed and art-directed Crescendo!, a fashion magazine in Columbia, Missouri.
Britten earned his B.A. in English (2000) from Allegheny College in Meadville, Pa., and earned his master’s (2004) and doctorate (2008) in journalism from the University of Missouri. He was also a 2003 Visual Journalism Fellow at the Poynter Institute.
Britten’s areas of interest are visual communication, rhetoric and culture, especially the role of these in building and maintaining social memory. These were the focus of his dissertation, titled, “The Face of What Came After: Memorialization of September 11 in News Images and the Shanksville Site.”
Britten has taught courses in magazine design, information graphics, interactive design, photography in society and qualitative research methods. He teaches visual communication and news design courses at WVU.
