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RECRUITMENT MEETING

Monday, January 16 or Tuesday, January 17
Editorial at 6:00 p.m.
Business at 7:30 p.m.
4015 Walnut Street, 2nd Floor

Now is your chance — join The Daily Pennsylvanian! This 128-year-old news organization is an independent, million-dollar company that offers opportunities in business and editorial. You can do anything from writing news and sports stories to taking photos, from designing pages to developing flash graphics for web, or from selling ads to generating marketing campaigns to working with financial statements.

We will teach you everything you need to know — no prior experience necessary — and the skills you will learn will be invaluable on a resume and in the real world. Not to mention that working for the DP is a great way to gain leadership experience.

For more information, contact:

Emily Kuo, Business Manager:
kuo@theDP.com

Sarah Gadsden, Managing Editor:
gadsden@theDP.com

Kelsey Matevish, Online Managing Editor
matevish@theDP.com

Elizabeth Horkley, 34th Street Editor-in-Chief:
horkley@34st.com

Click on the positions on the left or scroll down for more information.

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Editorial

Reporting

More than 60 DP reporters cover all aspects of life at Penn and around Philadelphia, from the latest campus rally to the city mayoral election, the newest campus construction project to lectures by famous personalities. In recent years, our student journalists have interviewed celebrities such as Conan O’Brien and covered major events such as the tragedy of Virginia Tech.

Our sportswriters cover more than 30 intercollegiate sports and follow Penn sports teams to California, New York and everywhere in between. Sportswriters also cover the rise of Penn graduates in various professional sports careers. In recent years, they have interviewed Larry Brown, Bill Cosby and Dean Smith, among others.

And writers for our award-winning arts and entertainment weekly, 34th Street Magazine, offer readers reviews of movies, records, theatrical events and books, plus in-depth feature stories and an offbeat perspective on college life.

Photography

Photographers use the latest digital single-lens reflex cameras (SLRs) and lenses to cover major events around campus and throughout the country. Staff members have photographed famous figures from George W. Bush to Michael Moore, and events from protests in Washington, D.C., to NCAA tournaments. If you’re looking for action shots, our photographers cover all of the Ivy sports. The DP also gives you an ideal opportunity to create and expand your portfolio. There’s no better way to learn and practice photojournalism on campus than by joining the DP.

Art/Design

DP artists and designers work nightly on page designs, graphics and illustrations. Staff designers orchestrate the presentation of the newspaper by laying out the front and sports pages and designing graphics, while artists develop illustrations for the Editorial Page. Our staff utilizes state-of-the-art software and equipment — Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign, electronic drawing tablets and film and flatbed scanners — to get the job done.

Web

Our award-winning web team employs the most advanced tools in digital design, video, publishing and social media. You’ll have the chance to produce innovative multimedia features, shoot and edit video and create interactive web-only content using the newest versions of Soundslides, Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash and Final Cut. On the development side, our team works on the latest web publishing platforms, with over 40,000 pageviews per day across all of our sites. And no matter what you do, you’re part of the team producing the most innovative new media on campus.

34th Street

Become a part of the Street family! Welcome to 34th Street Magazine, the DP’s weekly arts and culture magazine. From entertainment reviews to event listings, from meaty features to a weekly dose of gossip and humor, Street is both Penn’s weekend guide and it’s weekend must-read. Looking for a creative outlet a tad more … digital? Street’s blog, Under the Button, is Penn’s most-read blog and a 24/7 source for Penn news, gossip and entertainment. We are a hub of creative people who work together to bring our magazine and blog Penn students each week and WE WANT YOU to join our ranks! We are looking for writers, photographers, designers, artists, web designers, bloggers, videographers, people with very high elevated senses of criticism and/or elevated opinions of themselves. We will teach you everything you need to know — no prior experience necessary, although a grasp of the English language is highly encouraged.

How to get involved? Well it’s really simple. Either show up to one of the DP Recruitment nights or stop by any one of our Thursday writers’ meetings (at 6:30 p.m.) during which our content is assigned from week to week. You’ll be able to chat with all of our editors and really get a feel for Street or UTB.

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Business

Advertising

DP advertising reps hit the streets running, serving our current customers and bringing in new business. Besides earning commissions on ads you sell, you’ll learn valuable business skills such as making presentations, managing time, communicating effectively, writing powerful business letters and providing good customer service. Simply put, you’ll gain experience you can use to land that first job. And you’ll make money while you’re learning.

Marketing

Our marketing department brainstorms new ways to promote the paper to attract readers and advertisers. You will conduct market research, generate selling strategies and promotional materials and work together with all of the editorial and business departments to increase sales and readership of the newspaper. They will also keep in close contact with the community, assessing its satisfaction with our product.

Credit/Finance

How does $800,000 sound?

The DP is big business — our revenues top the $800,000 mark each year. You can study the theory of finance at Wharton, but the DP gives you an ideal business laboratory — and the money is real. Finance and credit staff members control the funds by preparing budgets and financial statements, paying and issuing bills and handling customer service and collections. Few other activities on campus offer as much independence with such high stakes.

Ad Design & Production

Our Ad Design department provides the perfect outlet for your creative skills and imagination. Staffers translate layouts and text into finished ads, from design to typesetting to assembly in each day’s paper. It’s a job that provides the opportunity to learn the latest in top-of-the-line desktop publishing software and computer equipment.

Every day, artists and designers work with the advertising and marketing staffs to produce promotional materials and create ad campaigns for clients. Not only will your creative talents be put to use, but your advertisements will appear in 10,000 newspapers daily. And we’ll provide the training, so no prior experience is necessary.