Students edit Viewpoints, Riverside City College's award-winning student newspaper.

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The Journalism program has moved to the Assessment Building, which is between the MLK and Science buildings. There are two areas in the building, one for Assessment and one for Journalism with separate entrances for each one.

JOIN THE VIEWPOINTS STAFF!

It's a combination hard to beat:
1) Earn three units of academic credit with Journalism 20 or Journalism 52.
2) Get word processing, desktop publishing or Internet experience on computers with 21-inch high definition monitors.
3) Build a portfolio of your work published with your byline. A portfolio of published work is essential to get a summer internship or full-time media job.
4) Get writing and editing experience covering interesting and exciting events.
5) Win awards. Viewpoints students won 23 awards from the Journalism Association of Community Colleges in the fall 2008 and spring 2009 semesters. All JACC award winners are recruited by universities.
6) Set your own hours.
7) Make money selling ads.
8) Learn how a newspaper works in print and online.
9) Become part of a team dedicated to public service and make a difference.
10) Have fun!

How to join:

Informational meetings for interested students will be held in the Assessment and Journalism Building at Riverside City College on September 1, 2, 3 and 4 from 11:40 a.m.-12:40 p.m. and 12:40 p.m.-1:40 p.m. (attend any one of these meetings). Students may also attend an optional meeting in the Assessment and Journalism Building on August 17 at noon to help plan the back-to-school newspaper.

Viewpoints needs writers, editors, photographers, cartoonists, Internet page designers and combinations thereof. Students may sign up for Journalism 20 for writing and photography.

Editing positions are available in news, features, opinion, sports, arts and entertainment, photography, advertising design, advertising management and Internet. Assistant editing positions are available in all sections. Viewpoints also has positions available for copy editors. To apply for an editing position, give to Mr. Lovelace, by the deadline of September 8 at 3 p.m., a signed and dated letter that identifies the editing position sought, an alternative position (optional), your experience and your goals for Viewpoints and your career. Optional materials may include a resume, published clips or writing samples, transcripts and letters of recommendation. Student editors must enroll in Journalism 52 by September 8.

For more information, contact the following Viewpoints advisers:
Allan Lovelace Dan Evans
951-222-8487 951-222-8488

Journalism Awards at Riverside City College

Viewpoints students have won the following awards:

-Nine Society of Professional Journalists awards in 2008.

-Eight Society of Professional Journalists awards in 2007, including first place overall and four additional first place awards.

-Eleven Society of Professional Journalists awards in 2006.

-The Associated Collegiate Press Pacemaker Award, given to the top 25 newspapers in the nation, in 2005 and 2004.

-The Los Angeles Times College Newspaper Overall Excellence third place award in 2005, second place award in 2004 and an honorable mention in 2003.

-College Newspaper of the Year, second place in the nation in 2004, by the Associated Collegiate Press.

-Best newspaper overall in Southern California and Arizona for the fall 2003 semester by the Journalism Association of Community Colleges.

-Third place in the Associated Collegiate Press Story of the Year national contest in competition with university students in 2003 and first place in 2000.

-Five annual All-American awards from Associated Collegiate Press.

-Eighteen Journalism Association of Community Colleges General Excellence awards.

-Viewpoints Online won a Journalism Association of Community Colleges General Excellence award.

-More than 300 Journalism Association of Community Colleges individual awards.

-The Associated Collegiate Press Pacemaker Finalist Award, given to the top 10 community college newspapers in the nation, in 2005, 2004 and 1998.

-The JACC Pacesetter Award, given to the top four community college newspapers in California.

-College Photographer of the Year, second and third place in the nation.


Journalism at RCC