While the CW is always looking for interested students for all areas of the paper, the following positions are in particular need at the moment.

News Reporter

News reporters cover a broad range of campus topics, including student life and administrative affairs. They also cover issues in the city of Tuscaloosa and localize state and national issues to be relevant to UA students. News reporters will take on “beats” in areas such as crime, Greek life, historical features, environmentalism, administration and more. No prior journalism experience is required to become a CW reporter. However, most new staff will start out as unpaid contributing writers.

This position requires:

• Strong time management skills
• Ability to meet deadlines consistently

This position benefits from:

• Past writing experience
• Ability to invest several hours a week into reporting
• Experience with photography, video or multimedia

Designer

Designers will be tasked with laying out the pages of The Crimson White on a day-to-day basis, along with laying out various CW magazines and special sections such as Game Day. Designers should be creative, technically proficient and efficient at their jobs.

This position requires:

• Proficiency with Adobe InDesign
• Past experience in layout design
• Ability to work late nights once a week

This position benefits from:

• Knowledge of Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator
• Past experience in newspaper design
• Creative ability to visualize unique, eye-catching designs

Opinions Columnist

Regular columnists will offer interesting and dynamic perspectives on events happening at UA, in Tuscaloosa, in Alabama, in the United States or in the world. If columnists choose to write about things unrelated to UA or Tuscaloosa, they must ensure that the topic will be relevant to students. They will write for the opinions page either weekly or bi-weekly. Columnists should have strong voices, excellent writing and research skills and the ability to craft persuasive and logical arguments.

This position requires:

• Strong writing skills
• Ability to have your personal “voice” come through in your writing
• Research skills
• Argumentation skills

This position benefits from:

• Past reporting experience
• Past experience in debate or rhetoric

Graphics Staff

The graphics staff will work with the design editor and the managing editor to develop graphical elements for the print edition and website. Primarily the graphics staff will work to create elements for front-page centerpiece projects, The Scene each Thursday, teasers, and alternative story forms.

This position requires:

• Proficiency with Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator
• A background in graphic/digital design
• Creative ability to conceive of visual ways to represent data and story concepts