Summer 2013

Daily Texan Opinion Department

Staff Application
Positions Available: Bimonthly and weekly columnists, Editorial Cartoonists Please complete the application below by June 18th. Email the completed application to editor@dailytexanonline.com with the subject line Opinion Application or turn it in at the Daily Texan office, located on the bottom floor of the HSM building. Please direct any questions to Laura Wright at editor@dailytexanonline.com or at 210-249-8461 Name (as registered with the university): _________________________________ Email: ____________________________Cell Phone Number: ________________ Year: _____________________________Major(s): ________________________ 1. Please list any previous experience you have writing, researching or reporting, i.e. working as a reporter for your high school newspaper, as a legislative intern, or as a research assistant.

2. Why do you want to be an Opinion Columnist or Editorial Cartoonist?

3. What publications do you usually read (besides the Texan) and where do you get your news (i.e. Twitter, the New York Times, reddit, etc.)?

4. What issues are you most interested in writing about?

5. Please fill in the times you are available during Summer 2013 to come into the Daily Texan office. (If your summer class schedule varies from Session 1 to 2, fill in Session 1 schedule. If you will not be in Austin, please make a note of where you will be.) Sunday 8 AM 11AM 2PM 5PM 8PM Note: If you are accepted as a columnist, you will be required to attend Daily Texan orientation from 5-7PM on June 19th (If you are not in Austin on that date, you will be required to complete a separate orientation) Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday