The New Hampshire is always looking for new volunteers and staff members to help produce every issue of the paper. And, despite what you may think, being a journalism major is required for none of them. Here is a list of the ways you can get involved with the newspaper, no experience necessary:
News
The greatest need at The New Hampshire is for students to write informative, balanced pieces about what's happening at UNH and inthe surrounding community. The first step to becoming a contributing writer is to come to The New Hampshire's office in MUB 156 on Wednesday nights (starting next Wednesday, Sept. 1) at 8:00 for our weekly assignment meetings. There, we'll introduce ourselves, give new faces a quick rundown of how we work and hand out stories that we would like covered for our upcoming issues.
Once you volunteer for a story, we'll give you the info you need and send you out to get it. You'll work closely with our editors to get your piece in the best shape possible prior to publication. Paid staff writer positions are offered to those who have proven themselves as solid contributing writers.
Contact content editor Amanda Beland at tnh.news@unh.edu for more information.
Opinion
The New Hampshire welcomes letters to the editor and unsolicited opinion essays from members of the UNH and Durham community, to be published in our opinion section. Letters to the editor should be under 200 words in length and should concern an article or topic that was covered in a recent issue of TNH.
Contact executive editor Thomas Gounley at tnh.editor@unh.edu for more information or if you have a letter, opinion piece or column idea to submit.
The New Hampshire is also looking for columnists to contribute reviews and other opinion pieces to its Friday arts section on a regular basis. Movies, comic books, local art shows, whatever, we're for looking people who have unique points of views and insightful writing styles to contribute to our paper.
Contact Ellen Stuart at tnh.arts@gmail.com for more information.
Sports
TNH Sports is always looking for writers to provide coverage of all of UNH's varsity sports teams, as well as writing features on club and intramural sports. New sports writers are assigned a sports beat on one of the UNH Wildcat teams, and are welcome to pursue their own stories within the athletic community. Please note that TNH Sports does not accept sports columns from new members.
Contact Brandon Lawrence at tnhsports@yahoo.com for more information.
Photography
TNH is looking for photographers to contribute supplemental and stand-alone art to go into every issue of the paper. Interested volunteers should attend the weekly assigning meetings to be paired with a reporter for a story. TNH also urges its photographers to contribute unsolicited photographs profiling life at UNH.
Editing
Proof reading, fact-checking, headline writing and story assigning are just some of the jobs that editors take care of at TNH. No experience is necessary, but having a sharp eye for mistakes helps. The editorial staff is the heart and soul of the paper, so if you're really interested in getting involved in a student org, this is the way to do it at TNH.
Contact executive editor Thomas Gounley at tnh.editor@unh.edu for more information.
Designing
From simple page-layout to creating informational graphics to supplement stories, news design is the job that, if done right, no one ever thinks about. TNH can train designers on the basics of news design, and the fundamentals of Adobe InDesign and Photoshop. Creativity and dependability is a must, but other than that, no experience is necessary. A great job if you want to work at the newspaper, but don't want to write or take pictures. We will teach you to love the art of pagination.
Contact executive editor Thomas Gounley at tnh.editor@unh.edu for more information.
Distributing
The New Hampshire is looking for two committed students to deliver each edition of the paper to Durham, Newmarket and Portsmouth. Applicants must be dependable, be able to work on Tuesday and Friday afternoons and provide their own mode of transportation. This is a paid position.
Contact business advisor Julie Perron at tnh.advertising@unh.edu for more information.
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