Cherwell and OxStu - weekly meetings?

Okay, I'm interested in trying out journalism, and I signed up for both the Cherwell and the OxStu mailing lists but I never actually heard from either. I've searched their websites, and I'm probably just thick, but I can't find much actual info or any set times for their weekly staff meetings where you should supposedly turn up if you're interested.

Anyone happen to know anything about that? Thanks!

Reply 1

Budgie

PM me - I can put you in touch with the news editors.

Reply 2

probably not

they should be in the print editions as well.

(the times vary by section so it's not as simple as "weekly staff meetings".)

Reply 3

Painterperson

probably not

they should be in the print editions as well.

(the times vary by section so it's not as simple as "weekly staff meetings".)

Thanks, didn't know that!

I remember looking through the print edition of Cherwell and not finding anything. I probably just wasn't thourough enough. Stupid question, but you don't happen to know where in the prinred editions I can find that - like, on the last pages, or somewhere in the middle?

Hmm, I'm not sure what exactly I'd like to write. Do I just show up for all the meetings? Do they mind people showing up for meetings and then not taking on assignments?

Reply 4

Jenii

Should be some in JCRs/college bars

Reply 5

Teebs

Budgie

PM me - I can put you in touch with the news editors.

Budgie is a Big Dog you know. :p:

Reply 6

probably not

times of meetings should be underneath the staffbox, which is usually opposite the letters page or thereabouts.

(admittedly this may not have been true for several years, i'm not really in the loop.)

Reply 7

Angelil

IN THEORY they have weekly meetings. In practice, however, it may be slightly different! When I was there (2007-8), I attended one meeting for one of them (think it was OxStu's books/generally artsy department) and all seemed well. I even wrote an article for them :yep:

When I asked if the meetings were pretty much always at the same time in the same place every week, I was told yes - and yet the following week I turned up and nobody was there. Nobody else went on to turn up and so I went home (pretty peed off as I was at LMH and the OUSU building where they meet is right near St Peter's in the town centre, so a bit on the faraway side from my college). Never got an email to say why there hadn't been a meeting that week, where the next one was etc etc, and so I was consequently never involved again. Shame - I was involved in student journalism right through my three years in Exeter and would have loved to continue with more of the same in Oxford.

I actually found that in general the social side in Oxford was not as good as I had become accustomed to in Exeter: the Freshers' Squash was pretty poor, with many societies just not making an appearance, and I found that the organisation and communication from the societies that I did sign up for were pretty weak. Most/all of my social life was, as a result, built around activities in college, and by the end of the year I didn't feel that I had much of a university identity at all (as opposed to college and department identities). Again, it's a shame that it's so difficult to get involved :frown: