EVENT ALERT: Get feedback on your portfolio

Want to build or revamp your portfolio website before submitting your internship or job applications? Many summer application deadlines are coming up, so join ONA Mizzou at 5 p.m. on Nov. 8 in 42 Walter Williams for expert advice on how to make your site attractive to employers.

Whether you're using templates like WordPress or coding your own site, we'll have experts from Newsy and the Missourian on hand to help you through every phase of the process. Bring your link if you want on-site feedback.

Calendar Alert: A Mobile Brown Bag with Mizzou Grads - 12 p.m, February 17

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Do you read news on your iPhone more often than on your computer? Are you interested in learning how to think with a mobile-first mindset? If so, join ONA Mizzou at noon Friday in Walter Williams Hall Room 35 (a conference room off the red-carpeted hallway). We'll have Amanda Bromwich and Matt Schmertz, 2011 convergence graduates, on hand to talk about their jobs at The Marketing Arm. Both work at this Dallas-based marketing agency as project managers. Topics will include mobile advertising, mobile-first publishing strategies and job hunting.

Do you have questions you’d like answered at the event? Tweet them to us now (@ONAMizzou), so we’ll have a list before the discussion starts. You can also comment below or write on our Facebook Wall.

Calendar Alert: Social media safety – 5 p.m., February 2

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The potential dangers of social media are sometimes veiled by funny status updates and witty tweets. But even online identities can face real-life threats, like stalking and harassment.

Join ONA Mizzou at our next event, focusing on how to use social media safely. We'll meet at 5 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 2 in Reynolds Journalism Institute 100A. Three guests will lead the conversation and answer your questions:

• Joy Mayer, Columbia Missourian director of community outreach 
• Columbia Police Sgt. Jill Wieneke
• Danica Wolf, Relationship and Sexual Violence Prevention Center coordinator

Do you have questions you’d like answered at the event? Tweet them to us now (@ONAMizzou), so we’ll have a list before it starts. You can also comment below or write on our Facebook Wall.

Welcome back, ONA Mizzou!

By Nicole Garner

It’s been a while, hasn’t it? ONA Mizzou’s student leaders are ready for another semester and hope you are, too! After several weeks of downtime, you may be wondering how to get involved with ONA Mizzou this semester. But don’t worry -- there are many ways!

Follow ONA Mizzou social media

Do you want to know what the club is doing next? Follow ONA Mizzou on Twitter and like our Facebook page. Social media chair Andrew Gibson is also constantly scouring the Web for information about digital journalism, internships and online tools. He posts his findings in addition to club updates. 

Once you follow, don’t forget to engage! ONA Mizzou is all about creating discussions and wants to hear from you.