Want to get real-world experience while you’re still in school? UA Student Media offers a wide range of opportunities in writing, editing, design, photography, radio, marketing and more. Whether you’re looking to build your portfolio, try something new or jumpstart your career, there’s a place for you here.
Bama Life Newsletter
Bama Life is an email newsletter that shares brief and entertaining news with undergraduate students.
Local events, news, trending holidays (because everyone needs to know when it’s #NationalPizzaDay) and fun campus happenings make up each issue on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
Black Warrior Review
The Black Warrior Review is a nationally known literary magazine published twice annually by graduate students in the University’s Creative Writing Program. It features fiction and poetry from Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award winners alongside up-and-coming contemporary writers as well as literary essays and book reviews. The current issue is available in select Barnes & Noble stores. Current and past issues are also available in the OSM Store.
Management
Chinaecherem Obor, Editor
Darby Power, Managing Editor
Contact
205-348-7257
bwr.ua.edu
Social Media
The Crimson White
The Crimson White is the official student newspaper of The University of Alabama. The CW publishes continuously online, with an email newsletter distributed on Monday and Thursday throughout the academic year. The CW has distributed news to the campus since 1894.
Management
Maven Navarro, Editor-in-Chief
Monique Fields, Adviser
Contact
205-348-7257
thecrimsonwhite.com
Social Media
Druid
Druid is a new lifestyle and culture magazine focused on life in Tuscaloosa and beyond. This magazine examines the art, culture and social connections of the city that is home to The University of Alabama and the members of its community, state and region.
Management
Hannah Grace Mayfield, Editor-in-Chief
Contact
205-348-7257
Marketing Team
The Student Media marketing team supports the office’s overall marketing efforts and those of each student‑run media outlet. Students on these teams develop action plans, run targeted campaigns and evaluate each campaign’s impact. Their work centers on social media management, marketing, and public relations.
Management
Rachel Hill, Adviser
Contact
205-348-7257
Marr’s Field Journal
The Marr’s Field Journal is a literary magazine written, edited and published by undergraduate students. Distributed annually in print and online each spring, the journal highlights creative student fiction, poetry, photography, art, dance and musical compositions. MFJ’s purpose is to further the development of young and aspiring writers and artists. UA students can submit via its online form.
Southern Historian
The Southern Historian is an annual journal of Southern history written, edited and produced by graduate students from the University’s history department. Distributed each spring, every issue features original research articles on an aspect of Southern history and culture, an in-depth interview with a well-known historian and book reviews of recently published history volumes.
Management
Trace Brusco, Editor
Isabella Garrison, Assistant Editor
Contact
205-348-7257
southernhistorian.ua.edu
Social Media
Student Media Advertising
Student Media Advertising provides local and national businesses with the only means to effectively reach the UA campus community with their sales message. The student staff sells, creates and services a wide variety of products, including newspaper, radio, magazine, newsletter, web, digital and transit advertising.
WVUA-FM
WVUA‑FM is the radio station for The University of Alabama community. Broadcasting at 90.7 FM, it operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 360 days a year. Student DJs play a mix of rock and roll during weekdays, with specialty shows in the evenings and on weekends featuring genres such as jazz, hip‑hop, and heavy metal. News, sports, weather and talk programming round out the schedule. To submit music for airplay, send it to WVUA‑FM, Box 870170, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487, or email the station’s music director.
Management
Kathryn Rachford, Station Manager
Terry Siggers, General Manager
Contact
Office Number: 205-348-6061
Request Line: 205-348-9070
wvuafm.ua.edu