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So, Now What?Now that we’re at the end of our week, it’s time to take stock of what we’ve learned — and apply it to the new school year! What’s your vision for how you will fulfill your role during the coming school year? The mission statements focus on the policies, procedures, content and presentation standards that we will strive to meet all year long. They reflect the aspects of our jobs that we will value, prioritize and pass on to the rest of the staff. They are the roadmaps by which you will create your publication’s legacy. 8 comments to So, Now What? |
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Editor-in-Chief Vision – Lori Overmyer’s Lab, Week 1
Policy – WHY?
To give students a voice
To inform, engage and entertain our audience
Procedure – HOW?
Lead by example.
Communicate effectively with our staff and community.
Take a proactive stance towards issues within our school.
Publish regularly.
Maintain organization and consistency
Pep talks!
Content –WHAT?
Honest, balanced, fair, accurate, and completely fearless!!
Not just what readers want, but what they need to read about
Diverse and really cool
Presentation – WHAT FORMAT?
Aesthetically pleasing through good design
Simple, yet complex
Adaptable to both print and online media
Section editors vision — Lori Henson’s lab, Week 1
As section editors, we play many roles – mentors, facilitators, collaborators, and critics. In fulfilling these roles, we edit in a professional and constructive manner, remaining open-minded. We care for the section in its entirety, from start to finish.
Editor-in-Chief Vision–Kellen Hubert and Jim Lang’s Lab–HSJI Week 1
An ideal editor-in-chief is:
-an overseer, a role model who facilitates the growth of the staff professionally, creatively, and ethically.
-an organized, authoritative figure who is a fair, inspiring delegator that maintains all lines of communication at all times.
-someone who understands what can and should be published while ensuring that content is objective, accurate, unbiased, and diverse.
-capable of distributing the publication in a responsible manner across different platforms to the school and community.
-anything and everything their readers and staff need them to be.
Section Editor Vision—Tony Willis’ Lab, Week 1
Our policy as Section Editors is to make sure that our design and content are the highest quality they can possibly be. Publications must be journalistically sound. We must seek the truth and report it. Procedurally, we will recognize our rights and responsibilities under the First Amendment. Content must meet legal and ethical standards in a timely manner. The vehicle of publication will be print.
Editor-in-chief vision–Jim Lang’s Lab–HSJI Week 2
As an editor I will strive to lead by example, remain consistent throughout the year, and be willing, ready, and cooperative in order to produce a publication of the highest quality.
Newspaper Basic Reporting Vision
Tony Willis, instructor
HSJI Week 2 July 12th-July 16th
The Ideal Reporter
Policy:
-To report the truth in an ethical way, and on time.
Procedure and Management:
-To be well prepared, cooperate well in the newsroom, to listen, and to follow directions.
Content:
-Answer readers questions with a clear and to the point story from both
sides, while keeping them interested.
-To publish in a manner that meets the needs of the readers.
Our general mission statement:
-Get The Job Done Right! I
Opinion Writing/Editing Vision–Denise Roberts’s Lab–HSJI Week 2
1. Policy-
· Writers-
· Expand reader’s views
· Invoke passion in readers
· Editors-
· Be an example
· Act as a guide and example for opinion staff
2. Procedures and management-
· Writers-
· Validate claims with facts
· Write column with good intent
· Refrain from libel
· Editors-
· Hold writers accountable
· Equal distribution of stories among staff
3. Content-
· Writers-
· Balance positive with negative
· Keep things relevant to readers
· Be honest to yourself and to readers
· Balance local with national and global issues
· Editors-
· Keep bias out
· Be honest to yourself and to readers
· Keep meaning of story when editing- don’t change meaning of piece
· Look at columnists’ writing with open mind
· Balance local with national and global issues
· Make sure editorial fairly presents views of all staff members
4. Presentation-
· Writers-
· Don’t make stories too wordy
· Have photos to help column “hit home”
· Make sure page looks approachable
· Editors-
· Make sure page looks approachable
· Involve community- letters to editor, etc.
Section Editor Vision– Lori Henson’s Lab–HSJI Week 2
Our mission as section editors is to be accountable for our writers and stories while knowing and following procedures and policies. We strive to adhere to these policies so we can present readers with relevant, honest information as well as motivate writers to report the truth.
-Section Editors Group, Lori Henson