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The Washington Post

Opinions Designer

Washington, DC · On-site

$85K - $127K/yr

... and editorial board content. * Design visual presentations and packages that enhance Opinion ... This position may be eligible for a bonus or incentive program, and a member of the Talent ...

The Washington Post

Opinions Designer

Washington, DC · On-site

$85K - $127K/yr

... and editorial board content. * Design visual presentations and packages that enhance Opinion ... This position may be eligible for a bonus or incentive program, and a member of the Talent ...

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HKHS Cougar Chronicle Newspaper Advisor

HKHS Cougar Chronicle Newspaper Advisor

Regional School District 17

Higganum, CT

Other

Posted 5 days ago

Job description

Description:
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Job Summary: 

Responsibility of the adviser:

 

1. Produce a journalistically professional learning atmosphere and experience for the students, allow students to make decisions concerning content of the publication, and ensure the publications will remain an open forum.

 

2. Work with students to increase their competence in the following areas:

 
  • determining news values
  • selecting news stories and in-depth stories
  • selecting feature stories
  • selecting sports stories
  • selecting opinion articles
  • developing and applying legal and ethical knowledge
  • learning aspects of the interviewing process
  • learning aspects of journalism and research skills
  • learning aspects of journalism note-taking skills
  • learning source-identification aspects, use
  • learning aspects of proper attribution in stories
  • writing news stories
  • writing feature stories
  • writing sports stories
  • writing in-depth stories
  • writing editorials
  • writing columns and commentary
  • writing reviews
  • learning journalism-editing procedures as part of the writing process
  • developing art ideas and producing art work
  • developing design ideas
  • designing and laying out pages
  • learning the photographic process
  • identifying new trends in content and design
  • learning advertising procedures
  • learning to use the computer in publications work
 

3. Provide the students with an educated, professional role model as adviser and serve as a motivator and catalyst for ideas and professionalism.

 

4. Evaluate student participation by using journalism standards.

 

5. Act as an educational resource for legal freedoms and restrictions for students and encourage discussion of ethics and content.

 

6. Provide the opportunity for students to produce a publication consistent with the First Amendment and court decisions, without faculty or administrative censorship, within the standards of professional journalism and the Society of Professional Journalists/Sigma Delta Chi's Code of Ethics.

 

7. Act as a helpful adviser, but not as a censor, to students in all steps of publishing. In terms of unprotected speech, the adviser's role will be to act as a consultant and as an educator.

 

8. Develop, with the staff, an editorial policy consistent with legal precedent, court decisions and professional journalistic freedoms, which will also be agreed upon and signed by the principal.

 

9. Help the staff establish policies that include

 
  • roles of all staff positions
  • role of the editorial board
  • standards of professional journalism and procedures for the staff
  • style and design guidelines
  • a code of ethics for the publication and staff
  • advertising procedures
  • staff application and selection policies
  • staff member removal policy
  • appeals procedure
  • credit procedure
  • photography rules and guidelines
  • computer training
  • equipment use rules
  • office guidelines
  • decision making and consultation
 

10. Work with students

 
  • in regular planning sessions with the staff
  • in regular training session in all aspects of journalism
  • in meeting schedules and deadlines
  • in counseling staffers in coverage of school life
  • in the process of gathering information
 

11. Order supplies and equipment; supervise the distribution, collection, maintenance and inventory control of such equipment in accordance with publication needs and school policy.

 

12. Supervise the financial status of the publication, and encourage fiscal responsibility.





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