Jobs

Open Positions:

Come up with story ideas
Recruit and monitor writers
Organize staff members’ assignments
With assistant editor, monitor news section (because there isn’t a news editor)
Stay in contact with photo editor to make sure each section has photos
Make the ultimate decisions on what is published
Be available for all staff members to go to when they need help
Work with business manager and ad manager to ensure healthy fiscal state
Let business manager know about changes to payroll (example: someone is sick and doesn’t come to layout that week)
Design front page and back page (with headlines)
With assistant editor and opinion editor, write editorial
Always check Advocate email for story ideas, comments, etc.
Check messages on Advocate phone
Make own decisions and innovations on the newspaper
Stay in contact with printer and send paper to them every Tuesday night
Stay in contact with adviser, and seek help when needed
With assistant editor, hire staff members (for the following year, and when needed)
Do everything humanly possible to make sure the paper comes out

Monitor own section
Come up with story ideas for section
Make sure section is filled each week
Design pages for section (with headlines)
Stay in contact with photo editor to make sure photos accompany stories in section
Seek editor if help is needed

Edit every page on Tuesday nights during layout
Each page goes through three rounds of edits. Two copy editors view the page each round.
While editing pages, pay attention to everything: AP style, grammar, wording, captions, photos/graphics, headlines, etc.
Seek editor if help is needed

SELL ADS (so that the publication does not die)
Hire ad reps
Oversee sales by ad reps (and calculate commissions)
Complete ad layout before newspaper layout on Tuesday nights
Maintain ad clients
Work with business manager to make sure the financial state of The Advocate is secure
Work with business manager to create tear sheets
Report ad sales to editor each week
Report to editor