2022-2023: News Editor Job Listing

This position requires someone with strong news instincts, who is knowledgeable about campus and knows where to find stories. Strong interviewing and writing skills are a must. In addition to writing and editing news stories from a number of contributors, the News Editor also mentors emerging writers eager to hone their journalistic talents.

A. Editorial Responsibilities

• •gathering and generating story ideas relevant to students and the University, ensuring the news coverage is broad, remaining abreast of news on campus and notifying the editor-in-chief of events and issues when appropriate 
• •assigning all news, news features, and news commentary articles, including coming prepared with a detailed list of the news section at weekly editorial meetings
• •writing news articles on a regular basis, though ensuring volunteer submissions provide the bulk of the section 
• •ensuring that a minimum of 3 news articles are completed per week; ultimately aiming for 4-6 articles per week
• •ensuring that all deadlines are met by volunteers and helping them with the writing process 
• •assigning photos and graphics for stories at the weekly staff meeting
• •conducting a first edit on all stories for the news section 
• •conducting three rounds of careful updates to the story file following copy editing 
• •drafting photo captions and headlines/sub headlines for the section 
• •drafting 250 words for social media posts, including pull quotes
• •posting the weeks articles according to schedule on the Sheaf’s website using their own word press access

B. General Responsibilities

• •participating in weekly editorial staff meetings 
• •maintaining regular office hours of 6-8 hours per week and clearly communicating these to the editor-in-chief and the ads & business manager
• •attending weekly University Students’ Council meetings and monthly University Council meetings, when necessary 
• •upholding the reputation of the Sheaf Publishing Society while carrying out all activities 

C. Recruitment and Training

• •meeting with news writers/volunteers as often as necessary to ensure that their skills are improving 
• •ensuring that news writing guides are available (and shared with the editor-in-chief and the ads & business manager)
• •facilitating weekly section meetings 
• •recruiting volunteers to assist with the publication of the newspaper 
• •helping to train the following year’s news editor in March/April 

Term: August 15, 2022 to April 15, 2023

Salary: $9,800

Apply with your resume to hiring@thesheaf.com by 4 pm Monday, March 28th, 2022