The Assistant News Editor is expected to assist the News Editor in editing, pitching, and administrative work as necessary to aid the senior editor. Their role exists as an intermediary between the News Editor and the Beat Reporters. As an editor, the Assistant News Editor will provide preliminary edits on articles by fact checking all statistics and spellings in articles, as well as providing basic grammar edits, leaving the senior editor to manage news writers and provide stylistic and greater content edits. In addition, the Assistant News Editor will meet with outside parties as necessary to help develop and maintain working relationships between TBL’s news team and the rest of the community.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Attend all weekly editorial board meetings and news team meetings
- If the Co-News Editor is unable to make any of these meetings or will be out of contact for a prolonged period of time during a print cycle, they should notify their Co-News Editor and executive editors to maintain good communication.
- Help lead news team meetings during which they will contribute pitches
- Aid beat reporters in building community contact list
- Set up meetings with student organizations and attend networking and community events in order to build rapport between TBL’s news team and the rest of the community (e.g. campus departments, UCSB administration, Associated Students, etc.)
- Fact check all news articles including verifying statistics and ensuring the correct spelling of all names and organizations, as well as provide basic grammar edits on articles
Critique news section during editorial board meetings and reevaluate aspects that could improve for the following print cycle (communication, production, quality, etc.)
Position Length: 1 Academic Year
Number of Openings: 1