Arts & Entertainment Editors are in charge of leading the A&E section of the newspaper each week. They are expected to stay informed of community entertainment (bands, events and performances) and actively seek out local talent in the UCSB and Isla Vista community. The A&E Editor is responsible for pitching A&E stories at Tuesday pitch meetings, managing all A&E writers, providing stylistic and content edits to all A&E articles, and editing all section articles to protect the paper from publishing libelous statements. The A&E Editor must be able to meet strict deadlines, ensure stories reflect ethical journalistic writing, and be extremely communicative.
RESPONSIBILITIES
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- Attend all weekly pitch meetings and editorial board meetings (Mon.), and pitch meetings (Tues.). These meetings are mandatory and if the editor is unable to attend any of these meetings it is their responsibility to notify both their Section Co-Editor and one of the Executive Editors.
- Weekly publishing cycle duties: update pitch doc with pitches by Monday afternoon and daily progress throughout the week, pitch A&E stories at weekly pitch meetings, edit all A&E stories, and manage a team of writers (train new writers, complete payroll, maintain section quality by ensuring professionalism in articles’ writing)
- A&E section is responsible for pitching at least three (3) articles on Tues. pitch meetings and producing one (1) original article and one (1) edited staff-written article by the following Mon. afternoon.
- Contribute to financial and logistical decision-making and team improvement during Ed-board meetings (communication, production, quality, etc).
- Table at least three times per quarter for recruitment/marketing efforts.
Position Length: 1 Academic Year
Number of Openings: 1