The Science & Tech Editor is in charge of leading the S&T section of the newspaper each week. They are expected to stay informed of research and technology developments that are relevant to the UCSB academic community. The S&T Editor is responsible for pitching S&T stories at Tuesday pitch meetings, managing all S&T writers, providing stylistic and content edits to all S&T articles, and editing all section articles to protect the paper from publishing libelous statements. The S&T 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 editorial board meetings and pitch meetings. If the S&T 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 the executive editors to maintain good communication. In addition, if they miss a staff meeting, they are responsible for finding another editor to deliver their pitches.
- Weekly print cycle duties: update pitch doc with pitches by Monday afternoon and daily progress throughout the week, pitch S&T stories at weekly pitch meetings, edit all S&T stories, and manage a team of writers (train new writers, complete payroll, maintain section quality by ensuring professionalism in articles’ writing)
- S&T 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