Editing
Due to my position as the Website/Technology Director, I am in charge of anything that goes online to our website. I review the stories and offer suggestions to our writers to fix any errors in their writing. Once I finalize my edits, I send a copy of my edits to my advisor who checks if my suggestions are correct and make sure I didn’t miss any errors.
Most of my editing is done on documents such as Microsoft Word because edocs are easier for drafting, sharing, layout, editing, etc. Every week my staff turns in an online story for me to post online on our online project management system. I normally try to edit the stories all at once and send them to my advisor for any additional corrections. After the editing is finalized, it is sent back to the staff member and resubmitted by the next week. Once I receive the final versions, I make a final once over before I post it online and make minor corrections if it still exists.
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I also take part in reviewing the issues that we send out. After we receive our newspaper from the printing press, I help distribute across campus and I take one to review how the issue came out. I donʻt focus on the grammar and spelling errors as much, but I do focus on the layout and how much images on the previous page bleed over. When I finish my review of the issue, I talk with my advisor and editor-in-chief on how we can improve for the next issue and things we need to look out for when doing layout.
