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Staff Positions & Responsibilities


The following positions are filled by Highline students.   Please see how to apply for a staff position.  The newspaper's faculty adviser is Dr. T.M. Sell.

Position Responsibilities
Editor-in-Chief........... Manages all aspects of the newsroom, including all the reporters, editors and photographers. Edits and designs the cover of the newspaper and leads semiweekly staff meetings.
Managing Editor......... Assists the editor-in-chief in managing the newsroom, including assigning stories and photos. Edits and designs various news pages.
Arts Editor................ Edits and designs the arts section. Assigns stories to the arts writers and submits photo requests. Writes stories, as well.
Sports Editor............. Edits and designs the sports section. Assigns stories to the sports writers and submits photo requests. Writes stories, as well.
Opinion Editor........... Edits and designs the opinion section. Writes the weekly editorial, as well as other stories.
Graphics Editor.......... Designs graphics for the news, arts, sports and opinion sections. Creates the overall look of the newspaper, including the masthead, folios and typefaces.
Photo Editor.............. Manages the photographers and works closely with the editors on photo assignments. Generates photo ideas and works closely with the editor-in-chief on the cover design.
Reporter................... Writes stories for the news, sports, arts and opinion sections. An editor assigns stories to a reporter or a reporter may generate a story idea.
Photographer............. Takes photos for the news, sports and arts sections and works with reporters and editors to set up photo shoots. The photo editor assigns photo assignments or a photographer may generate a photo idea.
Advertising Manager.... Manages the advertising reps and works with a graphic designer to create ads.
Advertising Rep.......... Sells ads to organizations on and off campus and maintains a client list
Business Manager........ Bills clients, maintains financial records and coordinates with the college business office
Librarian................... Maintains the clip (story) files and morgue. Transmits pages and other materials to parties on campus and helps reporters and editors find archived material for research purposes.

 

Last updated: March 02, 2009


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