This is the seventh post in a series intended to help you draft or improve your student media staff’s publications manual. Posts in this series will run on Wednesdays throughout the summer. The posts’ titles will start with “Pub Manual 101″ and include the Pub Manual 101 logo. I laughed when I typed the title of this post. I couldn't help … [Read more...]
Pub Manual 101: Writing Job Descriptions
This is the sixth post in a series intended to help you draft or improve your student media staff’s publications manual. Posts in this series will run on Wednesdays throughout the summer. The posts’ titles will start with “Pub Manual 101″ and include the Pub Manual 101 logo. I once threatened to destroy the job descriptions in our publications … [Read more...]
Pub Manual 101: Employment Policies
This is the fifth post in a series intended to help you draft or improve your student media staff’s publications manual. Posts in this series will run on Wednesdays throughout the summer. The posts’ titles will start with “Pub Manual 101″ and include the Pub Manual 101 logo. Working for student media is a full-time campus job at our university. … [Read more...]
Pub Manual 101: Documenting History
This is the fourth post in a series intended to help you draft or improve your student media staff’s publications manual. Posts in this series will run on Wednesdays throughout the summer. The posts’ titles will start with “Pub Manual 101″ and include the Pub Manual 101 logo. When I began helping editors form their first student publications … [Read more...]
Pub Manual 101: Defining Your Mission
This is the third post in a series intended to help you draft or improve your student media staff’s publications manual. Posts in this series will run on Wednesdays throughout the summer. The posts’ titles will start with “Pub Manual 101″ and include the Pub Manual 101 logo. What is your student media staff's overwhelming purpose? It's easy to … [Read more...]
Pub Manual 101: What Goes Inside?
This is the second post in a series intended to help you draft or improve your student media staff’s publications manual. Posts in this series will run on Wednesdays throughout the summer. The posts’ titles will start with “Pub Manual 101″ and include the Pub Manual 101 logo. You understand why you need a publication manual, now I'll bet you're … [Read more...]
Pub Manual 101: Why You Need One and How I Can Help
This is the first post in a series intended to help you draft or improve your student media staff's publications manual. Posts in this series will run on Wednesdays throughout the summer. The posts' titles will start with "Pub Manual 101" and include the Pub Manual 101 logo. When I became a collegiate media adviser more than a decade ago, … [Read more...]