Opinion Editor
The opinion editor will write and gather material for the opinion section of the Review, and will be specifically expected to:
- Attend weekly staff meetings
- Publish completed stories to The Linfield Review website
- Line edit stories prior to publication to identify problems, such as libel, inaccuracy, wordiness or lack of clarity
- Coordinate a staff of columnists, editing their work for inaccuracies, wordiness, poor organization, libel, bad grammar or other writing errors
- Assist columnists in writing and in improving their work
- Finish all writing on deadline and ensure that columnists do as well. All editorials, columns and guest submissions are due to the Managing editor for review
- Coordinate staff illustrators and schedule illustrations to coincide with columns or editorials as appropriate
- Verify and type in all letters and unsolicited commentaries, correcting minor grammatical and style errors but leaving the meaning intact
- Follow Review rules for such submissions (word limits, libel restrictions, etc.)
- Assist in the hiring of columnists
- Issue blog posts and/or Twitter alerts as necessary. If an opinion or editorial should be written but a reporter/columnist is unavailable, the opinion editor should disseminate the news.
- Be available to line edit stories throughout the day as breaking news emerges and stories are posted to the Web site
- Advise the editor-in-chief and managing editor on issues
- Communicate to managing editor when stories fall through or coverage is changing
- Monitor the news daily to keep abreast of all issues that need to be covered, and see that no pertinent news is missed
- Set individual goals each semester to improve journalistic skills, and help others set goals each semester to improve their journalistic skills
- Contribute to supplements as needed
- Complete additional tasks as assigned
Direct supervisor: Managing editor