Cheat Sheets
One thing I must stay alert of is the needs of our staff. Whenever it seems staffers collectively struggle with a concept, it is part of my job to help assist them in improving.
Deadlines: After our first deadline this year, new staffers were still confused on how the entire deadline process works. There were a lot of blanks we had to fill in at the last minute, so I made a cheat sheet of the expectations when going to each editor, such as what to turn in and what should be completed.
Photo days: In newspaper and yearbook, we must complete photo days. Once every marking period, we take pictures of all events throughout campus. Newspaper staffers struggled with the quality of their pictures; therefore, I decided to make a photography cheat sheet to help address the basics of using a camera. Staffers refer to this on their photo days to help them remember the main functions of the camera.
It is important that there is clarity within the staff, and if their is a collective struggle, fixing it is imperative to our publication's success.
Deadlines: After our first deadline this year, new staffers were still confused on how the entire deadline process works. There were a lot of blanks we had to fill in at the last minute, so I made a cheat sheet of the expectations when going to each editor, such as what to turn in and what should be completed.
Photo days: In newspaper and yearbook, we must complete photo days. Once every marking period, we take pictures of all events throughout campus. Newspaper staffers struggled with the quality of their pictures; therefore, I decided to make a photography cheat sheet to help address the basics of using a camera. Staffers refer to this on their photo days to help them remember the main functions of the camera.
It is important that there is clarity within the staff, and if their is a collective struggle, fixing it is imperative to our publication's success.
Trello Song
Trello is a program that helps organize all of our pages and where they are in terms of their progression for press. I instantly loved Trello after learning its ins and outs, because it shows where you are struggling, where you are doing well and can help allow for other staffers to help when they see a problem. We used Trello everyday in the last four minutes of class to add notes, check off items or to move the card in the deadline process. move our card or make any changes. I made the Trello song:
"Stop, drop what you're doing,
Writing, cobbing or shooting,
You've got four minutes, use them wise,
Stop, it's Trello time."
This song transcended from me to the newspaper staff, and even onto the yearbook staff. Despite its silly nature, this song helped establish my leadership skills. As a first year staffer, creating this song caused other staffers to see me as a leader and it encouraged them to use Trello to keep up with the deadline process.
"Stop, drop what you're doing,
Writing, cobbing or shooting,
You've got four minutes, use them wise,
Stop, it's Trello time."
This song transcended from me to the newspaper staff, and even onto the yearbook staff. Despite its silly nature, this song helped establish my leadership skills. As a first year staffer, creating this song caused other staffers to see me as a leader and it encouraged them to use Trello to keep up with the deadline process.
Camp Orlando
Camp Orlando is a summer journalism conference where students learn about various aspects of journalism. Students improve their writing, digital media and marketing skills. The camp also provides staffers the opportunity to bond, which strengthens our connections to one another prior to the new school year.
Recruitment: Camp Orlando helps each staff develop working relationships and to begin planning for the next school year. As the number of staffers fluctuates, it is important to continuously recruit new people. This year, we have various communities represented on both staffs: gender, race, ethnicity, religion. To have diversity of people and opinion makes for the strongest functioning staff. We advertise through english and journalism 1 classes and announcements.
Recruitment: Camp Orlando helps each staff develop working relationships and to begin planning for the next school year. As the number of staffers fluctuates, it is important to continuously recruit new people. This year, we have various communities represented on both staffs: gender, race, ethnicity, religion. To have diversity of people and opinion makes for the strongest functioning staff. We advertise through english and journalism 1 classes and announcements.