Friday, May 15, 2009

Changes to O&E chapter 20.

Here is part of the revision I did for Chapter 20 if Operations and Ethics, Positions of Extra Responsibility.
I have updated the entire document to include the three new editor positions and changed all instances of assistant business manager to associate business manager.

C. Associate Editor
1. Purpose
a. The associate editor is the editor-in-chief’s partner in guiding and supporting the organization and the production of the CPJ, with particular emphasis on:
(1). Responsibility for organization and newspaper matters concerning publicizing the inclusive focus of the publication, promoting student use of the publication, recruiting content, recruiting members, position appointments, training, team building, conflict resolution, policies and group dynamics.
(2). Developing and maintaining an up-to-date knowledge/information bank in order to assist in the assignment of news stories and coaching reporters/photographers. That must include, not be limited to,
(a). current campus issues and situations, particularly those of primary interest to or that concern students
(b). the focus and activities of student organizations, including student government and student-fee allocation board
(c). institutional responsibility/accountability for operations and services provided by the various divisions and units of the college
b. In the absence of the editor-in-chief the associate editor serves as acting editor-in-chief.
c. Should the editor-in-chief resign or be dismissed, the associate editor succeeds to the position of editor-in-chief.


2. Essential responsibilities and duties
a. The associate editor for the coming school year
(1). The editor-in-chief-elect for the coming year – in consultation with current CPJ editors and members, the business manager and the advisor(s) – shall devise as part of the position description the essential responsibilities and duties of the managing editor position for the coming school year, in keeping with XX Positions of Extra Responsibility C. Associate Editor 1. Purpose and the requirements of the XXI Appointment and Tenure section of this document, as well as what role the editor-in-chief-elect intends for the associate editor to play.
b. Associate editor in the current year
(1). Should the associate editor for the current year resign or be dismissed, the current editor-in-chief – in consultation with current CPJ editors and members, the business manager and the advisor(s) – shall review and, if necessary, revise the essential responsibilities and duties for the associate editor position before the application/appointment process for associate editor begins.
(2). In defining the essential responsibilities and duties of the managing editor position, the editor-in-chief shall be guided by the position purpose as defined in XX Positions of Extra Responsibility C. Associate Editor 1. Purpose as well as what role the editor-in-chief-elect intends for the associate editor to play.
c. Should the editor-in-chief resign or be relieved of the position and the associate editor succeeds to the position of editor-in-chief, the new editor-in-chief – in consultation with current CPJ editors and members, the business manager and the advisor(s) – shall review and, if necessary, revise the essential responsibilities and duties for the managing editor position before the application/appointment process begins.
(1). In defining the associate editor position, the editor-in-chief shall be guided by the position purpose as defined in XX Positions of Extra Responsibility C. Associate Editor 1. Purpose as well as what role the editor-in-chief-elect intends for the managing editor to play in the coming year.


D. Managing Editor- Online
1. Purpose
a.In conjuction with the editor-in-chief and associate editor, the online managing editor guides the assembly of the Cooper Point Journal web publication (www.cooperpointjournal.com ) and strives to maintain an ongoing effort to bring cooperpointjournal.com to the attention of students as their publication and to encourage students to contribute all forms of content.
That means working with section coordinators, reporters, photographers/videographers, designers and webmaster to seek, obtain and then organize web publication content with emphasis on the multimedia capabilities of an online publication.
The Managing Editor for Online differs from the Managing Editor for Print by focusing on maintaining a constant awareness of potential and needed online content, which includes:
(a). identifying subjects to pursue and determining deadlines for that content
(b). assessing , determining and assigning stories, commentary and needed audio, video, photo and/or graphic elements. The multimedia elements may be needed to partner with text, to partner with each other or to stand alone.
(c). identifying and partnering text and multimedia elements submitted by
different contributors that together examine a subject as a package that feeds all of the senses
(d). what needs to be placed where in the online publication.


2. Essential responsibilities and duties
a. Managing editor-online for the coming school year
(1). The editor-in-chief-elect for the coming year – in consultation with current CPJ editors and members, the business manager and the advisor(s) – shall devise as part of the position description the essential responsibilities and duties of the managing editor position for the coming school year, in keeping with XX Positions of Extra Responsibility C. Managing Editor-Online 1. Purpose and the requirements of the XXI Appointment and Tenure section of this document, as well as what role the editor-in-chief-elect intends for the managing editor-online to play.
b. Managing editor-online in the current year
(1). Should the managing editor-online for the current year resign or be dismissed, the current editor-in-chief – in consultation with current CPJ editors and members, the business manager and the advisor(s) – shall review and, if necessary, revise the essential responsibilities and duties for the managing editor position before the application/appointment process for managing editor begins.
(2). In defining the essential responsibilities and duties of the managing editor-online position, the editor-in-chief shall be guided by the position purpose as defined in XX Positions of Extra Responsibility C. Managing Editor-online 1. Purpose as well as what role the editor-in-chief-elect intends for the managing editor to play.



3. Knowledge, skills and abilities
a. In determining Knowledge, Skills and Abilities, the editor-in-chief shall be guided by the essential responsibilities and duties of the position.
b. Knowledge, Skills and Abilities should be understood to be learning goals as well as representing at least the beginning level of familiarity and proficiency necessary to fulfill the purpose and essential responsibilities and duties of the position.

E. Managing Editor- Print
1. Purpose
a. In conjuction with the editor-in-chief and associate editor, the print m.e. guides the production of the Cooper Point Journal print publication and strives to maintain an ongoing effort to encourage students to contribute to cooperpointjournal.com and consequently the print edition.
That means working with section coordinators, reporters, photographers/videographers, designers to organize, and prepare content for the Cooper Point Journal print publication.
The Managing Editor for print differs from the Managing Editor for online by focusing on maintaining a constant awareness of potential and needed online content, which includes
(a). guiding the production of a print publication that will act as a supplement to the CPJ web publication.
(b). assessing , determining and preparing stories, commentary, and other content for the CPJ print publication
(c). what needs to be placed where in the print publication.

COMMENTS POLICY (including registration policy), POSITIONS RESPONSIBLE FOR COMMENTS, and the PROCESS OF POSTING AND REVIEWING COMMENTS

Here it is. Some of it is repetitive – that's by design. I may have missed some things. Please suggest revisions in this page's comments section.



COMMENTS

Comments policy

1. Students are required to register. Registration on the site will follow these criteria:

STUDENTS
1.    Are required to register with a valid evergreen.edu student email account.
2.    Must register with their real name.
3.    Must upload a clear picture of their face, and wait to have the photo reviewed by the editor in chief, or come in to the CPJ office to have a photo taken.
4.    Must agree to the CPJ copyright policy (either by filling out a form online, or a paper form in the CPJ office. Which should we choose?)
5.    Provide CPJ editors with contact information – phone number, email address, social networking accounts (optional).
6.    Provide class standing and enrollment information.

7.    Required to agree to adhering to publication criteria, and to responsibly flag comments that they read that they feel do not adhere to publication criteria.

STAFF AND FACULTY
1.    Evergreen staff and faculty submissions will be limited to a staff/faculty blog. (Can staff and faculty comment on other staff and faculty submissions? Can students comment on staff and faculty submissions?)
2.    Are required to register with a valid evergreen.edu staff/faculty email account.
3.    Must register with their real name.
4.    Must upload a clear picture of their face, and wait to have the photo reviewed by the editor in chief, or come in to the CPJ office to have a photo taken.
5.    Must agree to the CPJ copyright policy (either by filling out a form online, or a paper form in the CPJ office. Which should we choose?)
6.    Provide CPJ editors with contact information – phone number, email address, social networking accounts (optional).
7.   

ALUMNI
1.    Evergreen alumni submissions will be limited to an alumni blog (and we’d like to sell this space to the alumni association. They would be responsible for managing the submissions.)


2. Posting comments:

1. All comments will automatically be filtered for profanity. Comments will not be removed when a comment is flagged as including profanities, but will send a notification to our comments moderator and editor in chief.
2. Currently-enrolled students are able to responsibly flag comments as inappropriate, using publication criteria as a guide.
3. The comments moderator will review all comments, has the ability to remove comments temporarily, and forwards those comments to the editor in chief for a final decision. An automated email will be sent to students when their comment is temporarily removed from the site.
4. The editor in chief makes final decisions about deleting comments. The EIC is responsible for deciding when to require moderation of comments before they are posted to the site if a student continues to post inappropriate comments. This period of moderation is to last 30 days. The EIC is responsible for deciding to revoke commenting privileges of a student until they have a sit-down conversation with the editor in chief to discuss the problem, explain Publication criteria, and reach a solution.
 
Positions responsible for comments

Comments moderator (We should have a different name for this)
-Responsible for reviewing all comments posted to the site.
-Required to use Publication criteria to decide when a comment is inappropriate for inclusion on the site.
-Able to browse/prioritize list of comments to review, based on how a filter or student has flagged a comment. Required to inform EIC of decisions.
-Removes comments from the site, forwards them to EIC for final decision.
-Required to regularly discuss with news leadership the comments they are forwarding to the EIC, the hot topics on the site, and the most troublesome topics and students.

Editor in chief / Associate editor
-Makes final decisions about comments.
-Able to review all comments at any time, and able to browse prioritized lists of comments that have been flagged by the filters and students, and the posts that have been removed from the site and forwarded by the comments moderator. Able to take a comment down if they see it before comments moderator.
-Responsible for deciding when to require moderation of comments before they are posted to the site if a student continues to post inappropriate comments. This period of moderation is to last 30 days.
-Responsible for deciding to revoke commenting privileges of a student until they have a sit-down conversation with the editor in chief to discuss the problem, explain Publication criteria, and reach a solution.
-EIC can delegate duties to comments moderator, associate editor, and managing editors as necessary.

CPJ members
-Responsible for flagging inappropriate comments, particularly the managing editors and section coordinators.

The process of posting and reviewing comments
Registration requires photo, student information, agreement to follow publication criteria and to flag comments that do not adhere to publication criteria.

1. Comments are automatically posted to the website by registered users of the site – currently enrolled students.

2. Comments are automatically filtered for profanity. (We might be able to set up other filters, too. Ideas?)
A. If comment passes the automatic filter, it stays on the site.
B. If comment does not pass the automatic filter, it is flagged, put on a priority list for the Comments Moderator and editor in chief/associate editor. The comment stays on the website until the comments moderator decides to take it down.

3. Currently enrolled students can flag posts as inappropriate, based on criteria that we provide – Publication criteria.
A. If a comment is not flagged by students, it stays on the site.
B. If comment is flagged by a student, it is put on a priority list for the Comments Moderator and editor in chief/associate editor. The comment stays on the website until the comments moderator decides to take it down.

4. Comments moderator reviews all comments posted to the site.
-Required to use Publication criteria to decide when a comment is inappropriate for inclusion on the site.
-Able to browse/prioritize list of comments to review, based on how a filter or student has flagged a comment. Required to inform EIC of decisions.
-Removes comments from the site, forwards them to EIC for final decision.
-Required to regularly discuss with news leadership the comments they are forwarding to the EIC, the hot topics on the site, and the most troublesome topics and students.

5. Editor in chief makes final decisions about comments.
    -Able to review all comments at any time, and able to browse prioritized lists of comments that have been flagged by the filters and students, and the posts that have been removed from the site and forwarded by the comments moderator. Able to take a comment down if they see it before comments moderator.

-EIC can delegate duties to comments moderator, associate editor, and managing editors as necessary.

 -Editor in chief is responsible for deciding when to require moderation of comments before they are posted to the site if a student continues to post inappropriate comments. This period of moderation is to last 30 days.

 -Editor in chief is responsible for deciding to revoke commenting privileges of a student until they have a sit-down conversation with the editor in chief to discuss the problem, explain Publication criteria, and reach a solution.

Draft of Outline of Revised Biz Manual

I. Client Profile
II. Ad Info/Rate Brochure
III. Contracts
IV. Client Journal
V. Ad Run Sheet

A. Online
B. Print
VI. Camera-Ready Ads
A. Online
1. Proof Ads
2. Save Ads
B. Print
1. Proof Ads
2. Save Ads
VII. CPJ-Designed Ads
A. Online
1. Online Ad Work Order
2. Design Ads
3. Proof Ads
4. Save Ads
B. Print
1. Print Ad Work Order
2. Design Ads
3. Proof Ads
4. Save Ads
VIII. Ads Ready to Move/Upload
A. Online: Upload Ads
B. Print: Move Ads
IX. Prepayment Required
A. Cash
1. MRs
B. Check
1. MRs
C. Credit Card
1. CC Slips
D. Deposit Slips
E. Cashier Receipts
X. Invoices
A. Filling Out Invoices
B. Methods of Payment
1. Cash
2. Check
3. Credit Card
C. Depositing Invoice Payments
D. Cashier Receipts for Invoices
XI. IOTs
XII. Xcel Rev Sheet
XIII. Subscriptions

5/14 notes from website discussion

Do people revise comments or do we just add a new one.

Should students be allowed to edit their comments at any time?
Moodle has a thirty minute window to edit your post. After that it is locked forever.

have a preview screen so that users can review their comments before posting it for good.

no images in comments.

"There is one little last bit flowing in the flow chart that we haven't gotten to." -Seth Vincent May 14

When something is deleted the student is notified. What happens if one user keeps on breaking comment policy?

The EIC will review the comments of users who continuously have their comments deleted and break the user agreement. The comment will have to be approved by the EIC or designee before it can go live.

Amount of time that someone will have to have their comments reviewed by the EIC before it goes live: 30 days.

"we want this to be as simple as possible. " -Seth Vincent May 14

During breaks we do read only during breaks.
Another option is turning required moderation during break.
DO we tell them they are on etherweb probation?

In the print edition: Put some of the most thoughtful comments into a section of the print edition.
Not calling best of or anything qualitative.

Have that a conversation with users who consistently disregard the user agreement.

Monday, May 11, 2009

O&E AMENDMENTS UPDATE

Because our post about O&E on april 13 noted that our deadlines for most amendments were week 7, and it is now week 7, I put together an update to our work with making these amendments.

HERE IT IS:

1. GENERAL STATEMENT OF PHILOSOPHY - WHO WILL DO THIS?
“create a weekly newspaper”, as well as other newspaper references – should refer also to multimedia news website.
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4. ETHICS CODE - WHO WILL DO THIS?
“5. Written reports, headlines, photographs and illustrations should give an accurate picture of an event and not highlight a minor incident out of context.”
-This section should be revised to reflect the new media that will be included on the cpj website – video, audio, interactive graphics, etc.

What kind of video and audio ethics can accompany sections 6 through 9 of the Accuracy and Objectivity portion of the Ethics code?
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5. RESPONSIBILITY - WHO WILL DO THIS?
The term graphic arts is used a couple of times. We should expand this to represent the new media that will be included on the cpj website – video, audio, interactive graphics, etc.
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6. PUBLICATION CRITERIASETH AND JASON
How should we revise sections A. Eligibility and B. PRIORITY to reflect the content submission criteria that we developed? Does all of the following need to be in operations and ethics? Would parts of the content submission criteria be better represented in section 19. ORGANIZATION MEMBERS AND NEWSPAPER CONTRIBUTORS AND PRODUCTION STAFF, under B. NEWSPAPER CONTRIBUTORS?

CONTENT SUBMISSION CRITERIA
(1) Only Evergreen students with a valid evergreen.edu student email account can
a. contribute content to any section of www.cooperpointjournal.com
b. post comments on www.cooperpointjournal.com content
(2) All contributions and posts must be in a student's own name.
(3) Evergreen staff and faculty submissions will be limited to a staff/faculty blog.
A CPJ blog coordinator would determine which blog postings should be listed in the links index for each section. For example, a posting from Staff A seems appropriate for both the Letters&Opinion and the Arts&Entertainment sections. The coordinator would inform the web m.e., associate editor or editor-in-chief who would OK putting a link to that blog posting in the link index on the L&O page and the A&E page.
a. Evergreen staff enrolled in an Evergreen class or program using the college-staff special tuition rate will not be considered to be students but staff engaged in professional development.
b. All Evergreen staff and faculty must have a mug shot taken at/by the CPJ before their contribution is published.
c. Every blog posting must include the full name of the Evergreen staff or faculty, which will link to a profile page that contains the mug shot of the staff/faculty, identifying information and links to all postings by that staff/faculty.
(4) All student contributors and commentors must have a mug shot taken at/by the CPJ before their contribution or comment is published.
(5) All L&O pieces must be published with a mug shot of the writer.
The mug shot and the byline will link to a page profile that will contain the mug shot of the writer, identifying information about the writer and links to every contribution (text and multimedia) from that person.
(6) All comment postings must include the first and last name of the student posting the comment. That name will link to a profile page with the mug shot of the student, identifying information and links to all contributions and postings by that student.
(7) The Cooper Point Journal editor-in-chief makes the final decision about publishing content/comments, including placement.
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10. COPYRIGHT - KRISTINA
Section D. should be revised to say that students will fill out the copyright for online at the time of registration. (Or should it? Maybe we want people to come into the office to fill out the copyright form and get a headshot taken? Thoughts?)
Section F. should be revised to say that we will be including and archiving each submission on the cooper point journal website, and that it may be included in the print edition. I’m not sure how that change affects our one-time use right.

Changes have been made and we’ll be going over them tonight at the organization meeting
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12. CORRECTIONS - JASON
Jason has revised this to reflect the website. There will be an index on the frontpage and corrections will be noted on article pages.
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14. UNAUTHORIZED ALTERATION, THEFT, AND VANDALISMSETH AND BRYN

THIS SECTION IS DIFFICULT. HELP.
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16. DISTRIBUTION AND SUBSCRIPTIONSBRYN AND KRISTINA?
This section was waiting for updates to the business manual, which have been made.
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19. ORGANIZATION MEMBERS AND NEWSPAPER CONTRIBUTORS AND PRODUCTION STAFFJASON AND SETH
B. NEWSPAPER CONTRIBUTORS?
How will this change to reflect the content submission criteria noted above?
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20. POSITIONS OF RESPONSIBILITY & APPOINTMENT AND TENURE - JASON
Revise to reflect the three managing editors, based on the position descriptions that Jason is writing.

Replace assistant business manager with associate business manager.
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25. FLAGWHO WILL DO THIS?
How should the website be reflected in this section?
Should the flag on the website be essentially the same as the print edition flag?
Does this section need to change, or do we just need to interpret this as being applicable to the website?

Operations and Ethics: Revsion to Corrections chapter

Hey everyone here are the revisions to the corrections chapter of Operations and Ethics. I have marked the revisions in a navy blue ( At least I think it is a navy blue. It could be another shade of blue).
A. A correction should be written as soon as a mistake is detected.
B. The editor-in-chief or her/his designee shall be responsible for acquiring the correct information and writing the correction.
C. If the correction involves writing and sending a letter of apology, the editor-in-chief or her/his
designee shall write the letter.
D. All mistakes in the Cooper Point Journal web publication must be corrected as detected.
E. All corrections in the web publication must be noted within the corrected content and must appear in a designated corrections index. All corrections in the print edition must appear in the Cooper Point Journal's designated correction box.

Friday, May 8, 2009

Frame grabbing

Frame grabbing: The art of getting great stills from video

Great article about how to take good frame grabs. This will be really useful once we have the HD cameras. We wont need to take stills for vox pop. Yayz!

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

REVISED Photo submissions policy.

Revisions: I changed the policy based on Seth's feedback and added a small intro to give some guidance to students on what types of photos to submit to the CPJ.
Note: We may need to changes some language next year ( such as who reviews photos) but I think this should at least be the basis of what we need this quarter.

Language to contributors:
Your photos can be on the CPJ website. The CPJ has an online gallery for students to post their photos documenting on and off-campus events such as: student group events, festivals, campus events, meetings, protests, art shows, music shows and theater performances, art projects and the many eclectic events that Evergreen students are involved with.
This is your chance to share your photos with all students.

Photo Policy:
After being posted to the website, photos are reviewed by the editor-in-chief or managing editor to determine placement and grouping of photos as well if a contributor needs to be contacted because of ethical or legal concerns.

Submitting photos

in-person
Bring your prints to CAB 316. Include your name, phone number, and email address with the submission.

Through cooperpointjournal.com
Visit cooperpointjournal.com and use our online submissions form to upload your photos.
Include with your photo:
your full name
evergreen email address
phone number
and a short description of the photo
Photos should not be smaller than 800 pixels wide and have a resolution of 72 pixels per inch (dpi).
Photos smaller than this may not retain their quality after being uploaded to the CPJ website.

Friday, May 1, 2009

Notes on a photo submission policy

Suggested actual specifications and language of policy:

Submitting photos

in-person
Bring your prints into the CPJ office in CAB 316. The images must be large enough to be scaled down to a width of at least 800 pixels.

Email
Photos should be emailed to cpj@evergreen.edu.
Attach your photos as a .jpg
or
include, in the body of your email, an web address that link directly to the image you would like to have published.
please include the following information in your email
full name
phone and email
a short description of the photo
Photos should not be smaller than 800 pixels wide.
Photos smaller than this may not retain their quality after being uploaded to the CPJ website.


Notes

Most of the website submission policy for photos will focus on size. There are a couple things to consider when setting these guidelines, including how large will the photo ( both file sized and actual photo).

After talking with Seth and Kristina it seems that we do want photos smaller than 800 pixels wide. If we have the resolution of the photos at 72 pixels for inch, the file sizes should not be too large and the photos shouldn't take too long to load on the website.

One point Kristina brought up is that we do not want the CPJ website to be a dumping ground for drunken party photos.

More questions should we expect hard copies of photos. If so, what specifications should we have to maintain the quality of the image, after it is scanned edited and posted?



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