Difference between revisions of "Tar Valon Times Editor"
Toral Delvar (talk | contribs) |
Toral Delvar (talk | contribs) |
||
Line 53: | Line 53: | ||
[[Category:Department of Community Development Positions]] | [[Category:Department of Community Development Positions]] | ||
[[Category:Tar Valon Times]] | [[Category:Tar Valon Times]] | ||
+ | [[Catgory: Administrator Roles]] |
Revision as of 12:34, 28 May 2015
Contents
Overview
Responsible for the publication of the TVT on the site Community page and maintained in the Library.
Position Level: Admin
Department: Department of Marketing
Rotation: Non rotating position
Merit Eligibility: Administrator Merit
Chain of Command
The TVT Editor reports directly to the Director of Marketing.
The Tar Valon Times Staff and the Tar Valon Times Assistant Editor all report directly to the TVT Editor.
Duties and Responsibilies
- Manage and maintain Tar Valon Times Staff. Reporter positions rotate every 6 months.
- Call for, receive, and edit as needed all articles and other compositions by reporters for the monthly publication. Communicate with staff throughout the creative process each month, to ensure deadlines are met.
- Publish the Tar Valon Times (monthly) on the site Community page (requires some HTML knowledge).
- Publish TVT content to the wiki Library as well.
Expectations
- Be aware of important site, Wheel of Time, and other related news that bears coverage in the TVT. Come up with new concepts and ideas for the TVT to keep content and format fresh.
- Announce and encourage readership of each issue of the TVT on the boards.
- Collaborate with the External Marketing Coordinator to ensure that a condensed email version of the TVT is sent to interested members each month.
- Communicate regularly with the Director of Marketing about progress, issues, and needs of the TVT.
Time Commitment
Qualifications
- Must have been a member of any rank for at least 6 months.
- Must be able to write clearly in English with acceptable grammar and spelling.
- Experience in writing/editing, preferably in a journalism setting, either online or in 'real-life' experiences.
- Must have a working knowledge of HTML, or the ability to pick said working knowledge up extremely rapidly.
- Must have a working knowledge of wiki coding, or the ability to pick said working knowledge up extremely rapidly. Familiarity with the site Library is preferable.
- Must be able to stay on task and commit the necessary time each month to see each TVT issue through to publication and to adhere to timeliness as the sole publisher of the TVT.
- Must be able to regularly and frequently check both the Editor email and the TVT discussion forum.
History
Originally the duties of this role were covered by the Director of Communication. In November 2009 the Department of Communication was dissolved. The TVT was then briefly moved under the Department of Community Development until the 2011 Admin Meeting. It was decided at the meeting to disband the Department of Community Development and to move the Tar Valon Times Staff and TVT Editor under the Department of Marketing. This transition occurred in May 2011.
Editors
- Current
- Maibella Rhoiden: May 1, 2015 - present
- Previous
- Jeffan Caliarthan: November 2, 2014 - April 30, 2015
- Taelinn Dolivras: August 22, 2013 - November 2, 2012
- Stephen Lightheart: September 21, 2012 - August 22, 2013
- Jeffan Caliarthan: November 30, 2011 - August 27, 2012
- Erin al'Denael: December 5, 2009 - December 31, 2011
- Ninya Evoneigh: November 23, 2008 - November 2009
- Sela Narian: February 26, 2007 - November 23, 2008
- Rhed al'Tere: July 2004 - February 26, 2007Catgory: Administrator Roles