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- COE#7110
Welcome! You are viewing this forum because you are a member of the Communications team, responsible for writing and publishing the newspaper of The North Pacific. The Wire is going away, and being replaced by something much more awesome, which will be unveiled with the first issue, which will hopefully come out this weekend. While the branding of the new newspaper will remain secret until then, I am happy to share some of my vision for the Ministry of Communications with you:
In addition to myself and my deputy, I am aiming to have 10 staff writers: 4 reporters (who report on events that happen within TNP), 4 correspondents (who write about global events that may concern TNP), and 2 columnists (who write opinion pieces). Six of those positions have already been filled.
Each of these staff writers (with the exception of columnists) is assigned to a specific content area (e.g. judicial reporting or WA events) and will be expected to write approximately 1 article/week, of no more than 400 words. Long articles are impressive, but no one ever reads them. Short and interesting are the watchwords of this paper. Also, you are not responsible for writing headlines for your own articles. That's traditionally an editor's responsibility. You may suggest one if you wish, but realize that it may change before publication. Once again, columnists are an exception to that.
We will be publishing to primarily a non-TNP audience, through our embassies, the NS dispatch system, and the Gameplay forum. Articles written by reporters and correspondents should be factual, and written from a global perspective. TNP is a very interesting place (if you know what I mean) and we want to share that with the world!
There will be no public publication schedule. We will publish an issue when I feel like we have a good collection of material for one. I hope to publish at least twice a month, but that is a target, and not a system of deadlines.
This paper is the property and the voice of the TNP government. That means that unless you're writing an opinion article (which, if you are a reporter or a correspondent, you may only do if your factual reporting is on schedule) you will need to make sure that your reporting consists entirely of facts and meaningful analysis, not conjecture, opinion, or speculation. This isn't The Rejected Times, ya'll. The delegate himself will be taking responsibility for everything you publish - everything you write will be considered the official stance of the TNP government. That means that the delegate will need to approve your articles before publication, because you say something diplomatically stupid it's his neck on the line.
That being said, your name will be on every article you write. Once again, this isn't The Rejected Times - we expect you to stand by your own words.
I've spoken with most of you about when I would like to see your first article. For most of you, it's May 17th. When you're ready to submit, post your article in The Editor's Desk forum, located within the Communications forum. Once it's posted, keep checking that thread - there is a very high chance that I will be giving you helpful feedback, and or recommendations for revising your article. Don't take offense if I tell you to change something. Part of the point of this whole project is to help us all become better writers.
Please post in this thread to introduce yourself to your colleagues and say a bit about what your role in this project will be. Let's write a paper, people.
In addition to myself and my deputy, I am aiming to have 10 staff writers: 4 reporters (who report on events that happen within TNP), 4 correspondents (who write about global events that may concern TNP), and 2 columnists (who write opinion pieces). Six of those positions have already been filled.
Each of these staff writers (with the exception of columnists) is assigned to a specific content area (e.g. judicial reporting or WA events) and will be expected to write approximately 1 article/week, of no more than 400 words. Long articles are impressive, but no one ever reads them. Short and interesting are the watchwords of this paper. Also, you are not responsible for writing headlines for your own articles. That's traditionally an editor's responsibility. You may suggest one if you wish, but realize that it may change before publication. Once again, columnists are an exception to that.
We will be publishing to primarily a non-TNP audience, through our embassies, the NS dispatch system, and the Gameplay forum. Articles written by reporters and correspondents should be factual, and written from a global perspective. TNP is a very interesting place (if you know what I mean) and we want to share that with the world!
There will be no public publication schedule. We will publish an issue when I feel like we have a good collection of material for one. I hope to publish at least twice a month, but that is a target, and not a system of deadlines.
This paper is the property and the voice of the TNP government. That means that unless you're writing an opinion article (which, if you are a reporter or a correspondent, you may only do if your factual reporting is on schedule) you will need to make sure that your reporting consists entirely of facts and meaningful analysis, not conjecture, opinion, or speculation. This isn't The Rejected Times, ya'll. The delegate himself will be taking responsibility for everything you publish - everything you write will be considered the official stance of the TNP government. That means that the delegate will need to approve your articles before publication, because you say something diplomatically stupid it's his neck on the line.
That being said, your name will be on every article you write. Once again, this isn't The Rejected Times - we expect you to stand by your own words.
I've spoken with most of you about when I would like to see your first article. For most of you, it's May 17th. When you're ready to submit, post your article in The Editor's Desk forum, located within the Communications forum. Once it's posted, keep checking that thread - there is a very high chance that I will be giving you helpful feedback, and or recommendations for revising your article. Don't take offense if I tell you to change something. Part of the point of this whole project is to help us all become better writers.
Please post in this thread to introduce yourself to your colleagues and say a bit about what your role in this project will be. Let's write a paper, people.
