Program Manual and Group Portal: Spring 2016 Session
Click the name of your editor to be transported to your group page:
Soo Min Chung | Choha Kim | Rachel Lee | Andrew Park
Gina Kim | Linda Lee | Sophia Lee | Angela Yoo
Editors' Instructions
For JSR writings, please visit jstudentboard.com
Deadlines
What are the different deadlines?
REPORTERS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR KEEPING TRACK OF DEADLINES.
YOU ARE NOT ENTITLED TO RECEIVE ANY REMINDERS OR WARNINGS.
Extensions must be requested at least twelve hours in advance of the missed assignment and will be assessed on a case-by-case basis.
JSR students submit one article every three weeks. There are multiple deadlines during each three week cycle. Additionally, there are several Skills Worksheets that must be completed. Students who miss more than five deadlines over the semester will not receive a certificate at the end of the semester. All of the different types of deadlines count equally towards that total. Once again, you will not be reminded about your due dates, which are posted on this website.
1.) The Pitch. Before you write, you must get approval from your editor. Do not write an article without doing this step!
To get approval, "pitch" your article to your editor by going to your editorial group page and writing about proposed article on the contact form (pictured at right). A pitch must include the following:
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Your idea, with a distinct angle;
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Why you think it's a good thing to write about;
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One or two ideas for people to interview.
Pitches should be timely and relevant to our audience. The best pitches have distinct angles that make them unique.
Your pitches are due on the Mondays of the weeks that you write your articles. See your Group Color calendar for more details.
1a.) New Pitch (if necessary). If your pitch is rejected, you will have to submit a new one. Don't get discouraged! Your editor will explain why your pitch was rejected so that your next idea will have a better chance for approval.
2.) First Draft. The first draft of your approved article is due ten days after your initial pitch is due. In that time, you're expected to conduct interviews, research your topic and find images.
Your first draft is due the Saturday after your pitch.
Because of the large amount of time between pitch and submission (and submission and publication), you should choose topics that will not be "old news" by the time they're published.
Guidelines for how to write for JSR, including word count requirements, can be found in the manual section on Format and Style.
Image requirements can be found in the manual section on Images.
Information on how to submit your articles via Google Drive is available in the manual section on Using Google Drive.
After you've submitted your first draft, you will get revision notes from your editor. You will use these notes to produce a new draft of your article. To see the standards for editorial notes, visit the manual section on Editorial Groups.
3.) Second Draft. After you've received your revision notes, you will have two days to incorporate them into a new draft. You'll do this on the same day of the week that you intially pitched your article.
All articles must be revised! You will not be considered for publication if you do not complete this step of the process, even if your work is absolutely brilliant! Writing is not a perfectable skill; hence, no writers are perfect.
4.) Skills Worksheets. Over the semester, new students are required to complete a total of nine digital worksheets that emphasize important journalism skills and JSR style. Continuing students are required to submit Publication Review Forms comparing their submitted work to the published versions.
These worksheets, and the deadlines for them, can be found in the manual section on Skills Worksheets. Skills worksheets are due approximately every two weeks.
All items are due at 11:59 pm.