Being an Editor-in-chief

Being apart of the Blueprint has had it's struggles whether it be staying up late to right a quick news coverage story or having all your work wiped because you forgot to save your layout, it can also be a fun experience. Here are some things that myself and the other editors-in-chiefs have done to make sure we keep the team on task while enjoying the company of each other.

Blueprint Website

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My first job was to plan what I liked and didn't like about the site. I made a list with things like the trending stories widget was in a tucked away place and I wanted it more in your face, I wanted the site to be fuller and not space on the sides, the light blue from the top image to flush throughout the page and other things like that. These tasks seemed to be easy to fix, however, working with a whole new appearance interface made our whole team confused on how to use the new features.

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I spent many restless nights figuring out how to use the interface and new features but once I got it I became obsessed. The new features allowed for us to get creative with our sight and set it apart from others. The editing was only supposed to take a week but I took around a month or so to really set up the tiny details in our website that really made the sight feel refreshed.

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Opinions Section

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SNO Badges are a big thing for our team, one of the badges we needed to get was changing our homepage. I decided to take charge of the design here are photos of before and after.

Layout Week

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Our news editors look over their edits to make sure that every T is crossing and I is dotted

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Our opinions editors change their headlines to make sure that our pages look the best for our viewers.

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In the beginning of the week all of the Editors-in-Chiefs touch up any work that needs to be worked on. Whether that be a small adjustment or a project that is hard to put on the other editors.

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Our news editors look over their edits to make sure that every T is crossing and I is dotted

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For our cycles we make sure that we have a whole week before the pages need to be sent out to the printers to do layout. Typically we have one person working on one page, however, features has both editors working collectively.

Editing

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During the editing process, we have the writer, copy editor and section editor look at the same document to ensure that there are no errors or misspellings.

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During the editing process, we have the writer, copy editor and section editor look at the same document to ensure that there are no errors or misspellings.

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When editing an article we created a system where writer and copy editor and section editor come together and read the article together. The process has made it easier to make sure we catch small mistakes.

Distribution Day

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During distribution day the staff splits up into three sections to cover the whole school. We hand them out to every class and students and staff in the common areas.