Building a Freelance Contributor Network for a Student Publication
How to find, vet, pay, and keep freelance writers and photographers who fill gaps a small staff can’t cover alone.
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Read MoreHomepage curation habits for student news sites so a strong story from yesterday isn’t pushed off the page by three minor ones today.
Read MoreReporting tips for covering international and exchange students as individual sources with real stakes, not as one interchangeable feature angle.
Read MoreHow student papers can report honestly on donors and fundraising campaigns instead of just reprinting the advancement office’s press releases.
Read MoreA handoff checklist so a new editor-in-chief inherits passwords, contacts, and unfinished decisions instead of starting from zero every spring.
Read MoreA protocol for reporting fast during a lockdown, closure, or weather event without spreading unverified information your readers act on.
Read MoreA working guide to FERPA’s records exceptions and directory information so student reporters stop hitting the same wall on transcript and discipline stories.
Read MoreHow to set up a way for readers to send tips safely, and the vetting steps before an anonymous tip turns into a story.
Read MoreA practical process for splitting reporting duties across several staffers and merging their notes into one coherent story.
Read MoreA framework for reporting tuition and budget decisions with real numbers instead of just quoting the administration’s press release.
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