The Ultimate Guide To Being A Contributing Editor
Start writing a post
Student Life

The Ultimate Guide To Being A Contributing Editor

Step by step instructions to being a part of a thriving Odyssey community.

875
The Ultimate Guide To Being A Contributing Editor

The Contributing Editor is responsible for editing articles for grammar mistakes, packaging the piece correctly when it comes to its headline and cover photo, and helping the EIC manage the team throughout the week.

Thursday // Friday

Edit content

Objective: Give feedback to creators on their submissions, leaving comments where appropriate.

Resources:

Odyssey editing 101
Odyssey's Library Of Digital Media Resources

Reach out to Creators who you have not heard from.

Objective: After content has come in Wednesday by 5 p.m., make sure all Creators on your team have communicated to you or the EIC about the status of their submission.

Resource:Tracking doc



Sunday

Ask creators for next week’s pitch.

Objective: Hold creators accountable to submitting topic ideas to get inspiration and motivation going throughout the team.

Resources: Tracking doc

Resources: Google Trends


Monday

Follow up with creators who haven’t submitted ideas.

Objective: Be proactive so you or your EIC isn’t in a panic when you don’t see any content to edit by deadline

Resources: Tracking doc

Check in with EIC

Objective: Each week, make sure you check in with EIC about the team’s progress this week. Strategize for the upcoming week and make sure you both are on the same page about team challenges and strengths.

Tuesday

Reach out in group message and remind Creators about the Wednesday at 5 p.m. deadline.

Objective: It helps your EIC to also remind Creators to submit. Yes, the EIC will be reaching out as well, but you reaching out means there will be peer-to-peer accountability amongst the Creators on your team.

Report this Content
This article has not been reviewed by Odyssey HQ and solely reflects the ideas and opinions of the creator.
Student Life

Love Lost

Being the girl that is falling for the boy is never easy.

323
Love Lost
Pexels

You constantly text my phone telling me that you want to see me and hang out, even though we may not have sex we cuddle and that’s intimacy in its own. I’m tired of buying you food and being there for you like a girlfriend when you consistently tell me you aren't ready for a girlfriend. I am constantly feeling I’m getting slapped in the face because I’m doing all these things and getting nothing in return. Every day I feel myself liking you more which is just crazy because why would I even waste my time liking someone there isn’t a future with. I just want you to be honest with me and with yourself, tell me how you feel from your heart, stop just saying you aren’t ready. You are wasting time telling me you aren’t ready because while you are “getting ready” some guy somewhere else is telling me that he likes me and thinks I’m beautiful and wants to date me. I’m not asking for much, but I at least want exclusivity because you ask me for all these things but in return you give me nothing.

Keep Reading...Show less
Pretty Little Liars

From reading the books in eighth grade to watching the television show all throughout high school, "Pretty Little Liars"basically defined my teenage existence. I was completely and totally obsessed on all accounts. However, even though I loved the fact that the books and the show are starkly different, there are simply just some ways in which the books are much better. Let's take a look:

Keep Reading...Show less
Student Life

To The Girl In The Back Row

I just want you to know you are loved. You are loved so very much.

1191
To The Girl In The Back Row
Sojo.net

Recently I was blessed to be a counselor at a wonderful camp, secluded in a cornfield somewhere in Virginia. I consider myself to be a seasoned camp counselor, as I have not only been a camper for most of my life but have been privileged enough to work multiple camps with all kinds of different facilities. I have worked camps with multi-thousand dollar facilities, with zip lines, rock walls, ropes courses, and boats. I have worked at camps with amazing water sports, camps with paintball, camps with canoes and paddle boats and floating blobs or trampolines in the middle of the water. I have worked at camps with in ground pools and camps without any pools, and even some camps with go-karts. I've had problem kids, kids who refuse to listen to anything I say, kids who sneak out after lights out to meet a significant other, and kids who are every camp counselors dream.

Keep Reading...Show less
Politics

Why The United Nations Is Key For The World

"As to the U.N., things will be different after Jan. 20th"- Donald J. Trump

1608
Why The United Nations Is Key For The World
Flickr/ses7

The United Nations (UN) has been in existence since June of 1945. Since then, the world has come together to work on and solve some of the harshest problems that face the Human Race. Be it children in societal ills like Human Trafficking, natural issues like Deforestation, or issues of extreme poverty, the UN has worked together in an attempt to make it a better place for us all. It's the only organization in the history of the world to bring people together in a willing, peaceful way; a feat that not even the League of Nations could do in the Post- WWI era. Why was it that one organization failed, and the other one is still going strong, 72 years later?

Keep Reading...Show less
Rory Gilmore
Bustle

Quick-witted and insanely smart, Rory Gilmore has a track record for memorable, relevant quotes that have become a part of fans’ repertoires. With it being finals season, many of Rory’s words can be conveniently interpreted to reflect life during the last weeks of the semester. Here are some of Rory’s wisest words that explain your life during finals season.

Keep Reading...Show less

Subscribe to Our Newsletter

Facebook Comments