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 * __Staff Information - Meetings in T3 on Tuesday at 1.10__**


 * __Publishing Cycle__**

//Week 1 - Monday//: Sports Editor to collect last week's results and type up Sports Editor to meet with to discuss which reporters to go to which sporting events //Week 1 - Monday//: News editor to collect briefing notes and BAJ to collect bulletin. Meeting to discuss possible stories/feature ideas from briefing notes at 12.35 //Week 1 - Thursday:// Columnists meet BAJ at 12.35 to discuss ideas //Week 1 - Sunday: (5pm)// Sports stories to be emailed to SMD //Week 2 - Monday: (5pm)// Deadline for News Stories //Week 2 - Tuesday: (5pm)// Deadline for Interview //Week 2 - Wednesday: (5pm)// Deadline for Features //Week 2 - Thursday: (5pm)// Deadline for Columnists //Week 2 - Friday:// Content edited, published and uploaded by BAJ for viewing on Monday of the following week.


 * __Meetings__**

All **'Heartlands Voice'** team members to attend Staff Meeting on Mondays in T3 at 12.35.


 * News Editor** to collect newsworthy information mentioned in briefing on Monday from main office on and begin the meeting at 12.35 by discussing other possible stories with the Editor and news reporters for forthcoming fortnight's issue. To prioritise and distribute newsworthy stories to each reporter and discuss how to report them by Monday (Week 2) deadline. It may be things that have happened last week and teachers they may have to check with to report the story or things that are happening this week and they will have to write about the event (previewing it) and possibly even doing a 'follow-up' story after it has happened. The best way to find out about a possible story is to see the teacher involved in the event.


 * Features Reporters** to decide on separate school issues to investigate and write up each fortnight, meeting the deadline of 5pm on Wednesday of Week 2. The headline should be in the form of a question. e.g Are pupils happy with school meals? Shoud our uniform change? etc


 * Interviewers** to clear selected person to interview that week and discuss possible questions, also collecting the dictaphone from T3. On the day of the interview, pupils to collect the dictaphone from T3. This equipment must be returned as soon as the interview is transcribed onto paper by one of the **Interviewers**. This will then be redrafted online by the other **Interviewer** by the Tuesday 5pm deadline of Week 2.


 * Columnists** to have a broad topic for their blog based on current affairs issues affecting teenagers with the Editor at the meeting on Tuesday and to meet BAJ in Tutor Time on Thursday to confirm and to post their copy by 5pm on Thursday of Week 2.


 * Sports Editor** to see Head of P.E to collect last week's results on a Monday (Week 1) before school. Editor to write up results onto website by Thursday of Week 1 and arrange for the two highest profile matches to be visited by checking with VYS, priortising the most newsworthy sports event of the week which a **Photographer** will attend. **Sports Reporter** to go to one of ther selcted events and Sports Editor to attend the other. Both reporters have to complete their short stories for the Sunday 5pm deadline and email to SMD who will upload by Friday of the following week.


 * Photographers** to be requested by staff by the team member coming to T3 and a **Photogrpaher** will be informed of the job via a message to their form that same day. They will come on the day they are required to T3 to collect a digital camera and return it to T3 as soon as possible. If they are attending an after school event, they will return the camera to the member of staff accompanying them.

FINAL Deadline for copy posting is 5pm Thursday (Week 2).
 * __Agenda For Staff Meetings on Mondays__**

1) What's Going On This Week? - Focus on briefing notes and bulletin for possible stories and distribution of these to News Reporters and direction from news editor/editor. Any follow up stories from last week?

2) Features reporters to discuss and confirm newsworthy school issues for this week's features

3) Interviewers to discuss and arrange to meet selected interviewee for that week.

4) Sports Editor to confirm which events he and Sports Reporter will attend.

5) Columnists discuss and decide on broad topics for their blog based on current affairs issue affecting teenagers.

5) Photographer required?

6) Advertising update (advertising in the paper and the promotion of the paper and the radio station around school)

Any other business?