Duties and Responsibilities of Editorial Staff News writer Feature Writer Editor in Chief Associate Editor Sports Writer Copy Ready Managing Staff

1. Duties and Responsibilities
of Editorial Staff

2. Editor-in-Chief
• Supervises the editorial staff of the paper.
• Writes the editorials of the organ after consultation with the members of the
editorial staff.
• Edits all articles preparatory to submission to the adviser for final editing and
approval for publication.
• Supervise the preparation of the layout of the paper and paging of the same in
cooperation with the managing editor and layout artist.
• Causes the accomplishments of all assignments properly and on-time.
• Acts as liaison officer between the editorial staff and the adviser.
• Calls meeting of the staff in consultation with the adviser.

3. • Associate Editor
• Edits the articles in cooperation
with the editor –in-chief.
• Writes editorials of the organ
when requested.
• Prepares assignments of section
editors in consultation with the
editor-in-chief.
• Cooperates in the preparation
of the layout.

4. • Managing Editor
• Brings articles to the press for
typesetting.
• Checks articles for typographical
errors.
• Prepares the layout of the campus
paper in consultation with the
editor-in-chief.
• Proofreads galley proofs before
these are finally approved by the
chief editor, then by the adviser for
printing.

5. • Circulation Manager
• Keeps files of school
information, such as class lists
and lists of homeroom
advisers, faculty, and staff
members.
• Has a direct contact to the
printing press that will
reproduce the campus paper.
• Secures financial report of the
club.
• Assists the layout artists to
gather and evaluate the photos
subject for publication.

6. • News Editor
• Assigns reporters to cover events relevant to the school activities.
• Writes news articles on assignment from the editor-in-chief or
through her own initiative in consultation with the latter.
• Edits all news articles received preparatory to submission of the same
to the editor-in-chief then to the adviser.

7. • Science Editor
• Researches on the current trends and issues of science, health and
technology.
• Writes and edits science news articles.

8. • Feature Editor
• Gives out assignments to feature writers.
• Receives and edits feature articles preparatory to submission of the
same to the editor-in-chief.
• Writes regular articles or column

9. • Sports Editor
• Gives out assignments to
reporters to cover sports
events in which the school is
a participant.
• Writes sports articles
unassigned to reporters.
• Edits all sports news articles
received preparatory to
submission of the same to
the editor-in-chief.

10. •Literary Editor
•Surveys student outputs in My Composition for
publication.
•Gives out assignments to literary writers.
•Edits all literary articles received preparatory to
submission of the same to the editor-in-chief.
Editorial Cartoonist
1.Submits weekly outputs of editorial cartoon about
campus and national issues.
2.Prepare a portfolio of clippings of editorial cartoons
from the newspaper and magazines.

11. • Layout Artist
• Assigns or causes the assignment of the school’s official photographer to
take pictures on school activities for the month.
• Prepares pictorial articles of the organ in consultation with the managing
editor and editor-in-chief.
• Takes charge of the page makeup of the campus paper.
• Labels or properly identifies all pictures made available for publication. It is
suggested that she writes (in pencil) at the back of every picture the event
to which a particular picture refers.
• Helps in the preparation of the layout of pictorial stories.
• Makes illustrations for feature articles.

12. • Photojournalist
• Submits weekly outputs of photojournalism that portrays
campus and national issues.
• Coordinates with the layout artists and social media
correspondent.
• Reporters
• Secures the cold and raw facts of the assigned event and
writes an article out of the same.
• Receives assignments from the section editors and board of
editors and accomplishes the same properly and on time.

13. •Thank you!