1. THE BLUE AND GOLD Info Session 2010
Thursday, 2 September 2010
2. What We Are Not
• Propaganda arm of SMUSA
• Professor-run
• An SMU tabloid
• Boring crap (well...)
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3. What We Are
• Purely student-run
• Under SMUSA’s wing, though
not held by the neck
• Publish 4 times a year
• An avenue for student activism
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4. A Singapore Management University Students’ Association Publication
The Blue and Gold
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Almost 10
and still growing
President Howard Hunter
The GSR debate
Good cause for protest? ALSO: The SMU Dragonz win big
Or just policy-making gone wrong?
Interview with the
new SMUSA Exco
Credits
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SMU Students’ Association’s take on
the big and small issues
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ALSO: The 4.5 year
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5. Our Team (current)
Managing Director
Owen Tan
Media Director Editor-in-Chief Admin/HR Director
vacant vacant Hu Nian Bo
Photographer Managing Editors Marketing Director
vacant Senthil Sukumar Deborah Lim
Shobana Nadaraja
Layout Director
vacant Senior Editor
Talisa Kaur Dhaliwal
IT Director
vacant Editors
Ankita Prasad
Illustrator Nadim Ali Kapadia
vacant Sheena Lee
Aashna Nasta
Tobias Yeo
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6. Announcements
• The “new” Exco took over
officially March 2010
• Departures of two major
honchos:
• Michael Ng
• Ephraim Loy
• Next issue - September 2010 -
comes out end of this week or
next
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9. Our Mission, Vision, Whatever
• Mission: To inform.
• Vision: The Blue and Gold serves to inspire and equip students to step up in
their relentless pursuit of ideals.
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10. Our Mission, Vision, Whatever
• Mission: To inform.
• Vision: The Blue and Gold serves to inspire and equip students to step up in
their relentless pursuit of ideals.
• Yawn.
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11. Our Mission, Vision, Whatever
• Mission: To inform.
• Vision: The Blue and Gold serves to inspire and equip students to step up in
their relentless pursuit of ideals.
• Yawn.
• But at the end of the day, nothing is more important than providing good
value to people. - Thanks Raymond and Choo Kiat (Glassroom)!
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12. Only one principle:
Great thinking, writing, reporting.
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15. Editors vs journalists vs contributors
• Contributors - no-frills writing and reporting
• Requirements: communicate/write well
• No minimum contribution required
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16. Editors vs journalists vs contributors
• Contributors - no-frills writing and reporting
• Requirements: communicate/write well
• No minimum contribution required
• Journalists - regular writers.
• Requirements: attend and report on events + as above
• Minimum contribution: one article per issue
• Expected to regularly attend weekly meetings
Thursday, 2 September 2010
17. Editors vs journalists vs contributors
• Contributors - no-frills writing and reporting
• Requirements: communicate/write well
• No minimum contribution required
• Journalists - regular writers.
• Requirements: attend and report on events + as above
• Minimum contribution: one article per issue
• Expected to regularly attend weekly meetings
• Editors - oversees writers and edits articles
• Requirements: have written at least five solid articles + passion for writing + as above
• Minimum contribution: one article per issue + editorial duties + additional duties
• Expected to regularly attend weekly meetings
Thursday, 2 September 2010
18. What’s in it for me being a journalist...?
• Exclusive access to special events
• Toys & Games Convention
• World Cities Summit
• APEC Summit
• HPAIR
• Musicals - Honk!
• Other school events
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