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Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
National Capital Region
Schools Division Office of Quezon City

FUNCTIONS OF THE PUBLICATION STAFF


I. EDITOR IN CHIEF:
 Supervises the editorial staff of the paper.
 Writes the editorial of the organ.
 Edits all articles preparatory to submission of the same to the adviser for final editing and approval for
publication.
 Supervises the preparation of the layout of the paper and paging of the same in cooperation with the
Managing Editor.
 Causes the accomplishment of all assignments properly and on time.
 Acts as liaison officer between the editorial staff and the adviser.
 Calls meetings of the staff in consultation with the adviser.

II. 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 of the paper and paging of the same with the Editor-in-Chief and
Managing Editor.

III.MANAGING EDITOR:
 Brings articles to the press for type setting.
 Checks articles for typographical errors.
 Prepares the layout of the paper and paging of the same consultation with the Editor-in-Chief.
 Proofreading galley proofs before these are finally approved by the adviser for printing.

IV. SECTION EDITORS:


NEWS EDITORS
 Assigns reporters to cover events relevant to the school activities.
 Writes straight news articles on assignment from the Editor-in-Chief or through his own initiative in
consultation with the latter.
 Edits all straight news articles received preparatory to submission of the same to the Editor-in-Chief.
SPORTS EDITORS
 Gives out assignments to reporters to cover sports events in which the school is a participant.
 Writes sports articles unassigned to reporters.
 Edits all straight news articles received preparatory to submission of the same to the Editor-in-Chief.
HEALTH & SCIENCE EDITORS
 Writes health/science articles.
 Edits all health/science articles received preparatory to submission of the same to the Editor-in-Chief.

PHOTOJOURNALIST/PHOTO EDITORS
 Assigns or causes the assignment of the school’s official photographer to take pictures on school’s activities
for the month.
 Prepares pictorial articles of the organ in consultation with the Managing Editor and Editor-in-Chief.
 Writes the captions of pictures utilized by the paper in cooperation with the Editor-in-Chief.
 Labels or properly identifies all pictures made available for publication. It is suggested that he writes (in
pencil) at the back of every picture the event to which a particular picture refers.

ARTIST/CARTOONIST
 Helps in preparation of the layout of pictorial stories.
 Prepares editorial cartoons.
 Makes illustrations for feature articles.
 Submits weekly outputs of editorial cartoon about campus and national issues.
 Prepare a portfolio of clippings of editorial cartoons from the newspaper and magazines.
FEATURE EDITOR
 Gives out assignments for feature writers.
 Receives and edits feature articles preparatory to submission of the same to the Editor-in-Chief.
 Writes a regular feature article or column.
LITERARY EDITORS
 Gives out assignments for literary writers.
 Receives and edits literary articles preparatory to submission of the same to the Editor-in-Chief.
 Writes literary articles.
EXCHANGE EDITOR/CIRCULATION MANAGER
 Makes up a list of school papers sent by other schools.
 Mails copies of his own to these schools.
 Files their papers on a bulletin board or displays them on a newspaper rack.
 Keeps files of his school information, such as class lists, homeroom advisers, administrative officials, etc.
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.

REPORTERS ARTIST

 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.

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