Tonight was the first meeting of the Torch for the 2014-15 school year. Senior Sarvani Ramcharran led the group in its first budget.
Ramcharran started the meeting by welcoming the new staff writers, and introduced them to their editorial board for the year: Editor-in-Chief, Ramcharran; Managing Editor, me; Design Editor, Lauren Swanson; Photo Editor, Elizabeth Doll; Sports Editor, Maggi Quigley; and Professor/Supervisor, D'Arcy Fallon.
Ramcharran briefly discussed what potential positions each new staff member could hold as a writer, copy editor, designer, and photographer, before addressing the week's stories.
The editor-in-chief opened the floor for potential stories, and allowed all members of the staff to share any new story ideas they had. She then briefly described each story, and allowed the writers to select any stories they wanted to cover.
After appointing the stories, Ramcharran dismissed the staff, and potential copy editors, designers, photographers, and sports writers stayed after to discuss their new jobs/responsibilities with their respective editorial board member.
*Note: Due to being Managing Editor, I had responsibilities to attend to during the meeting and I was unable to blog this during the meeting itself, so this is as close to on-the-scene as I could get. Check out this issue of the Torch when it comes out on September 10th!*
I think Sarvani did a good job at her first meeting. I think it's very interesting to see the new members of the Torch staff have such ambitious ideas. I would love to hear their opinions about the paper after they see it in print, especially since it's appearance is my job :)
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