Newsletter Editor:Share your flair for writing

Purpose of Position

Help Jacksonville to learn about enviro issues, fun events and action alerts while building your resume.

Publish the local Northeast Florida monthly newsletter that reflects the Club’s conservation priorities at the local, state, and national level, and informs local members about outings and other events in their area. The newsletter is produced and mailed in hardcopy and electronically.

Responsibilities

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• Establish priority and timeliness of news articles; set and maintain deadlines and production schedules. Work closely with chapter officers and committee chairs to identify lead articles and calendar items.
• Assure that job mechanics are properly completed: typing, proof-reading, layout, labeling, and mailing.
• Notify the Labels Desk in the national office of any changes to your standing order* for newsletter mailing labels.

Editorship of a chapter or group newsletter is one of the most important jobs in the Sierra Club because it keeps members connected to issues, programs and events of the Club.

Some sources of such information are:

- the Club’s activist resource publication, "The Planet," newsletters of other chapters and groups, and publications of other conservation organizations;

- attending meetings of the chapter or group executive committee (or arrange for someone to gather appropriate information for them) for news of conservation, outings, and other activities.

- regular communication with the chapter or group chair and conservation chair as well as leaders of various committees, including outings chair, and Inner City Outings chair

Following is a list of routine tasks required of newsletter editors or their assistants:

• Solicit articles photography and artwork.
• Edit articles submitted
• Prioritize and select articles if more submitted than needed—coordinate with group chair and the article submittor
• Write articles as needed
• Submit for printing.
• Act as liaison with the Post Office (regarding mailing permits).
• Arrange for mailing labels.

Skills: Good writing skills, organization, computer literacy

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