RETORT EDITOR APPLICATION
SCHOOL YEAR _____________
NAME_________________________ YEAR IN SCHOOL____________
ADDRESS________________________________ PHONE____________
__________________________________________ ZIP_______________
MAJOR_________________________ MINOR _____________________
Please read through the attached The Retort’s By-Laws to familiarize
yourself with the requirements of The Retort’s Editor position.
Please indicate the areas in which you have experience and indicate that
experience:
Editing/Management:
Copy Editing:
Reporting:
Editorial Writing:
Layout:
Ad Design:
Business Management/Ad Selling:
Photography:
Please RANK the following area(s) from strongest to weakest (1 to 6):
English Speech/Debate Layout
Advertising Accounting/Budgeting Management
Would you be working part-time while serving as editor of The Retort?
If so, how many hours per week would you work?
Have you written an article for or a letter from the editor to The Retort before? If
so, what section of the paper was it published in? What did you write about and
why did you write about that subject?
What changes would you make in the current operation and content of The Retort?
What ideas do you have to improve The Retort?
What are the major areas you would concentrate on in your term as editor of The
Retort?
Why do you want to be The Retort editor? What do you think some challenges of
the position will be?
Have you worked at The Retort or another newspaper before?
PLEASE ATTACH YOUR RESUME OF EXPERIENCE AND A STATEMENT
OF OBJECTIVES AND GOALS.
SUBMIT THIS APPLICATION TO THE STUDENT GOVERNMENT
OFFICE, ROOM 213 OF THE SUB BY MARCH 31st