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Leadership & Team Building

Ever since I joined the staff of The Lion's Roar as a sophomore in the Introduction to Journalism class, I have made a conscious effort to lead and help the rest of the staff as much as I can. When I moved up to the Advanced Journalism class as a junior, I was promoted to the position of Associate Editor. This meant that I was responsible for editing the stories that came out of my class period for both content and grammar and making decisions as to which stories would be sent up to the Editors-in-Chief. This position also included doing some layout for the newspaper and editing photos. Each week I would speak with every person in my class to see what they were working on and I kept a spreadsheet of what they had completed and what they were still working on. I also hosted meetings in class once every few weeks so that they could all bounce ideas off of one another that I could then bring back to the rest of the editorial board. This year, as a senior in both Topics in Journalism (Advanced didn't run this year) and Broadcast Journalism, I have been named as a co Editor-in-Chief along with two other students. This position is very similar to my previous post as Associate Editor. We only have one class dedicated to writing this year, so we edit everything that comes our way and are responsible for all layout. We help staffers who need advice with interviews, writing tips, and story ideas. We hold bi-weekly meetings with our editorial staff to generate ideas and make sure that everybody is on track. We make all of the decisions as to the content of our newspaper, website, social media accounts, and daily broadcasts. And, above all, we ensure that our dedicated team of staffers know that they have all of us behind them if they need advice, ideas, or a listening ear.

This photo includes about half of The Lion's Roar's staff. I am fourth from the left in the back row, in the gray shirt.

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