Advice to editors

Challenge the writing, not the writer.
Include writers – ask what stories they think we should be writing and how they should be written.
Keep office hours. Stick to them.
Collaborate during assignment and editing process. Make them partners in creating the paper.
Make deadlines earlier if time is a problem. Don’t force articles into the paper at the last minute.
Coach before deadline, fix on deadline.
Get everybody moving in the same direction, being on the same team, striving for the same goals.
Become more than just an e-mail address. Make face time.
Editor should be a builder, not a demolitions expert.
There’s a big difference between the editor who tells reporters “You can do better than this” with actions than the one who says “I can do better than you.”

NC State Student Media