Volunteering at the
Xaverian
Weekly
A How-to Guide by
Ashley Fletcher Editor-in-Chief
COME TO A MEETING:
Every Monday at 6:00pm we have our
meetings in the newsroom, located in the basement of the
SUB by the campus bookstore. They are open to everyone and
are the best way to meet and talk with us in person! All
the editors are there and they pitch their stories
and you let the editors know if you want to write
something that they have mentioned. It's also great to hear
what you guys have heard going on campus. We love feedback
and brainstorming. We're always looking for article ideas,
feature focuses and new outlooks. We also have free Greco
pizza!
WHAT YOU CAN DO:
We love people who want to write for us:
News stories, following up with events on campus, cd
reviews, comics, puzzles, sports games and many other
things. Help out with selling ads or laying out
the paper, possibilities are endless!
DO I GET FREE STUFF?:
Yes indeedy. It feels great to work for the
paper, nothing beats watching thousands of students reading
your work as you walk around on distributions day. You can
also put on your resume that you are a published author.
Plus, we do other cool things. If you review a cd, you can
keep it! We also get free tickets to all the sports games,
concerts and theatre productions and you can have them if
you write a story on them!
Need more reasons to volunteer for the newspaper? -We're an
awesome, easy going bunch of people.
-It's a great way to meet people
-Work on your writing skills
-We hire ten staff members every year, these are paid
positions and the best way to line yourself up for one of
them is to volunteer now!