Editing shift in Student Media

Over the past few weeks I was asked by my teacher to go to the student media office and edit stories for The Washburn Review and yearbook.  I just completed my last shift yesterday and learned so much from this experience.  The stories I edited, for example, were: volleyball, football, finals stress, and freshman insiders.  These stories were all personal and I really enjoyed reading them.  As I was editing, I was to make changes according the the AP style guidelines.  Being a writing tutor as well as an taking editing class made this relatively easy to go through each story.

When I was finished making the corrections to each story I went to a computer and made the changes and handed them to one of the editors in the room who checked over them a second time.  Each shift lasted two hours and there were other editors in the room as well as production and film students.  The atmosphere of the room was very relaxed and student lead, which I enjoyed.  They had a "to do" checklist on the wall of stories and things they needed to be completed.  This kept them organized and I knew these students were very good at their jobs and tasks they were given.  

Overall, my experience was positive and I can relate to the editors in student media since I edit at Mabee Library as a tutor. Whenever editors become stressed from all the grammar errors I like to tell them, "Just laugh it off and let your skills show through the edits."