College Newsroom » cvanorde http://www.collegenewsroom.org A network for collegiate newsrooms to collaborate, share and learn. Sun, 30 Jan 2011 16:15:31 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Recruiting Writers http://www.collegenewsroom.org/2010/02/10/recruiting-writers/ http://www.collegenewsroom.org/2010/02/10/recruiting-writers/#comments Wed, 10 Feb 2010 14:26:08 +0000 cvanorde http://www.collegenewsroom.org/?p=207
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]]> I am the news editor of a weekly paper, and I have the hardest time recruiting writers for the news section.

Last semester, I had a good, solid group of about seven people I could rely on. However, most of them are not writing this semester due to busy schedules, heavy class loads, etc. I have story ideas and issues that need to be investigated and reported on,  but I have very few people willing to write.

How do you find writers who know what they’re doing — writers who do not need very much training? The kind who know what a lead is, know how to use the inverted pyramid style? Anyone else dealt with a shortage of writers?

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