Watchin' the Dogs: Covering Student Government
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Watchin’ the dogsCovering student government
Hi! I’m going to use these little notes to help you
through the slides without my actual presentation.
- KRG
“Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.”
Thomas Jefferson
Your job as the Fourth Estate is
to watch those in power.
1. Attend all meetings
You need to have a reporter there each
time they meet. You will get stories from these
meetings.
2. Know the law
Understand laws that apply to your
administration and student government, including
state open meetings and open records laws.
3. Rotate the beat This keeps any individual reporter from getting stale
in his/her coverage.
4. Write about people, not processes
No one cares about policy and procedure. We want
to read about people.
5. Avoid conflicts of interest
Don’t allow editors to serve on student
government.
6. Cover live
Live tweet meetings, Storify coverage,
post online stories ASAP.
7. Train staff
Make sure your staff understands Robert’s Rules of
Order and how to cover student government meetings.
8. Don’t forget issues
Continue your reporting on each
issue until a resolution is reached. Don’t drop coverage.
9. Obtain documents
Possess all of the official student government
documents so you can refer to them when
necessary.
10. Match accountability
Whatever is required of your SGA (GPA, conduct, etc.), you also should require of
your staff.
Kenna Griffinwww.profkrg.com
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