Editors' Guide: Managing Editor
Your job has three components:
- Copy Editor -- All of the content posted each day should go through you for editing. Make sure headlines are upper and lower case. Does all of our text content conform to CP style? Is the content free from spelling and grammatical errors? Do all of the links work? You then click the Options tab and change the status (to "Open") to publish the story publicly.
- Front Page Editor -- All published stories appear on the front page but you decide which story is the lead story throughout the day. The lead story should have a (horizontal) photo in the Image 1 field. You make it the lead story by checking "Make Entry Sticky" under the Options tab on the Publish page. You must always "unstick" stories when they are replaced by another "sticky" story. This puts them back in the normal story order of newest on top.
- Community Editor -- Approve (or not) comments awaiting moderation each day. These are listed as "Comments Awaiting Validation" on the main page after log in. (Obviously) approve only those that are not spam -- and those that seem legitimate. Moderating comments can be tricky. We should take care to allow a full conversation -- even if we don't like the tone or language. We should approve comments that criticize us -- even (especially?) if we disagree with them. We should reject comments that are offensive or libelous.