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Apply to join The Ubyssey's editorial board

Thanks for your interest in joining theThe Ubyssey's editorial board.

What is the editorial board?

This year, the Opinion Section is creating The Ubyssey’s inaugural editorial board (or at least, inaugural in recent memory). The editorial board will be composed of nine members of The Ubyssey and will write weekly editorials on a range of topics. Editorials are opinion essays that, unlike the rest of our publication, are not signed by an individual author — they’re signed by the editorial board as a whole.

The board will include a member from every section of our publication — Arts, Culture, News, Opinion and Sports. The board won’t just write about AMS politics or civics. Anything that’s part of our report is fair game for an editorial. Though we are unlikely to write a concert review as an editorial board, we might weigh in on how UBC should support live music or condemn Vancouver’s cuts to arts funding. We might not write a game analysis, but we could praise the AMS for playing Thunderbirds games throughout the Nest or condemn NAIA’s restrictions on trans athletes. Joining the board will allow you to dive deeper into issues your department may not cover.

Who should apply

You should apply to be a member of the editorial board if you

- can regularly pitch novel and timely ideas, - can write a draft within 24 hours, - want to be more involved at The Ubyssey, - want to meet and work alongside more members of The Ubyssey, - want to lead campus conversations and - are excited to develop your deliberative capacity and critical thinking.

What you'll do

The board meets weekly on Thursdays from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. You should come to each meeting with one or two pitches for the board. During each meeting, the board will discuss which pitches to accept before debating and outlining the weekly editorial.

Members of the editorial board can expect to write an editorial once per month. Drafts are due on Friday — 24 hours after the editorial board meeting ends. They are then edited by the rest of the editorial board, fact-checked and approved by Sunday before they are published Monday. You should be available Friday and Saturday to provide feedback on draft editorials.

Applying

The editorial board description and application questions are viewable here. To complete an application, make a copy of the document and name the file according to this format: UBSY_REF_FullNameEditorialBoard_YYYY-MM-DD.

When you are done, please send us the link to that document through this form. Make sure it is set to view only, but accessible to anyone with the link. It'll be stored in a restricted folder in our Shared Drive as soon as you upload it.

Applications close on September 8th at 9 p.m. Successful applicants will be contacted on September 9th. The first meeting of the editorial board is September 10th from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Questions? Send an email to opinion@ubyssey.ca.

Personal

What is your full name?

Use the name we know you by, not the name on your government-issued ID.

What is your Ubyssey email address?

What section do you report for?

How long have you been with The Ubyssey?

Can you make the editorial board meetings that are in-person every Thursday from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.? The first meeting is on September 10th.

Please upload a link to your application here

Please make sure it is set to view for anyone with the link, and name the file according to this format: UBSY_REF_FullNameEditorialBoard_YYYY-MM-DD