COLEGIO DE SAN JOSE

Member: Daughters of Charity - St. Louise de Marillac Educational System

E. Lopez St., Brgy., Our Lady of Fatima, Jaro, Iloilo City
INTEGRATED BASIC EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

September 17, 2021

Dear Josephinians,

CONGRATULATIONS! You are now one of the official contributors of our school paper, The
Josephinian Point. We, in the school publication serve as outlet and motivation among students for
creative and journalistic writing. We are also expected to produce a yearly magazine or a tabloid.

Position Entry for submission (Choose One)

Editor–in-Chief Opinion Article/ News Article/ Feature Article
Associate Editor Opinion Article/ News Article/ Feature Article
Managing Editor Opinion Article/ News Article/ Feature Article
News Editor Opinion Article/ News Article/ Feature Article
Opinion Editor Opinion Article/ News Article/ Feature Article
Feature Editor Opinion Article/ News Article/ Feature Article
Sports Editor Sports Article
Literary Editor Poems/Essays
Artist cartoonists Drawing/ Painting/ Sketch
In line with this, as an official contributor, you have to undergo a screening procedure that will
identify your qualification for the Editorial Staff position. You have to submit an entry that will be the
basis of your qualification on the following positions you are interested to. Kindly send your entries to
thejosephinianpoint@gmail.com.

Kindly read the Qualifying Traits and the Duties and Responsibilities for your reference. Thank you
so much and God bless!

QUALIFYING TRAITS
Editor:
The editor must be:
1. An organizer – he must plan each job so that no one process in publishing the paper need wait
for some other processes.
2. A leader – He must be highly respected in his job that in rush time he can demand extra effort
from the staff members without their feeling imposed upon. He must of course be ready and
willing to do more than his share of the dirty work.
3. Willing to sacrifice much of his own time. The duties of editor often keep him busy long after the
other staffers have finished their assignment.
4. A “super- reporter.”
Associate editor: He should know the work of the editor well enough so that he may carry on in the
absence of the editor. He should always be ready to help through the rush hours.
News/Feature writer or editor: He is usually a person who has a talent for writing clever original
stories.
Sports editor: The sports editor must not only like and understand sports. He should enjoy writing,
have good imagination, and the ability to think of new types of interesting material.
He must be able to express ordinary facts in an interesting way.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

 COLEGIO DE SAN JOSE
Member: Daughters of Charity - St. Louise de Marillac Educational System
E. Lopez St., Brgy., Our Lady of Fatima, Jaro, Iloilo City
INTEGRATED BASIC EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

1. Editor-in-Chief
a. Supervises the editorial staff of the paper.
b. Edits all articles preparatory to submission of the same to the adviser for final editing and
approval for publication.
c. Supervises the preparation of the layout of the paper and paging of the same in cooperation
with the Managing Editor.
d. Process the accomplishments of all assignments properly and on time.
e. Acts as liaison officer between the editorial staff and the adviser.
f. Calls meeting of the staff in consultation with the adviser.
2. Associate Editor
a. Edits the articles in cooperation with the Editor-in-Chief.
b. Writes editorials of the organ when requested.
c. Prepares assignments of section editors in consultation with the editor-in-Chief.
d. Corporates in the preparation of the layout of the paper and paging of the same with the
Editor-in Chief and Managing Editor.
3. Section Editor
News Editor
a. Assigns reporters to cover events relevant to the school activities.
b. Writes straight news articles on assignment from the Editor-in-Chief or through his own
initiative in consultation with the latter.
c. Edits all straight news articles received preparatory to submission of the same to the Editor-in-
Chief.
Sports Editor
a. Gives out assignments to reporters to cover sports events in which the school is the
participant.
b. Writes sports articles unassigned to reporters.
c. Edits all straight news articles received preparatory to submission of the same Editor-in-Chief.
Artist Cartoonist
a. Helps in the preparation of the layout of pictorial stories.
b. Prepares editorial cartoons.
c. Makes illustrations for poems and feature articles
Feature editor
a. Give out assignments to feature writers.
b. Receives and edits articles preparatory to submission to the Editor-in-Chief.
c. Writes a regular article or column.

Sincerely,

MISS GERLIE JOY D. PACETE

Club Moderator

Noted by: Approved by:

MISS VISITACION SERUE MISS NOEME M. JUTAJERO, M.Ed

Coordinator for Student Activities IBED Principal