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Wanted: Reporters for The Gardens Gazette

11/1/2017

Help Keep Arrowhead Gardens Residents Informed & Amused

Wanted: Byline reporters for The Gardens Gazette.

* News coverage
* Trip reports
* Current events
* Meeting reports
* Feature stories
* Performance reviews
* Person-to-person Interviews
* Resident profiles
* Photo journals
* Podcasts

Willing to:
* Take field notes. (see resources below)
* Attend events and activities.
* Interview residents, staff and visitors.
* Investigate stories proposed by residents.
* Follow established standards & practices.
* Submit finished reports for the website.
* Optional: Use smartphone recording techniques.

If interested:
@ Contact John Walling [email protected]

Resources at TheGardensGazette.org > Blogs > Website

Resources:

Contributors Guide

WikiHow:
* How to Be a Reporter

Amazon:
* Reporter's Notebooks

RCFP:
* Consent and its limits
* Copyright and taped interviews
* Reporter's Recording Guide PDF (WA State on page 26)

Thoughtco:
* Anonymous Sources 1
* Anonymous Sources 2
* Attribution to Avoid Plagiarism
* Common Mistakes
* Fact Checking
* Feature Stories 1
* Feature Stories 2
* Feature Story Elements
* Follow-up News Stories
* Good Quotes
* Holding Attention
* Ideas for Stories
* Interviewing a Relative
* Interviews
* Interviews for News
* Inverted Pyramid 1
* Inverted Pyramid 2
* Ledes (Leads) 1
* Ledes (Leads) 2
* Ledes (Leads) 3
* Live Events
* Live News Events
* Mainbars and Sidebars
* Note Taking for Interviews
* Notebooks vs Recorders
* Objectivity 1
* Objectivity 2
* Questions to Ask Relatives
* Quotes
* Speeches
* Style
* Terms
* Verbs and Adjectives

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Website Meeting Nov-21-2016

11/19/2016

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Website Information Meeting:
Monday Nov-21 2-3pm B Bldg Craft Room

Discussion Items:

1. New: Adding comment sections on static pages (blogs come with comments automatically) See Dining and Transportation comments sections.

2. Proposal: Scan Straight Arrow News issues and add them to the website.

I have a new printer-scanner which makes it easy.
I can blank last names for privacy.
Scanned issues would be linked from here.

3. How to get new contributors. Interest has been sporadic.

Feel free to add your comments and suggestions below.

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Contribute to TheGardensGazette.org

10/19/2016

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Updated November 5, 2016
Print copies posted in building bulletin boards

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Invitation to Participate

10/10/2016

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Invitation to

Creative writers
Visual artists
Photographers
Activity reporters
Website editors

Have your work posted on
TheGardensGazette.org

Express your interest on the website @Contact form.
Request a meeting to get you started.
Attend a public website meeting announced on the home page.

Norma R - Lead Editor
John W - Site Administrator
Website sponsored by AGRC

Prepared 10-13-2016 at 11:35 pm

The following announcement is on bulletin boards effective Oct 11, 2016

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AGRC Status Report #2 for TheGardensGazette.org

8/26/2016

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AGRC Status Report #2 for http://www.TheGardensGazette.org
To: AGRC General Meeting (8/26/2016 starting at 6:30pm)
By: John Walling and Norma Roth
Menu: Blogs > Website > http://www.thegardensgazette.org/website

Last month I introduced a new website to you. It is designed specifically to be used by the residents of Arrowhead Gardens. Since last month, we've had several meetings with people interested in participating in the website, especially people who want to contribute to the blogs. Anyone who has a story to tell or a comment to make is welcome to contribute.

You can participate by
(a) visiting the website and making suggestions with the @Contact form;
(b) by telling your friends and neighbors about the site;
(c) by submitting online content for publication;
(d) by becoming a blogger; or
(e) by becoming a site editor.
We will provide training to help you progress up the skill ladder.

The Gardens Gazette is designed for a large portion of today's AG residents and for all future residents who will be looking for the latest in technology. We plan to be ready for them.

Out goal is to have the site fully formed by October 1, 2016 -- with your help.

We are developing content workflow and you are invited to make submissions to help us get the bugs out.
Menu: Feedback > Submission > http://www.thegardensgazette.org/submission.html

Meetings occur in the B Building Craft Room, usually Mondays at 2pm and additional meetups during the week. Watch for meeting dates here:
Menu: Blogs > Website > http://www.thegardensgazette.org/website

If you would like to be added to the website team email list, make a request on the website @Contact form. http://www.thegardensgazette.org/contact.html

-------------End of Status Report #2---------------

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How to participate in The Gardens Gazette

8/24/2016

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How to participate in making The Gardens Gazette more useful:

1. Make use of the website content and give feedback with the contact page.
2. Attend website meetings or training sessions.
3. Use the contact page to request demos or assistance.
4. Show your friends and neighbors how to use the website.
5. Use the contributor Submission page to add content to the website--even tidbits of information. We will help you.
6. Adopt a blog and keep it fresh. We will train you.
7. Become an editor and help keep the website lively. We will train you.

New content can be articles, photos, videos, audio, graphics, art, news, announcements, schedules, trip plans--your imagination is the limit.

To schedule individualized training sessions, contact John Walling in person or use the site Contact form and indicate which type of training you are interested in: Beginner Contributor, Intermediate Blogger, or Advance Editor.

There are three levels of training, starting with basics.

Contributor training: (Beginner level)
* How to use the Submission form on the website plus a style guide.
* One 30-minute training session submitting files for test or publication.
* Contributors have approval rights for changes and the editorial team has approval rights for publishing.
* Contributors can contribute to blogs without blogger training. (See blogs directory.)

After your are comfortable as a Contributor, you can advance to Blogger.

Blogger training: (Intermediate level)
* How to keep a dedicated blog up-to-date.
* Two 45-minute training sessions plus recommended reading on Weebly.
* Training will include setting up a Weebly website for blog practice.
* The editorial team reserves approval rights for publishing blog posts.
* Look at blogs directory to see if one of them fits your interest or suggest a different kind of blog.

After you are comfortable as a Blogger, you can advance to a site Editor.

Editor training: (Advanced level)
* How to edit submissions for publication.
* Three 45-minute training sessions plus commitment to attend scheduled editorial meetings.
* Training will include setting up a Weebly website for edit practice plus recommended reading on Weebly.

For those interested in learning advanced topics:
A good place to start learning how to use Weebly as a website blogger or editor are these 3 help sections at https://hc.weebly.com/hc/en-us
* The Essentials
* Build
* Blogging
Youtube has these useful tutorials for Weebly
* Introduction tutorial (18m)
* Beginner's Guide (1h3m)
* Layouts, templates, page structure (9m)

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