[imc-scotland-discussion] Re: feature proposals

[Sean Hammond]

Thanks,

it seems our editorial policy is not as ad-hoc as I had thought.

I really like the G8 Reflections feature, so thanks for sorting it out.

On 10/1/05, Anarcho Babe <anarchobabe at fempages.org> wrote:
>
> Hia,
>
> before proposing articles for features please read the editorial
> guidelines:
> http://scotland.indymedia.org/mod/info/display/policy/index.php
>
>
> Also,
> 1.) the pictures needs to go to the right (layout decision)
> 2.) the abstract should give a summary of what why when where who happened
> and link to where to find more infos (excluding links to mainstream
> media), pictures and subjective reports
> 3.) ideally the features should group together postings relating to the
> same issue
> 4.) the features should be focussed on news reporting, opinion pieces
> should stay in the newswire.
> There should be no direct calls for actions in the features, as we are a
> news site and not particularly an activist campaigning site. If we call
> for particular actions in the features, we might loose the more or less
> journalistic status we occasionally hold, this is of importance
> particularly at demos and it might eventually endanger the
> reporters/editors/website to even more state and legal repression if we
> do.
> 5.) the features should be of higher quality than the newswire. This
> should regard content and research for content, layout and style.
>
>
> cheerio Ulla
>
>
>
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