Editorial Tasks

Editorial Tasks By Month

August – September

  • Editors host a table at the Cadet Activities Fair, where they spread the word about the publication.
  • Editors host an informational meeting about becoming an editor.
  • Editors make plans for the journal and conference.
  • Editors start learning the InDesign software.
  • Editors create submission posters and flyers using InDesign.

October – November

  • Editors host an informational meeting about GSJ submissions.
  • Editors advertise for submissions by handing out quarter sheets to students in Mark Clark Hall.
  • Editors place submission posters and flyers throughout the campus.
  • Editors host speakers about publishing.
  • Editors learn how to use the publishing software InDesign to create the journal.
  • Editors design the template for the spring edition of the publication.
  • Editors decide the venue for the Gold Star Journal Academic Conference (GSJAC).
  • Editors decide the swag and awards to buy for the GSJAC. They design of these items and purchase the swag.

December

  • Editors advertise for submissions by handing out quarter sheets to students in Mark Clark Hall.
  • Editors read all nonfiction submissions over break.
  • Editors review all photographs, artwork, and photo stories over break.
Informational meeting.
Training session
Photo story presentation

January

  • Editors decide which submissions to conditionally accept.
  • Editors provide authors of conditionally accepted papers suggestions for revision.
  • Editors decide which papers to accept.
  • Editors work one-on-one with authors on the selected papers.
  • Editors revise accepted papers.
  • Editors place papers into the template of the journal.
  • Editors place photographs and artwork into The GSJ.
  • Editors start writing and designing the front pages of the journal.

February

  • Editors continue designing the journal’s layout, including the first few pages.
  • Editors host a meeting for the selected authors on how to give a presentation for the GSJAC.
  • Editors work one-on-one with their author on the development of speeches for the GSJAC.
  • Editors continue editing the text and revising the layout.
  • Editors provide each author a PDF of their paper for final review.
  • Editors make final corrections to The GSJ based on feedback from the authors.
  • Editors submit The GSJ to the printers.
  • Editors review the submitted videos of authors and decide which authors have the potential to speak at the GSJAC.
2018 Author David Truesdale
2017 Author John Reynolds
2016 Author Joseph Draper

March

  • Editors continue working one-on-one with their author on revising their presentations.
  • Editors and cadet volunteers distribute The GSJ to students, faculty, and staff prior to Corps Day.
  • Editors host a practice for the GSJAC.
  • On Corps Day, Editors along with cadet volunteers give copies of The GSJ to visitors.
  • Editors host a dress rehearsal for the GSJAC.

April

  • Editors and cadet volunteers set-up for the GSJAC.
  • Editors host the Gold Star Journal Academic Conference. Each Editor introduces their own author to the audience. Some Editors announce the award winners, while others hand out the trophies.
  • Editors and cadet volunteers clean-up after the GSJAC.
  • Continuing editors start planning for the next year’s operation and journal.
  • Editors host a table at Accepted Students Day, where they spread the word about the publication.