In the final months of their high school careers, student journalists can often find themselves losing motivation, a condition often called senioritis. This lack of productivity can set poor examples for underclassmen staffers and decrease the output of the staff as a whole.
In these times, it’s important to set new standards for your staff to ensure it remains a shining beacon in the landscape of high school journalism.
Here at Manual RedEye, we are working hard to combat the effects of senioritis by reasserting the importance of real, serious journalism. While some of our staffers have previously filled their monthly quotas with hastily written, low brow satire, they are now being pushed to move away from this.
“They literally let me on this staff to write satire,” Leo Tobbe (12, J&C) said. “Now they’re telling me to be serious? This is literally 1984.”
Tobbe’s uninspired and churlish satire is no longer accepted under Manual RedEye’s new standards list, which bars staffers from writing satire entirely.
The new standards for productivity also help to create a more rigid structure based on staff roles. The Multimedia team is now expected to only work on video projects, which is expected to decrease the number of staffers who prioritize poorly written print over their fine video work.
“I love my boss, and I love making videos,” Caleb Masterson (12, J&C) said. Masterson feels grateful for these new rules, citing them as responsible for curing his senioritis.
“I had too much freedom before, I didn’t know what to do with it, and Cooper has helped show me how much better I can be under these new rules,” Masterson said.
Masterson is currently working on three new videos, “Why Manual RedEye is the greatest staff,” “The great triumph of Holy Leader Cooper Walton” and “Bow down to the Editorial Board.”
Mobility is no longer valued in Manual RedEye, as it has allowed current members of the Editorial Board to lack in output when their terms are ending. In order to mitigate this effect, the staff have voted for the current Editorial Board to remain in place serving life terms.
“I am honored to be elected as your forever EIC,” Editor in Chief Kaelin Gaydos (12, J&C) said in a speech this Tuesday.
Gaydos hopes to make significant changes to the staff workflow in the coming year, including adding mandatory work nights every school night until 9 pm.
“Manual RedEye now, Manual RedEye forever,” Gaydos cheered to conclude her speech.
