Get involved

La Voz Latina is constantly looking for highly-motivated individuals to join our family of excellence in journalism.

Send an email to lavozlatina.umd@gmail.com with the position that you desire.

- Include a second-option position, in the case that your first option is not available.

-You could also take two positions, if you desire.

-Experience is not necessary, but commitment throughout the semester is required.

For the spring 2010 semester, La Voz is looking for the following UNPAID positions. Read below for the description of each position.

  • Layout manager
  • Web master
  • Web coordinators
  • Editor of News section
  • Editor of Entertainment section
  • Editor of Latinidad section
  • Editor Sports and Opinions section

Layout Manager

  • Make decisions about the font size, type, and other layout style issues.
  • Constantly update the layout design book.
  • Organize a Layout training section for editors at least two weeks before layout week begins.
  • Work closely with the layout of the Latinidad section, to achieve a magazine-like layout for this section.
  • Do the layout for Front page or Latinidad section.
  • Come up with formal layout ideas for the news section.
  • Constantly revise the layout of every section and make adjustments to achieve uniformity, clarity, and layout beauty.
  • Contact the editors of each section if a caption, pull quote or title is missing.
  • Contact Photographer organizer if photo or photo credit is missing.

Web Master

  • Come up with ideas on how to adapt articles to the web. This includes deciding what multimedia aspect could be added to written articles.
  • Such multimedia aspects include: videos (original videos or YouTube videos), photography (original photos or Web photos), slide shows (of photos and text), audio (recorded readings of the articles), and any other multimedia idea.
  • Coordinate with the section editors to receive the final version of the articles and any photo or video provided.
  • Coordinate with editor in chief and co editor in chief to determine which articles will post it on the web and which on La Voz facebook page.
  • Distribute the articles to the Web coordinators, and decide who will post what articles.
  • Post any other articles that have not been posted or assigned to the Web coordinators.
  • Coordinate with Web site coordinators on who will post what articles on the web and on facebook.
  • Arrange training section with the web coordinators to teach them how to post articles to the web and facebook.
  • Communicate at least weekly with the editor in chief and co-editor in chief to inform them on how the web process is going.

Web coordinator

  • Post articles on the web and/or facebook page as assigned by the Web master.
  • Follow the guidelines on text size and font on how to post articles.
  • Notify the Web master, editor in chief or co-editor in chief if you need training on how to post articles on the web.

The editor of each section should:

  • Come up with article ideas for your section. Such ideas should include both on campus, national and international Latino/minority news.
  • In order for an article to be worth publishing, it has to have one of the following criteria: it should have a Latino/minority angle and/ OR it should be of campus interest.
  • Lead at least one story meeting per academic year.
  • After the story meeting, the editor should encourage writers to include original photos for their articles.
  • After the first draft of the news section articles are received, distribute News articles to the editors.
  • Each section would have two or three editors, besides the section editor.
  • Receive the first edits, and re-edit ALL the articles of your section.
  • Especially edit the articles for Content, but for grammar as well.
  • Include suggestions to the writers on how to improve their articles.
  • Such suggestions could refer to how to include more different angles/perspectives, or how to make the article clearer.
  • Make suggestions of photos that writers could include with their articles.
  • Receive second edits. Make final edits. Contact writers if necessary with concerns or questions.
  • Write the title and subtitle of each article.
  • Update the status of the article in the google spread sheet.
  • Save the final-edited version of the articles in the Journalism computers.
  • Save the photos received from the writers.
  • Update the status of the article in the google spread sheet.
  • Contact photographer editor with suggestions of photos that were not provided by writers.
  • After all photos are received, select a maximum of two photos for each article, and write a caption for each.
  • (We highly suggest that the editors of each section do the layout for that section). If interested in doing the layout for the designated section as well, then follow the following guidelines.
  • Start the layout for your section with coordination of the layout manger and editor in chief.
  • Be sure to ask for a layout training section if necessary.
  • Contact the Web master and/or web coordinators to send the final version of the section’s articles with any additional photos and/or videos provided.

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