EXECUTIVE BOARD POSITIONS

Policy Perspectives, the Trachtenberg School’s student-run journal and policy blog, is now accepting applications for executive board positions for the 2022-23 academic year.

Applications are open to all current staff members who will be enrolled at Trachtenberg through spring 2024. Staff interested in applying can refer to the instructions emailed to them by this year’s executive leadership.

Deadline:  Friday, April 21 at 11:59 PM ET

We are accepting applications for the following positions:

Editor-in-Chief:
The Editor-in-Chief will lead the production of the print journal with the Managing Editor. Responsibilities include: 

• Project management: write and submit budget, coordinate with Trachtenberg leadership (Dr. Tschirhart, etc.) and other Trachtenberg organizations, maintain Policy Perspectives’ status as an organization per GW SA rules, develop and maintain editing and production schedules. 
• Staff management: select articles, associate editors, and faculty reviewers; coordinate editing workshops to cover Chicago style grammar mechanics and fact-checking techniques. 
• Editing: review and provide feedback on articles at multiple stages of the peer-review editing process; assist associate editors with editing questions.

Managing Editor: 
The Managing Editor will work closely with the Editor-in-Chief to produce the print journal. The responsibilities include:

• Staff management: select articles, associate editors, and faculty reviewers; create and maintain an editing schedule.
• Editing: review and provide feedback on articles at multiple stages of the peer-review editing process; assist associate editors with editing questions; lead editing workshops to cover Chicago style grammar mechanics and fact-checking requirements.
• Journal production: develop production schedule, coordinate with layout and printing companies; oversee online and print distribution.

Executive Editor: 
The Executive Editor will lead the production of all content for the Brief Policy Perspectives blog and oversee the development of the WonkCast podcast. Responsibilities include the following: 

• Staff management: oversee all blog writers, deputy editors and podcast hosts; approve article topics; create weekly writing schedules and deadlines.
• Editing: produce the final edits on all blog articles; work closely with the podcast editor and hosts. 
• Website maintenance: update and maintain the website; format all blog posts on WordPress; coordinate with University personnel to ensure website payments are timely and up-to-date. 

Additional information: Because these positions last the full academic year, they are only open to Trachtenberg students graduating no earlier than May 2024. These positions are paid.

Questions: We’re happy to answer questions! Please email us at polpersp@gwu.edu.

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EDITORIAL STAFF POSITIONS

Applications for editorial staff positions at Policy Perspectives for the 2022-23 academic year are closed. Applications for the 2023-2024 academic year will open in fall 2023.