Editorial staff POSITIONS

Policy Perspectives, the Trachtenberg School’s student-run journal and policy blog, is no longer accepting applications for staff positions for the 2023-24 academic year. Applications will reopen at the start of the 2024-2025 academic year.

Any inquiries for guest contributions to the blog or GW WonkCast from current Trachtenberg students, alumni or faculty may be directed to briefpolicyperspectives@gmail.com or policypersp@gwu.edu

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EXECUTIVE BOARD POSITIONS

Policy Perspectives, the Trachtenberg School’s student-run journal and policy blog, is now accepting applications for the 2024-2025 executive board!

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 GW 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: Perform edits on all blog articles; work closely with the podcast editor and hosts. 
• Website maintenance: Wpdate and maintain the website; format all blog posts on WordPress; coordinate with University personnel to ensure website payments are timely and up-to-date. 

Applications are open to all current staff members who will be enrolled at Trachtenberg through the Spring 2025 semester. Staff interested in applying can inquire at policypersp@gwu.edu.