Policies
DIGITAL CORRECTIONS: If changes are made to a story after it has been posted, the change will be noted at the beginning of the story along with the date and time the change was made. In addition, a box with all corrections made will be posted under the “About Us” menu.
BYLINES:
a. All articles, graphics, photos, art, columns, pages, reviews, and other material creatively conceived—with exception of staff editorials, mug shots and cut-outs—will be bylined with the producer’s name.
b. All bylined writers will be held accountable for their work.
c. When more than one person has contributed creatively to a piece of work, any person who has contributed to the work must be bylined as a producer.
ONLINE COMMENTS: We encourage readers to voice their opinions respectfully in regards to both the readers and writers of the publication. Comments will be pre-moderated, and may be removed if deemed to be in violation of this policy.
Comments should remain on topic, concerning the article they are about. Brevity is encouraged. Posting under a pseudonym is not permitted.
A comment will be deleted if:
- The comment attacks a named or identified person or group unreasonably;
- The comment makes readers unreasonably uncomfortable on the basis of one’s race, gender, religion, disability, ethnicity, sexual orientation or otherwise.
- The comment attacks personally any school employee.
- The comment contains excessive obscenities or sexual explicitness.
- It is determined that the comment is made under a false name or uses another person’s name or e-mail address.
- The comment threatens or encourages violence.
- The comment encourages illegal behavior.
- The comment violates copyright or privacy protections.
