Introduction
Welcome all! Humans, Gnomes, Orcs, Elves...
Do you love the scent of news fresh out of the oven? Are you always wondering what is happening in Azeroth? Do you sometimes feel that things happen too fast to keep track of? Well, if you answered yes to any one of these questions, then I welcome you with open arms to this post.
Welcome all! Humans, Gnomes, Orcs, Elves...
Do you love the scent of news fresh out of the oven? Are you always wondering what is happening in Azeroth? Do you sometimes feel that things happen too fast to keep track of? Well, if you answered yes to any one of these questions, then I welcome you with open arms to this post.
The Idea
Yesterday while busy role playing, an idea struck me: What if CotH had an IC newspaper on events that happened during the month? After hours of thinking and doing research, I finally got enough information to come up with the general idea.
The general idea is to create a newspaper on the server about events that happened in-game, and then posting it on the forums. For the time being the idea is to publish one once a month (or twice a month, depending on the strength of the team). The reason for this is that I don't want to litter the forums.
The newspaper will include things like recent events (The Midsummer Festival, for example), gossip, a space for the citizens of Azeroth to give their meanings on a topic, discoveries, etc.
The Team
The newspaper team will consist out of three groups:
(Guild Master Rank)
The Chief Editor, who is responsible for proof-reading all articles received from editors, putting the final newspaper together, handling any complaints or questions and takes responsibility for any resulting issues that may occur.
(Officer Rank)
The Editors, whose responsibilities include assigning topics and stories to reporters and see the finished articles from the reporters, proof-reading it and making corrections and suggestions to improve the article, which in turn leads to better readability of the article.
(Member Rank)
The Reporters, who are those that conducts interviews, observes events and ultimately write an article on the topic, which are in turn given to an Editor with a photograph of the event.
Requirements
To avoid any trouble with split responsibilities, those joining the team will need to have a character that is not part of another guild. You are not expected to be a master writer, either. I'm sure everyone will learn from the experience and increase their skill one way or another.
Conclusion
The newspaper is only as strong as its team, and therefore if everyone give their hand in helping the cause, it could surely make it something enjoyable and successful.
If you like the idea, feel free to leave a comment. If you don't like it, criticism is also welcome.
Due to a slip somewhere, the whole post turned out to be red somehow.
Xigo: Fixed what I could.