New Orleans Indymedia Editorial Policy
by New Orleans IMC Monday, Jul. 21, 2003 at 11:26 PM
imc-neworleans@lists.indymedia.org

Editorial Policy of the New Orleans Indymedia website, as decided upon by the editorial group. Includes information about Open Publishing.

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EDITORIAL POLICY
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About the Editorial Group
The New Orleans Indymedia Editorial Group is responsible for deciding what articles published on the newswire to feature in the center column of the home page. The Editorial Group, like the rest of the NOLA IMC, consists entirely of volunteers who support the mission of the NOLA IMC.

Like the rest of the NOLA IMC, decisions made within the Editorial Group are done by modified consensus. Consensus is strived for in all decisions, with 2/3 majority rule an extreme case last resort if consensus cannot be reached.

Other process details: 3 members constitute a quorum; everybody must attend two meetings before they can vote on official NOLA IMC issues. Editors are scheduled weekly; anybody who is not scheduled for a month is not considered an active editor and thus has their log-in suspended.

Most day-to-day decisions are made by individuals who follow the editorial policy consented to by the entire group. For example, any member of the editorial group can decide to feature a post on the center column of the home page without further input from other members of the group. Any decision can be challenged by other members of the group, and the editorial policy is always up for debate and further change as the future growth of NOLA Indymedia warrants.

The Editorial Group has consented upon the editorial policy below and uses it to guide decisions about what articles to feature in the center column of the home page.

New Orleans Indymedia Editorial Policies
Center of Front Page Editorial Management
New Orleans Indymedia will feature no story or announcement on the front page that contains material that is hateful toward any racial, ethnic, religious, gender or sexual orientation group. If the material is directed toward an institution (e.g. a government or a church) or an individual, this regulation does not apply.

1. Articles will only be featured if they are timely and 1) locally relevant or 2) written locally or by an inhabitant of our local area, i.e. Louisiana and surrounding areas in the rural south.
2. Articles from corporate media sources will only be put on the center column if 1) they are highly relevant and 2) local IMC coverage was unavailable for the event.

1. an obvious for profit advertisement
2. a repeated post (duplicate of another post on our newsire)
3. an obvious test post

• People who post to the newswire will present their information in a thorough, honest, and accurate manner.
• Readers are intelligent and aware, skeptical and inquisitive of the posts they view and are able to distinguish for themselves what is content of value and what is not.
• The means to an end is as important as the end itself.

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