Some policies were just implemented over the summer. The editorial staff is in charge of the entire paper. While the editor in chief may hold ultimate authority and responsibility, most of the time it is a group effort to make decisions. Right after the board was chosen for the upcoming year, the outgoing board and the incoming board form an Editorial Selection Committee to pick the editorial staff for the next school year. An ad appears in several issues of The George-Anne informing the GSU community that all the editors jobs are open.
Applicants apply by sending a cover letter and a resume to the committe who sets up interviews.
Even if an editor wants to hold the same job the next year, he or she must apply for it. There are many reasons for doing this. Also it gives the editors some practice with cover letters and resumes and it may bring new blood to the staff which is always important. By forming a committee of old and new board members, the new staff gets some help from those who have lived and learned for a year. The outgoing board can be very helpful in building a new staff.