Success Stories

At Franchise Dictionary Magazine (FDM), part of my responsibility is to check for plagiarism and repetitive information. While editing an article for the upcoming issue, I noticed that the wording and structure were similar to a precious article written by the same person on the same subject. So, I began to check the backlog of articles, and I eventually found that the two were virtually the same. Then, I contacted the writer and explained that the newer article would need to be rewritten completely, but I also offered my help because my goal was to be a team player. Within a day, the article was rewritten, edited and ready to be published.

The fall of 2022 saw a dramatic increase in membership to my college newspaper. We had effectively doubled the number of current staff members from 6 to 12 weekly writers. Many of these new participants did not have experience with the programs that we used. I made it my responsibility to train them in laying out pages, publishing to the website, and correcting any AP style or other grammar mistakes in their stories. By the end of the semester, the new editors were experts in their roles.

During my time as managing editor, the student newspaper published what we thought was a standard restaurant review for a local restaurant. However, we then received an email from a representative of the establishment that contradicted information in the article. As managing editor, I took it upon myself to review the article, and ordered it to be taken down immediately due to the piece lacking journalistic integrity. I took full responsibility and apologized to the establishment, and reassured them that the writer would no longer be published by our paper. Although a mistake had been made, I was able to handle the situation and rectify any wrongdoings done on the part of my organization.