Editor and Staffer Responsibilities on Trello

Staffer Responsibilities

• Download the Trello app to your phone and set it to receive notifications
  
• Subscribe to all applicable story cards, so you will receive notifications when anything changes on that card
• Add attachments for research
• Add Google Doc attachment when submitting a story for editing
• Tag editors in comments
  
• Comment every time your story needs to be edited by an editor or you need to communicate with an editor
  
• Move cards along in the list during the researching/interviewing, and writing phases
• Ask if you're not sure what's happening with you story. DON'T JUST LET YOUR STORY SIT FOR DAYS - Check in with your editor at least once a day. Check in with them multiple times in a day for a story that is going up on the web on the same day as a news event.
  

Common Staffer Mistake When Turning in a Story

Many times staffers post a link in Trello to Google Drive Document and then an editor can't edit it.

1. In Google Docs click the share button

2. You will see this screen: CLICK GET SHAREABLE LINK

3. You will see this screen: Change the box so it reads "Anyone with the link can edit"

4. Then copy that link and add it to your story card in Trello.

Editor Responsibilities

• Download the Trello app to your phone and set it to receive notifications
• Set up boards
  
• Add Lists to the board that shows the process for how the assignments on that board will be checked and moved towards publishing
• Add individual story cards
• Subscribe to all applicable story cards, so you will receive notifications when anything changes on that card
• Assign staffers to the individual story cards
• Add description to the story cards
• Add lists as needed to story cards
• Set due dates on story cards
• Set color categories on story cards
• Tag staffer in a comment
• Comment every time the story has been edited to let staffers know they need to make edits
• Move cards along in the list when it gets to the editing/approval phase
• Ask a staffer if you're not sure what's happening with their story. DON'T JUST LET STORIES SIT FOR DAYS. Check in with your staffers at least once a day. Check in with them multiple times in a day for a story that is going up on the web on the same day as a news event.