Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Some insight for Insight
Apparently Insight Magazine is hiring...
Want to get published in a magazine? Have experience with Flash, InDesign and/or Photoshop and want to put your skills to the test? Apply for a staff position at Insight Magazine, the only student-run magazine at the University of Nevada, Reno. Visit Insight's Web site and download the application PDF. All applications are due to the editor no later than May 14th at 5 p.m. Any questions can be directed to Dana Kudelka at editor@unrinsight.com."If you remember this is the publication that tried to pass off poor editing, poor writing, poor research, and poor judgment as simply a "typo."
The Senate even had to write a resolution recognizing the error and urging them to apologize to their victims. (Still hasn't happen) So if you lack journalistic integrity, don't know the difference between Pi Kappa Phi and Pi Kappa Alpha, we encourage you to apply! But just watch out, you might not have any funding.
PS: The Sagebrush still hasn't put ANYTHING on their website about missing an entire college's graduates... We're waiting.
Update: The Sagebrush has published a corrected list. See our update here.
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oh by the way...Mr.Thornly who was trying to get appointed to the open liberal arts seat brought up an interesting issue. Currently, he writes for INsight. When I checked there was nothing in the current constitution or rules that prevented someone for being on a campus publication and holding a public office. I know that it was in the old constitution but was missed or overlooked. I'm interested to hear Vis Lupi's take on this.
ReplyDeleteI'll take a stab at this.
ReplyDeleteYes, there used to be a prohibition that you refer to in the previous constitution It was carried at section 170 and said "No senator serving on the Publications Board will be allowed to serve on the staffs of any ASUN publications."
That language does not appear in the present constitution for a few reasons. First, the government should not impose that sort of restriction (through constitutional fiat) on senators. There are thorny First Amendment questions that it raises, so it was left out. If ASUN does want to legislate the point, they can pass a law dealing with it. The idea was to keep items that could be legislated out of the constitution.
Second, ASUN is probably not best equipped to deal with the conflicts of interest, but the publications are. Let the publications set policy, which doesn't present any First Amendment questions, that prevents members of an organization from writing about that organization.
Third, in the specific case of senators, the Senate could adopt policies or ethics requirements preventing a senator from writing on behalf of the Senate as a body. In the case of other ASUN officials, the Senate could enact legislation imposing similar restrictions, but they must conform to First Amendment case law.
Basically, I don't think it necessarily presents an inherent conflict for a senator to also be a member of a publication. That analysis gets trickier if that person is being paid by the publication, because then ASUN's subsidy to that publication comes into play. Would that unconstitutionally amount to raising that one senator's pay? I don't know. It's a tricky question.
How's that, Pinkie?