Publisher: Clark Chronicle : The student news site of Clark Magnet High School

About General Policy and Copyrights The Clark Chronicle is the newspaper produced by the Anderson W. Clark Magnet High School Publications class. While the adviser reads all copy to help students meet journalistic standards, the Editorial Board makes decisions about content in order to create an open public forum of ideas. The entire student body and staff receive the paper free of charge. The main purpose of the Chronicle is to entertain and inform the student body on topics of relevance at school, in the community, and in the world. All writing in the Chronicle is copyrighted by the Chronicle unless otherwise noted (such as student-submitted writing). Writing is protected by U.S. Copyright laws, and while the © symbol may not appear on all stories, assume that all rights are reserved by the Chronicle and that no part of the documents contained herein may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without prior written permission of the Clark Chronicle. Distribution The Chronicle is published approximately once each month and is distributed free of charge to all students and staff at Clark. Mail subscriptions are also available for $10 per year. All mail subscriptions are sent to the subscriber’s address within two days of publication. Editorial Leadership The Editorial Board is the decision-making body. Members include the editor(s)-in-chief, copy editor, business manager(s), photography/graphics editor(s) and section editors (opinion, news, features, sports, arts & entertainment, and science/technology). The board meets at least weekly during class time, at a date determined at the beginning of the semester. The adviser or editor-in-chief may also call unscheduled meetings if special problems or issues arise. Attendance at all board meetings is mandatory, unless a valid excuse is provided. Board members are subject to review by the Editorial Board if they fail to fulfill their duties. The board may dismiss a member with a majority vote, but the editor-in-chief in consultation with the adviser may also dismiss an editor. If a situation arises when the general opinion of the board differs from that of the editor-in-chief or adviser, the adviser may choose to veto the board’s decision. Policy-making and other aspects of the Chronicle are decided by a majority vote of the board. The adviser may disagree and make suggestions/comments or call into question the subject matter in order to protect against libel and obscenity concerns. Controversial subjects that arise are to be discussed among the board to determine an appropriate course of action. Prior to the publication of each issue, at least three members of the Editorial Board (editor-in-chief, news editor, opinion editor) should meet with at least one member of the school’s administration with the purpose of sharing story ideas in progress. The administration will not seek to censor any protected content of the newspaper, but may make suggestions for interview subjects, angles, etc. Editorial Policy A staff editorial will appear in each issue of the Chronicle. While the editor-in-chief will generally write the staff editorial, the editorial must represent the majority opinion of the editorial board and will not be biased towards the opinion of the editor-in-chief. For this reason, the editorial is not bylined and the writing must be shared with the entire board prior to publication. All other articles in the opinion section receive bylines and reflect the opinion of the writer. Letters and On-Line Commenting Policy The Chronicle desires to present a wide variety of opinions in its letters section. The Chronicle staff accepts letters from students, faculty members, and members of the community. Due to space limitations in the Chronicle, not all letters can be published. All letters submitted to the Chronicle are subject to editing for purposes of space, grammar, and clarity. When publishable letters are submitted presenting varying points of view, the Chronicle will publish letters from as many viewpoints as possible. Users may comment on stories on-line. The newspaper adviser reserves the right to edit any comment for purposes of clarity or appropriateness (no profanity or language that could be construed as libelous or obscene or constituting advertising a product or service). Approval of comments for posting on the site lies with the adviser’s discretion. User-Submitted Writing Guidelines While students submitting writing to the Clark Chronicle website retain the copyright to their writing, by submitting work to this site, writers grant permission to the Chronicle to display the writing in any form, with edits, as the Chronicle wishes. Should the writers wish for their writing to be removed from the site, they must contact the site administrator with explicit directions to do so. All writing should be proof-read carefully and is subject to further editing by the Chronicle staff and/or adviser. Student ID number should be included with writing, and students will be contacted to confirm that the writing is theirs and that they wish to publish their work. The Chronicle reserves the right to refuse publication of any material submitted by students that the Chronicle deems inappropriate or not written to the standards of the publication. No anonymous submissions will be published. Correction Policy If a spelling or factual error occurs in the Chronicle, a correction will be printed in the following edition, provided the error is brought to the staff’s attention. Privacy Policy In keeping in line with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act and Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, the Chronicle(both the print edition and on-line edition) seeks to protect students’ privacy. While the newspaper will use students’ first and last names and will publish photos, the Chronicle will never publish phone numbers or addresses either on-line or in the print newspaper. All stories that appear in the print issue may appear in the on-line version of the newspaper and will include the same story text content as the stories that appear in the print newspaper. When students and/or their families believe their privacy has been infringed upon, they should contact the adviser. Advertising Policy In order to publish the Clark Chronicle, the staff sells advertising at a variety of prices, including year-term contracts. Due to concerns over excessive paper inside the paper itself, the Chronicle does not encourage inserts as a form of advertising and generally accepts no more than one insert per edition. Under no circumstances will the staff accept obscene, libelous, or inappropriate advertisements. The following topics are inappropriate: drugs, alcohol, adult-related material, and anything else illegal for minors. Advertising rates are set each year. For on-line ad prices, please contact the adviser at cdavis@gusd.net. Obituary Policy If a faculty member or student should pass away, the staff will publish a story in the news section about the individual and/or circumstances concerning the individual. If the staff wishes to publish articles that extend beyond the news story, it must consult with the family of the deceased individual(s). 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