Anyone want to be a Newshound?

[Morrus]

It looks like we need a couple new newshounds -- due to work committments, Kajamba Lion is unable to continue helping with the daily news updates.

So, if you're at EN World most days anyway, why not help out with some of the newshounding? It's not exactly glamorous, but you do get free community supporter features, free EN Publishing PDFs, plus access to the super secret staff forum where we talk about everyone else behind their backs. Plus, of course, you get my eternal gratitude!

It is something that needs to be done on a daily basis, although it doesn't take long each day. It basically involves checking a few news sources and posting about them on the news page, along with authorising/editing submitted news items. Very easy to do - no technical knowledge needed, although good grammar and punctuation are important as your posts will appear on the main news page.

I'm also planning on opening another news page to complement the D&D/d20, PDF and Sci-fi news pages. This fourth news page will deal with RPG news in general, as opposed to d20 specific news. Two or three volunteers for that page would be a godsend!

Anyway - if you have the time and inclination, please let me know. If you have any questions, please post them in this thread, since the questions and answers may be useful to other people thinking about volunteering.

 

[IronWolf]

I am interested. I spend a fair amount of time at EnWorld and I do not think I would have any issues with checking a few sites everyday and posting short snippets to the news page about them.

One question though. Does a newshound cover each of the areas you mentioned - D&D/d20, PDF and Sci-fi - or does a newshound stick within one area? If it is one area I volunteer for D&D/d20 or PDF.

 

[Morrus]

Well, PDF is a little different in format - it doesn't use newshounds, just direct publisher submissions. The others all use newshounds, though. What happens is that the newshounds chat together in the staff forum, figure out who's covering what (e.g. "I'll check WotC's site and the Publisher forum here each day"; "I'll do the reviews, and scout around X,Y and Z site each day"; that sort of thing). Sometimes they cover for each other if someone's away for a few days. It's all pretty flexible and friendly.

 

[IronWolf]

Still sounds great to me. Count me in the still interested stack! Just let me know if you need more information from me.

 

[Zenodotus of Ephesus]

I will be your huckle- a Newshound.

 

[Salad Shooter]

edit: Answered my own question.

I'm interested! How do I sign up?

 

[Eternalknight]

I've posted news here on my site and a few others over the last few years on a semi-regular basis... if there is still room, I'll volunteer.

 

[Krug]

Ironwolf - You wanna cover WotC? That was Kajamba's main role.

 

[KingOfChaos]

I wouldn't mind helping out. Other than RoE, this is the site I visit the most. However, I am not sure how you would view having a publisher as a newshound. I wouldn't want people to think I was playing favorites with my own news or anything.

Are the categories listed on the main page broken up among several newshounds? For instance, do some do D20 publishing news while others just do community?

 

[IronWolf]

Ironwolf - You wanna cover WotC? That was Kajamba's main role.

I would love to cover WotC.