DTH Editor Application

2024-25 Daily Tar Heel Editor Application

Please read the instructions carefully.
Application receipt deadline is 11:58 p.m. Thursday, March 28, 2024.

The application must be completed through this form. Please note the word limits for many of the answers.

Applications that do not conform to the instructions may be disqualified.

Applicants must be available to interview on Zoom the evening of Monday, April 1, time TBA. Applicants must be available for a briefing scheduled with General Manager Courtney Mitchell at your convenience before that time.

Please print a copy of the form for your records.
Full Name

First NameLast Name
E-mail
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Address

Street Address

Street Address Line 2

CityState / Province

Postal / Zip CodeCountry
Phone Number

Area CodePhone Number
I agree that if selected, I will be available to start work in Chapel Hill by Monday, August 12, 2024:
I agree that if selected, I will not accept concurrent jobs or internships during my time as editor-in-chief:
Please list your journalism experience.
Please list all of your present extracurricular activities, including paid jobs.
Please list your curricular and extracurricular commitments for next year and how they would be affected if you are selected editor.
Why do you want to be editor of The Daily Tar Heel? (100-word limit)

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What makes a good DTH editor? (100-word limit)

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What is the role of the DTH on campus and in the greater community? (250-word limit)

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How should the editor approach engaging with, growing and serving the DTH's audiences? What are the audiences' information needs and how should the DTH meet them? (250-word limit)

0/250
The DTH newsroom can be a bubble. Discuss the best ideas for the DTH that you've gotten by going outside the bubble to talk to readers.

0/250
Discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the DTH as you see them since you’ve been reading it. (250-word limit)

0/250
Please discuss a specific conflict situation you’ve dealt with recently and how it was resolved. (250-word limit)

0/250
Discuss a time you experienced a failure or setback and how you dealt with it. (250-word limit)

0/250
What are your plans for the DTH? Please be specific. (2,000-word limit)

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Please provide an 800-word version of the previous answer for publication in the newspaper Wed, March 20.

0/800
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Please include two letters of recommendation; one should be from a peer and one from someone else such as a professor or employer/supervisor.
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Optional: Please include any work and/or writing samples that would demonstrate your potential effectiveness as DTH editor. These materials must be limited to eight total pages, uploaded here. This material may NOT INCLUDE additions, amplifications or continuation of answers to any of the questions on the application.
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2024-25 Daily Tar Heel Editor Application