We have been having editorial meetings every Monday since April. These involve audience stakeholders (our colleagues from the Office of Resource Development, for instance, who work with potential donors to EMBL) and content producers within our team. The idea is that everyone can pitch stories and then we figure out how best to handle them.
These meetings are a good start, but they could be a lot better. Some of the things that aren’t going so well include:
- Unclear story commissioning
- Poor feedback on production
- Poorly defined audiences
- Ad hoc formats
- Editorial cycle dominated by EMBLetc. production
- Structural and role changes in Strategy and Communications
To help address some of these issues we’re going to split the editorial meetings in to 3 distinct meetings: Continue reading “Refining our editorial processes”