Pictured Above: The 2020-2021 Crow’s Nest staff from top left to bottom right: Managing editor Trevor Martindale, editor-in-chief Sophie Ojdanic, arts & life editor Annalise Anderson, photography editor Patrick Tobin, staff reporter Edyn Gottlieb, news editor Catherine Hicks and online editor Aya Diab. Not pictured: Creative director Darnell Henderson.
Patrick Tobin | The Crow’s Nest
By Sophie Ojdanic
If 2020 is anything, it’s uncertain.
Luckily, The Crow’s Nest has managed to push aside the veil of murder hornets, conspiracy theories and COVID-19 particles to put together a plan of action.
This includes plans for our office, meetings, printing, publishing and a new project we are involved in.
USF is now in a modified version of Phase II of its four-phase reopening process, meaning that students, faculty and staff are permitted on campus at limited capacities. For The Crow’s Nest, this means limited office access and hours. The paper’s office will not be accessible to non-staff going into the fall semester.
To accommodate this change, our weekly meetings with contributors have been moved online. These meetings are scheduled from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. every Tuesday. All students are welcome to contribute, regardless of year, major, or journalistic experience.
The Crow’s Nest is also still seeking an op-ed & features editor. This editor coordinates pieces on noteworthy students, faculty and staff, such as student spotlights or opinion pieces on current events.
We also are looking for a marketing manager to sell advertisements and generate revenue for the paper.
If you’d like access to our virtual meetings or have interest in our open positions, email the editor-in-chief, Sophie Ojdanic, at sojdanic@usf.edu.
The Crow’s Nest’s tentative plan is to publish a print edition on our traditional schedule, with a new paper every Monday except during Thanksgiving and finals weeks.
Stories will be published in both our print and online formats. On Monday, stories will be published in print, then phased onto our website throughout the week. Breaking news coverage will be published on our website first.
The Crow’s Nest was one of 10 college papers selected to participate in the Poynter College Media Project this year. This program was created by The Poynter Institute, a famous school for journalists that’s a stone’s throw from our campus, to provide student newsrooms with resources and training to complete a major research project pertaining to their university.
Expect more updates to come on The Crow’s Nest’s topic of choice.
