Editor's Guide
Welcome to the Report Editor's Guide!
This guide will provide an overview of your responsibilities as a Editor of a Digest Report. Reports are short, objective overviews, 500-700 words in length, of recent court opinions or pieces of legislation. They also provide links to primary sources and additional commentary for readers who want to dig deeper.
Subject Matter Coordinators (SMCs) are constantly looking for “hot” law & technology news. They will assign the topic to you and an Report Editor. Your job as the Report Editor is to ensure it is publication-ready.
Step 1: Getting Started
You, the Digest Report Editor, is tasked with reviewing the Contributor's draft for substantive and technical accuracy. You will usually have about two days after the Contributor has shared the first draft to give comments and suggestions. You'll be working with the Contributor in finalizing the draft before the Contributor hands it off to the SMC and Digest Submissions Editor (Wendy Chu) for a final review and publication.
In the event you are unable to complete an assignment, please notify the assigning Coordinator immediately. If your availability changes during the year, notify the Digest Executive Editor.
Step 2: Receiving and Confirming Receipt of Your Assignment
Please see Step 2 in the Contributor's Guide.
Step 3: Editing
As an Report Editor, you will work with the Contributor to ensure the report is publication-ready. You should make sure that the Contributor's piece follows the Style & Citations Guide and comply with the recommendations laid out in Step 3 of the Contributor's Guide.
Enter your edits directly into the Google Docs in "Suggest Edits" mode.
Step 4: Moving the Report Forward
The Contributor will have shared in the assigning email thread the link to the Google Doc containing the draft (see Step 4 of the Contributor's Guide for more details). Make your comments and suggestions directly within the Google Doc. Once you're done with your comments and suggestions, reply all in the assigning email threads letting everyone know (1) a summary of your edits; and (2) any questions/concerns that arose during editing.
Thank you!
The JOLT Digest team thanks you for your time and energy. Please feel free to email the Digest Masthead if you have any concerns or suggestions on improving the process!
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