Welcome to The Daily’s intranet, a jumping-off point for almost anything you’d want or need to know about the operations of Student Media at large and the newsroom in particular. Suggestions to add or change? Slack or email Seth.
QUICK LINKS
- Site: TownNews backend | OUDaily.com
- Style: Daily stylebook | AP Stylebook
- Archives: Searchable print archive | Recent print archive
- Analytics: Parse.ly (real-time)
ACCOUNTS (SEE EDITOR OR ADVISER FOR ACCESS)
- Facebook main | Facebook Football Central
- Twitter main | Twitter sports
- Instagram | YouTube | Constant Contact (newsletters)
HIRING, PAY AND TRAVEL
- OU timecard | Daily hiring process (with EIC approval) | OU payroll calendar | OU tax forms
- Travel request and forms
CALENDARS AND HISTORY
- Publications calendar | Adviser to-do calendar
- Daily internships, jobs map | Student Media awards history
FOUNDATIONS AND PRINCIPLES
- Goals and governance | Staff code of conduct | Standards of practice and journalism
- Adviser | Advertising
NEW TO YOUR ROLE GUIDES
- Editors’ quick-start guide
- Desk survival guides and more
- Recruiting, diversity and inclusion | Hiring interview questions | Conflict of interest policy
- Payroll | Managing people | Firing
- Sample organizational charts | Sample editor evaluation
- Equipment and technology
GUIDELINES AND POLICIES
- Accuracy | Workflows and deadlines | Social media guidelines | Breaking news
- Dealing with controversy | Libel issues
- Open meetings and records | Ethics | Online archive policy
- Sexual harassment/discrimination | Consensual sexual relationships | OU policy statements/guidelines
HOW-TOs
- TownNews essentials | Create a new tag and landing page | TownNews styling tips
- Podcasts uploads and distribution | Podcasting Guide from Journalism Education Association | Aggregation posts | Make GIFs
- Remote server access, workflow instructions
- Attribution | Write a news lede | Write a basic feature | Shoot basic news photos
EXTERNAL RESOURCES
- Sourcing: Inclusive journalism guide | Diverse Sources (science, health, enviro) | Editors of Color diverse databases | DEI resources | Expertise finder | Reporting on violence, trauma, tragedy | Department of Education Campus Safety and Security records
- Investigative: Bellingcat toolkit
- Math: Percentage calculator
- Records: Oklahoma State Courts Network | PACER (federal) | Sports FOIA directory
- Design: RemoveBG (quick image cutouts)
- Focus: Defonic soundscapes | Ambient Coffee (and other sounds) | Sounds of colleagues