**This is a copy of a post in the front page news thread, preserved here for easy access. Any references of editing the first post of a thread refer to the front page news thread, found here: http://w11.zetaboards.com/Halcyonguild/topic/7761419/1/#new**
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World of 12 News
If you're here as an official IC news writer of Halcyon, congratulations! You now hold the power to edit and post the World of 12 news that appears at the top of our forums. If you're not an official news reporter yet but would like to be, tell us and then get writing! Post your articles as new topics in this forum and soon you may have your articles at the top of our forums for all to see! Do read on either way though, you need to be posting your articles properly.
Now, back to the people that are already official news reporters: Due to certain java constraints, the first post of this thread will always be the post shown as the news. This is why you've been given edit power, because it's needed!
Even if you're not an official news reporter quite yet, be sure to read on so that you know what to do.
How to Report the News
There are a few steps that must be followed if you are to write for us here, but they're not too hard.
-If you're writing for the 'front page,' (the World of 12 News box at the top of the forums) try to make sure that what you report is newsworthy. Ex. "Morowitz Yeuh buys a Tofu Dumpling" is not newsworthy, "Bontan Bread Market Prices Soar" could be one.
Joke headlines and non-serious articles are acceptable on the front page of our paper only if there's actual news highlighted as well, or if there's been no serious news within the past few days-a week to report. If you're just writing an article for the news section in general, go wild, though.
-Don't forget that news in this forum is IC, and that ICly the publication you write for can be obtained by just about anyone.
-Use headlines! Bold and underline your headlines in your post, making them easy to pick out. If you're writing for the front page, make the first headline bigger font! You can even use the quote tag in instances where you think it may make things look prettier. Pictures can be pretty as well, your choice but keep it appropriate.
The 'Front Page'
Congrats, you've been recognized as an ace reporter, or something! As an official reporter for IC news, you've now been given the power to edit posts in the World of 12 News section of our forums. This will be necessary in changing up the publication's front page. To put your article where absolutely everyone is forced to notice it:
1) Before anything, write up your news post and post it as a reply in this thread. This will help us archive the history of things as we go along. It also helps admins to notice the newest posts to be added to the news ticker on our home page.
2) Now it's time to put your writing up. To do this, you'll simply need to edit the very first post in this thread and replace the contents with your writing.
-Make certain that you change topic title to be relevant to your post, and include the date in the topic title.
-Don't forget those headlines!
Edited by Cella, Apr 18 2012, 02:59 AM.
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