Making the Most of Life On NewsTrust: Becoming a Host

So, you’ve been reviewing articles at NewsTrust for a bit now—and you’re wondering what might be the next step to contributing more to the community.

Chances are, the NewsTrust editorial staff is looking at you right now—your profile, the number of stories you’ve reviewed, what you’ve said about those stories-- and  are determining whether or not to promote you from Reviewer to Host. 

Up until now, most of our Hosts have quietly received email notification of their improved status. As we’ve discussed plans to grow our community, it’s become more apparent that everyone should know a more about how to become a Host.

Hosts are chosen on their level of familiarity with the NewsTrust site. They have taken advantage of all the different ways we’ve set up for articles to be reviewed. Potential hosts are those Reviewers who have been careful to keep the focus of their reviews on the quality of the journalism in an article, and not on whether an article forwards a particular partisan viewpoint.

 Also, potential Hosts may have demonstrated particularly good judgement in reviewing stories on a particular topic, and will then asked to “host” or add stories to the NewsTrust site on that particular topic.

Hosts are also able to edit story reports and change the Editorial Priority of stories.

The Host FAQ explains in detail how to edit a story as well as edit the source information.

 Hosts have access to a Host member area for discussion, and are brought in to Host Conference Calls, where they may be asked for their input on a range of topics, including site design. Currently, NT Staff is going over different designs for our Review Form, and the input we get from our Hosts is very important to us.
 
So, if you think you’ve reviewed enough stories and you think you’d like to do more with your NewsTrust participation, take a look at the Host FAQ and drop us an email. Or, you can simply hang out till we tap you. :-)