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New Managing Editor Sought for Fife & Drum The search is on to find within the next six months a successor to the current managing editor of this newsletter, who has indicated a wish to step down. Currently, the managing editor’s responsibilities include the following tasks: • Coordinating the process so all involved get real satisfaction from it. • Originating with input from others a balanced lineup of subjects for articles having a connection with Fort York, usually three or more months in advance; negotiating and persuading qualified authors to take them on; giving guidance as to length, focus, quality, diversity of our non-expert readership, and character of the publication. F&D is a newsletter, not a refereed journal. • Maintaining contact by e-mail and phone with authors through the development and writing process, referring them to sources they may not know about. • Sourcing and securing 300 dpi files of illustrations in consultation with the authors, licensing their use, and paying fees as needed. These files are sent with captions and credits to the designer as they come in, not held until text is edited. • Checking on delivery of draft texts to text editor about six weeks before quarterly publication deadlines, more urgently three weeks before. • Selecting titles for the articles in concert with the author and the text editor. • Undertaking with the text editor and other editorial experts, but not the author, proofreading of first, second, sometimes third drafts as the designer makes adjustments, typos are rooted out, and final tweaks are made. • Ensuring authors receive a copy by e-mail of the issue where their pieces appear, and are thanked appropriately. Neither the managing editor nor other staff working on the newsletter are paid for their services. Authors are invited to contribute pro bono. Fees for the use of illustrations are paid only with great reluctance. The Fife & Drum has been published gratis and quarterly by The Friends of Fort York continuously since May 1996. http://www.fortyork.ca/images/newsletters/fife-and-drum-2016/fife-and-drum-july-2016.pdf It has been curated by the present managing editor since November 2003.
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