ARR
The Loyolan's three core values and their acronym
What is ARR: Accuracy, Relevancy, Responsibility?
Essential elements to any article include visuals, clear organizational structure, and this term that refers to the title of an article
What is a headline?
Types of visuals you can request include photos, graphics, and this illustrated kind of visual
What is a cartoon?
What is interviewing?
BMS stands for this three-word workplace expectation
What are the Bare Minimum Standards?
This core value involves reporting the facts and citing credible sources
What is accuracy?
To make the relevance of your story clear, you should include this information about it in your headline
What is location and/or proximity?
If you include this information in your visual request, you'll be making sure the assigned photographer winds up in the right place
What is a location?
Alongside finding them in person or via phone call, this is one of the best ways to reach out to potential sources
What is by email?
Mistakes happen, but if you make one, it's imperative to tell this person as soon as possible
Who is the editor-in-chief?
This core value involves reporting on topics important to our audience
What is relevancy?
One more essential element to an article is this term that refers to your introductory paragraph(s)
What is a lede?
Upon running into an error when trying to access the visual and multimedia request spreadsheet, you should do this
What is open the form in the browser?
The most effective interviews are held in this format — though Zoom can also work in a pinch
What is in-person?
This practice involves giving your reporting to someone outside the newsroom ahead of publication time — and no, it is NOT permitted
What is prior review?
This core value involves reporting only the facts, without bias, in a way appropriate for our audience
What is responsibility?
To avoid taking too long to get to the point, you should make sure your lede is free of this
What is flowery and/or too much narrative language?
Visual and multimedia requests are due on this day, at this time
What is Wednesday at 9 p.m.?
While manually transcribing your interviews is preferred, should you choose to use transcription software, you'll need to do this prior to submitting your story
What is verify quotes by listening to the original audio recording?
When it comes to what happened in a private meeting, you are well within your rights to do this to find out the scoop
What is ask your sources?
Following ARR builds this value within our audience
What is trust and/or credibility?
Any good photo caption should identify those pictured, yes, but it should also offer this
What is context?
If you've got a lot of data in your article, and it's also going on Instagram, you'll want to request these two kinds of visuals
What are a graphic and a multimedia interactive?
There are exceptions, but as a general guideline, the Loyolan expects this many sources at minimum in storyes
What is 3?
Among things to avoid in order to stay employed with the Loyolan are fabrication of sources, misrepresenting yourself and the Loyolan, and this verboten journalistic malpractice
What is plagiarism?