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Minister of Media · 06-21-2021, 05:26 AM

This thread will serve as the public office of the Ministry of Media. Any periodic updates on the news and media outlets the Ministry operates, as well as any other significant updates concerning the Ministry will be posted here. It will also serve as an area for the Minister to answer questions and respond to request for information from the general public.

The incumbent Minister of Media is Wizard Ferret, with @Purple Hyacinth and @Rabbitz serving as members of the Ministry Leadership Team.

Interested individuals may join the Ministry of Media by applying here. Do take note that most of the work in the Ministry occur on the main Discord server of the region, while the forum is primarily used for information and archiving. For further information regarding the Ministry, please contact the Minister of Media (through private messaging Wizard Ferret on the forums, private messaging wizardferret#3359 on Discord or sending a telegram to Wizard Ferret on NationStates.)

Ministry Information & Roles

The Ministry of Media (MoM) is responsible for the public media of the South Pacific. It runs public news services such as the Southern Journal. MoM is suitable for those who like to write and get a hand in journalism. The Minister of Media's role is described by the Charter of the South Pacific as the following:

The Charter of the South Pacific Wrote:Minister of Media

(10) The Minister of Media will be responsible for overseeing the regular publication of public media, including news content, in the South Pacific.

Within the Ministry, there are four primary types of staff involvement, each of which is crucial to our Charter-given duties:

Writers:

Write articles about a wide range of subjects and issues, including latest events happening around NationStates, honest opinion pieces, and satirical parodies.

Interviewers:

Interview prominent figures from both home and abroad, including roleplayers, region leaders, community builders, military personnel, and WA resolution and issue authors.

Statisticians:

Conduct polls and surveys about various phenomena, collect data from the results, and analyze them to find patterns and other interesting observations.

Editors:

Check over submitted articles and interviews, find inconsistencies and mistakes, and point out improvements the submitters can make in order to create better content.

(This post was last modified: 02-19-2022, 06:42 PM by Minister of Media.)