Community editors help ChulaVista.com stay close to the city it covers. They are residents, professionals, neighborhood leaders, educators and subject-matter experts who know parts of Chula Vista deeply and can help contributors improve accuracy, context and usefulness.
What community editors do
- Review story pitches for local relevance
- Flag factual gaps or missing context
- Suggest primary sources, records or people to contact
- Help distinguish reporting from opinion
- Watch for conflicts of interest or promotional material disguised as news
- Support student and first-time contributors with constructive feedback
- Escalate sensitive or high-risk stories for additional review
What community editors do not do
Community editors do not use the publication to reward friends, attack rivals, promote undisclosed business interests, suppress legitimate criticism or rewrite facts to fit a preferred political or personal position.
Independence and conflicts
Editors must disclose material relationships to the people, businesses and organizations involved in stories they review. When a conflict is significant, the editor should step aside from that story.
Final publication authority
Community editors may recommend edits and publication decisions, but ChulaVista.com retains final editorial authority. Content may be revised, delayed, declined or corrected when required for accuracy, legality, safety or quality.
Interested in serving as a community editor? Contact ChulaVista.com and include the neighborhoods, subjects or local institutions you know particularly well.