Our elections are also taking place this week, with our AGM (and obligatory pub trip) scheduled for Friday March 22.
(First, I’d like to apologise to the Clare team that we won’t be at the launch of their second issue of the year. If being an editor at The Beaver isn’t your cup of tea, you should definitely go to that.)
For the first time in many years (we think), all of the Beaver editors are undergoing mandatory reselection by our contributors, members of the Collective. We’re basically Corbyn’s Labour party, without the antisemitism (if anything, the opposite).
What this means is that you (yes, you!) can challenge the incumbents for their jobs, if you don’t think they’re doing them well, or if you think your ideas are better.
Though in implementing this I’ve sacrificed what little goodwill I had left among my subordinates – we’re on those terms now – I’m convinced it’ll be good for the paper. No longer can a student be elected as a section editor, do very little for three years and keep their job the whole time.
If challenging the status quo and strategy we’ve built over the last two years sounds like your kind of thing, you’re probably suited to The Beaver. Some of our best editors were moved to run by the mismanagement of their own submissions. If that’s you, come and change the way we do things.
LSE is a socially and ideologically diverse environment; The Beaver is, too. But as with every news organisation, we can do better. If you’re not the type of person who applies for this sort of thing, you’re probably exactly what we’re looking for.
Of course, I use the term “we” with creative license. I’m not going to be around next year and, though that fact brings me nightmare-inducing anxiety on a daily basis, I couldn’t be more excited about what the team are going to do next, and all the fun they’re going to have.
Be part of it.
