Producing A Publication
Congratulations, your publication, journal or blog has been funded !
As you know, there are many situations and styles of writing that can leave publications in hot water for legal reasons. Things such as copyright, libel and defamation are a few of the common laws which lead to lawsuits. Therefore we have steps in place to support our student groups and students funded by SUF who want to publish.
Writing
You can plan what the content of your publications will be but we do recommend you provide some kind of information to your writers and journalists which enable them to understand how to write well, and within the law.
CQ'ing your work
A “CQ” is Latin for “Cadit Quaestio”, meaning the facts have been checked. A CQ is your guarantee that you have double-checked the fact and know it is correct. You must submit your written piece with CQs so we can see where your facts source. You see our CQing Guide on how to do this.
Submitting Your Publication For Checking
Once you have written your piece and ensured it is CQing you can submit it using the button below. Please, not that you will need to consider the SU publication checking in your budget as this will be done by our Libel Checker Team (about £12/hour)
Submit Your Piece For Checking Here
Your publication will then be sent to our Libel Checker Team. We aim to get all your pieces libel checked within 5 working days. However we understand with news, you may need articles checked faster, so please make a note on the submission and we will aim to get these checked in 24 hours.
After being sent in, this is what will be checked:
- Pieces on the Union will be fact checked by a member of union staff.
- Grammar/spelling/sentence construction.
- Monitor consistency of style/citations.
- Monitor for issues of libel/defamation and tone/objectivity.
- Flag stories that adopt a critical tone in regards to people/groups/organizations.
- Ensuring copyright is adhered to, and authors/artists are credited.
If there is an issue: One of our libel checkers will get back to you with an action plan of what you need to edit within your piece and resubmit for approval. You cannot publish until it has been rechecked.
If there is no issue: One of our libel checkers will get back to you and approve the publication of your piece.
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