Socialist Forum Application

Socialist Forum Editorial Board application

Thanks for your interest in joining DSA's Socialist Forum Editorial Board! Please fill out all fields. Applications are due Sunday, June 19 at 11:59pm PT.
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We would like to ensure that there is a diverse editorial board of the Socialist Forum. Indicate how you might (or might not) help to diversify the board.
Please provide a short description of your editorial and writing experience.
Please attach a short writing sample of no more than 500 words.

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When did you start calling yourself a socialist? Why?
What’s your experience in DSA? What campaigns have you worked on? How do these experiences inform your writing/editing?
What experience have you had in national-level work?
Are you currently serving a role in your chapter or in a national body? Will you remain in that position if selected as an editorial board member?
What does your capacity look like? How many hours per week are you willing to put in to this effort?

What’s your writing/editing process? How did you come to use that process?
How do you verify information for accuracy?
What published content have you edited and reviewed that you were principally opposed to?
How will you aim to preserve a multi-tendency framework for the submission, editing, and promotion of pieces?
What does “open democratic debate” mean to you in regards to an organizational publication?

What do you think the primary function of Socialist Forum is or ought to be? How do you envision Socialist Forum at its best?
What do you think of the submission process SF has in place?
What transparency process do you think would be appropriate for the SF and your own position?

From the Spring 2022 issue of the Socialist Forum, briefly tell us what works, what does not, and what you would change about the publication.
Please pick one article from an issue of Socialist Forum and write a response to it of no longer than 300 words (please link to the original article).
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Socialist Forum Editorial Board application