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ARTICLE XVI.                      PUBLICATION

Section 1—The New Physician

The New Physician shall be the official journal of the Association. The editorial policy of the journal shall be determined by the Board of Trustees and administered by the editor, who shall be an employee, but not necessarily a member, of the Association. The editor shall be appointed by the Executive Director (ED) of the Association, with the advice and consent of the Board of Trustees, and the term shall be indeterminate.

Section 2—Managing Publisher

The ED of the Association, or his/her designee, shall be the Managing Publisher of the journal.

Section 3—Student Editor

While The New Physician is a professionally produced publication, it seeks to serve the information needs of medical students. Formalized student input is required to provide a complementary and necessary perspective for the professional staff. The journal shall have a Student Editor who shall be an active member of the Association and shall be chosen based on both editorial experience and AMSA involvement. He/she shall be appointed by the outgoing Editorial Advisory Board for a renewable term of one year to begin at the May BOT meeting. The Student Editor’s duties shall include, but are not limited, the following: (2008)

a.             Coordination of the Editorial Advisory Board (EAB) in its efforts to critique TNP and relaying the EAB’s commentary to the Executive Editor. In this regard, the Student Editor must attend the annual planning meeting of the TNP staff and the student office staff. (2005)

b.             Shall carry out the policy of the House of Delegates as a member of the Board of Trustees and serve as the liaison between the EAB, Executive Editor and the Board of Trustees. (2008)

c.             Reporting out at  Board meetings for the purpose of information. The Student Editor must submit a written report no later than two weeks before each Board meeting to the ED and the National President. This report will contain updates on TNP, concerns regarding student involvement, and any other issues that need to be addressed by the Board of Trustees. The report shall contain input from the Editorial Advisory Board. (2008)

d.             Periodic and regular review of manuscripts at the discretion of the Executive Editor.

e.             Providing input into the long-range goals, content, and direction of TNP in conjunction with the EAB.

f.              Seeking out students with interesting experiences and perspectives for interview at the discretion of the Executive Editor.

g.             Seeking out students with journalistic skills and an interest in writing for publication assignments at the discretion of the Executive Editor.

h.             Solicitation and formulation of manuscript topics in conjunction with the EAB for use by the Executive Editor.

i.              Submission of a year-end report for inclusion into the Delegates Handbook for the review of the House of Delegates.

Section 4—Advisory Board

The New Physician shall have an Advisory Board. The composition of the Board shall be the Student Editor and four members of AMSA as approved by the Board of the Trustees in their June Board of Trustees meeting. This Advisory Board can include both medical students, premedical students and residents, and will be selected on the basis of editorial and journalistic experience as well as significance of AMSA involvement. Board members will serve one-year terms to begin every June. Additional members of the Advisory Board can be appointed by a 2/3rds majority vote of the Board of Trustees as needed. (2005)

The Advisory Board’s duties will be as follows:

a.             Serving as the liaison between the Board of Trustees and The New Physician. Members of the Board must each submit a written report to the Communications & Liaisons Committee by the November Board of Trustees meeting that contains updates on TNP, concerns regarding student involvement, and any other issues that need to be addressed by C&L and the Board of Trustees. (2005)

b.             Bringing up issues of concern to the EAB on behalf of AMSA members. In this regard, members of the Editorial Advisory Board must attend the annual planning meeting of the TNP staff and the student office staff. (2005)

c.             Improving communication of AMSA’s priorities through TNP. (2005)

d.             Working with the Student Editor to seek out students with journalistic skills who are interested in writing for TNP and who are interested in sharing their experiences and perspectives. (2005)

e.             Providing input to the Executive Editor as to the long-range goals, content, and direction of TNP.

f.              Ensuring that advertisements in The New Physician are in keeping with the advertising guidelines in the Internal Affairs.

Section 5—AMSA Focus

AMSA Focus shall be the official newsletter of the Association. It shall provide information about member opportunities and activities.