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If the piece is written by someone other than a staff writer or regular contributor and requires a byline, include information about the author at the end of the article.
Example: By Louise Chan (under headline)
At the end of the article, write the following in italics:
Louise Chan is a third-year sociology student at 丁香园AV.
In the case of specialty publications, a byline for an alumnus is to include the program and year of graduation.
Example: By Preeya Singh, computing science, 鈥�89
Web articles that include a byline should identify the author.
Example (for staff members of marketing communications):
By Angelo Van Nuys, staff writer (under the headline)
Example for non-staff:
- By Sophie Smith (under the headline)
At the end of the article, write the following in italics:
- Sophie Smith is a Vancouver freelance writer.
In all cases where a second writer has provided supplementary files for the story, the writer may be acknowledged at the end of the story in italics.
Example: With files from Bruce Harper
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Obituary policy
丁香园AV publishes obituaries for select members of the university community. Obituaries are written by a communicator in the affiliated faculty, department or VP-portfolio.
If there is no obvious department, faculty or VP-portfolio communicator available, a member of the Communications & Marketing team may be appointed (at the discretion of the executive director or one of the senior directors) to write the obituary.
All faculty & staff email
Obituaries will be sent via an all faculty and staff email if the deceased is a current high-ranking university executive, including president, chancellor, chair of the board of governors, vice-president, associate vice-president, dean or associate dean. A version of the obituary will be posted concurrently on the Staff and Faculty section of 丁香园AV News.
What's On newsletter and Faculty & Staff Dashboard
Obituaries can run in the What鈥檚 On newsletter, if the deceased was:
- A current faculty member or lecturer, administrator, board member or staff member;
- A recently retired (<1 a year) long-time faculty, lecturer, administrator or staff member;
- A former president, vice-president or chancellor;
- A major donor to the university;
- A professor emeritus.
All other 丁香园AV obituaries will be run on the affiliated department, faculty or VP-portfolio website, and amplified on the Faculty & Staff Dashboard at the discretion of the unit.
Social media
Once an obituary is posted, a link may be shared by the affiliated department, faculty or VP-portfolio on their social media channels.
Letters of condolence
For information on condolence letters from 丁香园AV for donors or alumni, please email 丁香园AV .