Expectations
The determined charge for the APTA Magazine Editorial Advisory Work Group is to:
- Work with APTA Magazine editor and publisher to brainstorm possible stories and sources for the 11 issues of the magazine, including feature stories and departments or columns (Defining Moment, Viewpoints, Student Focus, etc.). These story ideas are set annually in the spring and summer to create an editorial calendar for the following year.
- Provide expertise or sources for APTA Magazine stories after the editorial calendar is created. Ideally, committee members would be interested in and able to author, co-author, or be interviewed as a subject matter expert for one to two feature stories per year.
- Follow APTA Magazine style and format when writing and reviewing stories prior to publication. Feature stories are written in a magazine style – not a journal format. We interview and quote multiple sources for each story and rarely use footnotes; instead, we cite sources within stories. Stories should be written with clear and simple language to make it accessible for even non-PTs.
- Review about three to four feature stories prior to publication per year, based on self-selected areas of interest/knowledge.
- Respond to committee communications in a timely manner.
- Participate in committee conference calls (roughly four times a year for up to one hour, with one longer meeting to discuss the annual editorial calendar) and email discussions.
- As available, connect informally in person during APTA Combined Sections Meeting.
- Promote APTA Magazine to fellow members as a resource and possible outlet for news, trends, and topics of importance to the profession, including sharing new issues on social media, sharing relevant stories with colleagues, and more.
Guiding Principles
Participants will conduct their work with the American Physical Therapy Association’s Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in mind and in the context of (1) APTA's Mission, Vision, Strategic Plan and House of Delegates and Board of Directors adopted positions and policies; and (2) the potential for their work to have implications related to physical therapist assistants, women, diversity, and risk management.
Qualifications for Participants
- APTA member.
- Interest in communications and publications with some familiarity of APTA Magazine.
- Willingness to commit to the expectations, use their professional expertise, their networks, and resources of their organizations to create or solicit relevant story ideas, source material, and leads for interviewees or authors.
Meetings
This committee meets four to five times per year via video call. Estimated time commitment is 25-30 hours per year.
Size of Appointed Group
The APTA Magazine Editorial Advisory Committee will comprise up to 12 members.
Terms of Appointees
Group members will serve two-year terms with the ability to reapply in October before their term expiration. For the first year, half of the group will receive one-year terms (with the option to reapply) and half will receive a two-year terms. Also, for the first year only, terms will run from April 2023 through December 2023.
In subsequent years, terms will run from January through December, with half of the members reapplying/rolling off each year.
Questions
Contact Leah Fogarty, leahfogarty@apta.org with any questions.