The Editorial Advisory Board

The Editorial Advisory Board (EAB) is our editorial front line. These members scour new and existing articles and titles to ensure a high level of editorial quality on Helium. The EAB provides tools to empower the community to lead that charge.

Here are the current EAB programs:

New Article Reviewers:

Do you enjoy the detail work of close editorial reading? These volunteers review new articles submitted to the site to ensure they meet Helium’s Writing Standards, clean up small typos, edit out self-promotion, as well as respond to writers who need help and those who deserve praise. Special sensitivity to new member contact is required. Reviewers with demonstrated expertise in niche areas can focus on channel-specific content.

Requirements: Pass a test, interview (for some – demonstrated subject matter expertise as well).

Title-seeders:

Do you love crafting titles? These volunteers want to develop content areas and understand how to write SEO-effective titles. Familiarity with Helium’s title patterns and AP style is needed.

Requirements: Pass a test, brief orientation and training period, subject matter expertise an added benefit.

Fact-checkers:

Do inaccuracies drive you nuts? Fact-checkers enjoy digging into the meat of articles. They’re willing to do the detail work of checking factual information, working with members to correct fixes and follow up with staff when members do not fix their articles.

Requirements: Test, interview, subject matter expertise (preferred).