TommieMedia has updated its comment section guidelines. These guidelines can be found on the Terms of Service tab. Please review before commenting.
TommieMedia Comment Section Guidelines
At TommieMedia, we strive to provide a flourishing moderated online forum that supports community connection and discourse, and we find value in hosting responses via online comments related to our coverage. TommieMedia welcomes advice, criticism, questions and unique insights. With these goals in mind, we will adhere to the following guidelines when approving comments to be published to our site:
- Real names are required in order to leave a comment. As a news organization, TommieMedia avoids keeping our sources anonymous, and the same transparency is extended to our comments section.
- Comments of more than 250 words will not be published. Comments of this length can clog up the response section and make the discussion hard to follow for other readers. If you have a comment of this length, please feel free to email it directly to the author or submit it to the opinions editor as a letter to the editor.
- Hate speech and discriminatory language based on race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, economic status, religion or culture will not be allowed. Name-calling, personal attacks (including those against our staff), profanity and SHOUTING are also not permitted. This includes attempts to curse with dashes, special characters (@!#) or spacing.
- Comment sections are moderated by the executive staff at TommieMedia. Staff members will review comments for an article up to one week after it has been posted. After that, the comment section will be closed and moderators will move on to more recent coverage.
- Promoting, selling or advertising through the comment section is not allowed.
We welcome feedback on this policy either in the comment section or via email to any member of our executive staff. Thank you.
Scout Mason, Director – scmason@stthomas.edu
Natalie Hoepner, Production Editor- natalie.hoepner@stthomas.edu
Lauren Price, Assignment Editor- lauren.price@stthomas.edu
Cam Kauffman, Chief Story Editor and Social Media Manager – cam.kauffman@stthomas.edu
Sam Larson, Sports Editor – sam.larson@stthomas.edu
Policy drafted by Angeline Terry, Opinions Editor- terr2351@stthomas.edu