New Moon Girls

Since members to New Moon Girls are under 18, they are required to have a parent or guardian fill out a parental consent form. This helps keep the parents informed of anything their daughter is doing on the New Moon Girls Web site.

Dear Parent / Guardian:

Your daughter has expressed interest in participating in New Moon Girl Media’s magazine or online communities by applying to one of our girl boards and/or submitting content to one of our products. We’re so excited that your daughter is interested in sharing her voice with other girls and the world!

Before we can move forward, we need your consent for your daughter’s participation in New Moon activities. To facilitate New Moon’s communication with your daughter, we will ask her to provide her full name, email address, postal address, phone number, age / birth date, and/or her preferred screen-name. New Moon Girl Media stores this information for follow-up communication with your daughter regarding the status of her submission or application. New Moon Girl Media does not share this information with anyone outside of New Moon, nor do we ever post a girl’s identifying information on our web communities. If your daughter’s work or application is accepted by one of New Moon Girl Media’s web communities, we will post it using a screen-name of your daughter’s choosing (we suggest her screen name be other than her first name, and it MUST NOT contain her last name), her age, and her state. New Moon magazine may print a girl’s name, age, city, and state, but never all at the same time (for example, if we print a girl’s last name, we will not print her city). New Moon magazine never prints full addresses or email addresses.

By signing this document, you give New Moon Girl Media permission to collect your daughter’s complete name, age / birth date, address, email address, phone number, and preferred screen name. You also give New Moon the right to retain this information for future use and the right to have ongoing communication with your daughter regarding her current and future submissions, application, and/or future opportunities with New Moon Girl Media. Moreover, you understand that all submissions may be used, edited, and reprinted at New Moon Girl Media’s discretion in any of our products or websites. You daughter retains the copyright to her work except in specific cases where she’s signed an agreement stating otherwise. You understand that New Moon may contact your daughter about participating in PR opportunities if her work is featured in one of New Moon Girl Media’s products. You understand that without your signed consent, your daughter may forfeit opportunities to participate on New Moon Girl Media boards or to have her work published in one of New Moon Girl Media’s products. By signing, you also acknowledge that you have read New Moon Girl Media’s Privacy Policy and that you understand that you may request New Moon Girl Media to remove your daughter’s personal information from our databases at any time, or that you may request discontinuation of communication with your daughter at any time. You also hold New Moon Girl Media harmless for any losses or damages that may occur as a result of your daughter’s participation in New Moon Girl Media activities.

Thank you for supporting your daughter as she uses her voice—we’re so pleased to have her as a part of our community!

Sincerely

Nancy Gruver, New Moon Girl Media Founder

I have read and understand the New Moon Girl Media privacy policy and give New Moon Girl Media the right to store my daughter’s personal information and contacted her as outlined in the policy and in this letter.

________________________________________ _______________________

(Parent’s Signature) (Today’s Date)

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(Daughter’s Name & Birthdate)

Please send this form, signed and completed, to

New Moon Girl Media: Consent Forms

2 W. First St. #101

Duluth, MN 55802

Fax it to 218-728-0314, or sign, scan, and email it to girl@newmoongirlmedia.com

Please help your daughter fill in the required information to accompany her submission or application.

Girl’s Full Name: _____________________________________________________________________

Girl’s Birthdate (including year): ____/_____/_________

Girl’s Postal Address: _________________________________________________________________

Girl’s City: __________________________________ State: ________ Zip Code: _________________

Girl’s Phone Number: _________________________________________________________________

Girl’s Email Address: _________________________________________________________________

Parent(s) / Guardian(s) Names: _________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________

Parent Email Addresses: _______________________________________________________________

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Submission Name (if applicable): ________________________________________________________

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In the embedded video, Marisa explains the Importance of being able to be a chameleon in the world of Journalism, and particularly in the use of multimedia. The fact that the Web changes every day makes an editor's job even more difficult. An editor has to be willing to try new things and keep trying if the first attempt does not succeed. Not to mention, in Marisa's case, being able to work independently and being able to set strict deadlines for yourself is important. Since the staff of New Moon Girls is located in so many different places, being able to get everything completed on time and on your own is extremely important. With an open mind and a willingness to try new things, the sky is the limit when it comes to work in the ever changing world of journalism.

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The New Moon Girls Web site is fully moderated by New Moon staff and adult volunteers. Nothing makes it on to the site until it has has been approved by moderators. This is done to ensure that the site is safe and free from cyber bullying. New Moon Girls is meant to be a place for girls to be themselves and to not be afraid discuss some of life's mysteries (Twilight, for example). New Moon also doesn't have any advertising in the magazine or online, so the product received is what you pay for and not pages upon pages of advertising. These features are what makes New Moon Girls different from other teenage girl magazines and social networking sites.

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New Moon girls has people located around the world to produce the magazine and Web site. The number of location markers on the map doesn't even come close to covering the numerous locations of young writers around the world. With the help of the Web, staff members have the ability to work from their home location communicate with other New Moon employees.

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My Work as an Editor at New Moon Girls

As many of you may already know, the media business is changing at a very fast pace. Editors and writers are struggling to figure out where and how they fit into a world where Facebook, MySpace and Twitter (and so many other personal networking Web sites) have become news and information sources for the masses. It seems like there is something new to be found in the way that news and media is being told to us—whether that be through video, pod-casts, short blurbs or message boards…sometimes I wonder what’s next!

My job working here at New Moon Girls has changed drastically. When I first started we were still a publishing company: New Moon Publishing. And now, we’re a media company: New Moon Girl Media. I’ve witnessed the change, and have moved through it. At first it was hard to adjust. Not knowing what you’re going to be working on next was hard to get used to. And while it’s exciting and fast paced, sometimes it can get very stressful! We live in a world where news and information is at our fingertips whenever we need it—being on the backend of that expectation can be exhausting at times!

I know I don’t work for a news company, but I do work for a media company that is unique in its own ways. We’ve launched an amazing Web site for girls where they are able to upload their own writing, poetry, music, videos…(you name it, they can do it). Because we are a Web site for girls between the ages of 8 to 12, we must be COPPA (Children's Online Privacy Protection Act) compliant. This means that we cannot allow girls to exchange personal identifiable information (Pii) with one another on the Web site. In order to make sure that this doesn’t happen, our Web site is fully moderated by adults. As you can imagine this is not a small task! Right now we have over 4,000 users on the Web site, and it’s growing! It takes a lot of staff time to make sure that the Web site runs smoothly. We also require all users to have a parental consent form. This protects our rights and the girls on the Web site.

I have many different duties as an editor working for New Moon Girls. I edit and write for the magazine and NewMoon.com. I also moderate the Web site on a regular basis. I write weekly content that fits with our week’s themes (for example it is spring week this week) as well as put girl created content that fits in the week’s theme in our spotlight section of the Web site. On top of that I correspond with all of our writers and artists. I compile images for the magazine and for the Web site. I create art for the web site, and I write weekly enews’ for parents and adults.

I really enjoy my job here at New Moon Girls because there is something new to be learned everyday. You have to have an open mind, and a willingness to do things that you’ve never done before! It’s really important that you understand not everything is going to work out perfect the first time you try it, and that you might have to try things many different times before you get it right! But, I think the most important thing to learn is that every day is a new day; have an open mind, and have fun with it—otherwise you might find yourself a little stressed out!

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