As a reporter, I know that much of it starts right here at the typewriter. But within the newpaper office, there is the newsroom, the advertising department, the classified department, and the business office. These all work together, sort of at the same time, to put together the end result that the readers have in their hands at the breakfast table, or in their evening easy chair.
the managing editor, along with the lifestyles editor, city editor, business editor, sports editor, and whatever other editor might be on the desk, decides what news is available on that day, what should be on the front page, what photos need to be included, and then where everything goes in the paper. He/she will normally be working at least one to five days ahead, as well as planning special inserts, sections, or publications later in the year. The editors can delegate stories, photos, and assignments to the various other editors and/or reporters, making suggestions about what to consider, where to look and what to write.
It's vital to the newspaper industry to stay as current with the news as possible. The editor will check the Associated Press or other news wire, see what the big news of the day is, and perhaps choose to center the front page around it. Smaller papers will try to include as much local news on the front to appeal to the local readers.....
(more later...)
