Sunday, February 13, 1994 - North Shore News ~ 29

A 25 YEAR CELEBRA TION - 1994

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Contributing Writer

Here’s how we put an issue of the News together: By Rabyn Brown

START The number of pages in the paper is deter- The space for advertising is reserved on
HERE mined by how much advertising spice is ‘ : aC ie wid pages with a computer,. This electronic
sold by the Display and Classifieds : r : d mock-up, known as a “dummy,” tells
departments. 5 : Van cnt Editorial how much space they
; ee : ‘ ‘" have for copy. .

Editors hand out assignments and
reporters write the news. Stories
take shape through interviewing
and verifying facts. Headlines and
photo captions are written. Page
designers then place the stories and
_ photos on the pages electronically.

Graphic
elements
to enhance
; ; . : ( ; all parts of-
There:are many others working to kecp the com- : - Apaiis the paper are
pany running smoothly. For instance, when you §f Alay : ' provided by the *
phone ur visit the office you will be grected bya § : a b Photegraphy
_receptionist from General Office. : Ny 4 fi “and Art
, : : departments.
The. Personme! depariment makes sure that the employces are
-- paid, Accounting makes sure that the bills are paid, and |, §
'  Gredit makes sure that the News is paid.

The Survey Team in Distribution randomly phones homes to Bev : Pat : j ‘ The pages come
make sure that people have received their paper. They also poll the ; i : d together in. the

‘North Shore on various issues. ANG ; Tren. Production
: ; ; department. A

. . F ‘ : i i Sean ; team of composi-
The Promotions department involves the paper in : ; Wc , oes ‘ tors produce the

many community events. ; pe 5 ‘nigh e) : i advertisements -
; : ve BR : and place them on
The Maintenance department maintains the oD ame EH : ay pages according’
building and fixes things that break down. : Ge er te Be BeCr NG i ‘ to the dummy.
‘ ae : em E Editorial and clas-
sified pages-are .
then matched to-
gether with the
advertising pages
to complete the
newspaper.

The Management team
establishes policies and makes decisions
about the future of the North Shore News.

As soon as the paper is
completed, it is given to a
Dispatch driver, who
takes it to the printers. -

a

g The printed newspapers are delivered
back to the News via Shipping
and Receiving. Flyers and inserts

, Carriers are also delivered here.
deliver the The Distribution

department organizes route
North lists that tetermine the num-
ber of papers and inserts that
go to IS different zones on

° Shore News the North Shore. Each zone

has a Zone Manager, who

to every delivers the newspapers to the

door on the |
North

Shore.