Unit 4 Unit 4 (SPECIALIZED (SPECIALIZED WRITING/EDITING WRITING/EDITING ) )
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Unit 4Unit 4
(SPECIALIZED (SPECIALIZED WRITING/EDITING)WRITING/EDITING)
• Broadly two functions are performed in the editorial department of a newspaper
1.Reporting2.Editing
The size of the editorial department depends on:
1.Number of pages a daily carries2.Number of editions published from that
place
• Many big newspapers have now started taking out many editions from different places.
• This is basically done for two reasons:
1.To increase circulation by covering more cities and towns
2.To increase the volume of advertising in extended areas
EDITOR’S TEAMEDITOR’S TEAM
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• The newsroom is where the stories are gathered, written, put together, edited and assembled for the news broadcast, telecast or newspaper
• It is an office at a television or radio station or a newspaper where news is gathered and reports are prepared for broadcasting or publishing
NEWS ROOMNEWS ROOM
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NEWS DESKNEWS DESK
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It may be reminded that a newspaper gets news reports from the following:
• News Bureau in the national capital• News Bureau in the state capital• City Reporting Room at the place of publication•Reporting offices/bureaus at the district headquarters• Stringers at cities/towns• Correspondents abroad
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Difference Between Difference Between Conventional and Conventional and
Modern News RoomModern News Room
Conventional News Room
• News reports are received in a newspaper through two sources– news agencies and newspaper’s correspondents
• The reporters posted at the newspaper office file their stories after typing them
Modern News Room
• Today, no underground cables are laid between the news agency office and the news room of a newspaper
• Correspondents posted abroad or those in the bureau can send their stories to the news room with the help of the net.
Parameter: A) Receiving News Reports
Conventional News Room
• The teleprinters are installed at the bureaus and other reporting units of the newspaper at outside locations
• Outstation correspondents posted at locations where no teleprinters can send their stories through telegrams.
Modern News Room
• Most newspaper offices have mail facility now a days. However, small cities and stringers might not have the same.
• The offices of the newspaper in small cities and towns can use Fax for sending their reports.
Parameter: A) Receiving News Reports
Conventional News Room
• Hundreds of news stories are received in the newsroom of a newspaper every day.
• The copies are then submitted to chief sub – editor of general desk who arranges them by putting the related issues taken together
Modern News Room
• No collection or compilation of news reports takes place in a modern news room. The required story can be downloaded.
• The chief sub editor can easily monitor and supervise it.
Parameter: B) Selection of News Reports
Conventional News Room
• Selected stories are edited on specific desks by the editorial staff posted there.
• The chief sub editor in charge is very important. He/she is the final authority for the selection and editing of stories.
Modern News Room
• Editing of selected items is done online in a modern newsroom.
• The edited copy is headlined by the sub editor concerned.
Parameter: C) Editing of selected items
Conventional News Room
• The edited stories are sent to the composing room for composing.
• In the proof reading section, the proof – readers read the typed matter on the printout and mark the desirable corrections.
Modern News Room
• No composing of news items takes place in a modern news room as already a soft copy is available.
• Since, no composing is taking place, proof reading becomes out of question.
Parameter: D) Composing and proof reading
Conventional News Room
• The proof read copy is sent back to the composing room/DTP room for corrections.
• Having received all the print outs of the news items scheduled for a page, layout is sent to makeup man who prepares the page.
Modern News Room
• The computer terminals installed in the modern newsroom equipped with DTP softwares help in layout and page making.
• In modern news room there is no room for make-up man as all cutting and pasting takes place on the computer.
Parameter: E) Layout and page making
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