The life of a newspaper employee is not easy. He is the one who
never sleeps. Who has the passion and drive to do things right. Reporters,
editors and photographers, designers, advertisers are expected to stay in the
loop right through the day, and night, and are in constant touch online and
over the SMS.
The reporting bureau across editions meets at 11 a.m. where the stories for the day are discussed and planned. Any story having impact across editions are communicated to the respective bureau. In the news section, the Deputy Editor and Senior Editors hold a meeting with the heads of the bureau at 6 p.m. everyday to assess which stories are important and how they need to be displayed.
News is then farmed out to different pages and assigned to sub-editors who work under the supervision of chief-subs and assistant editors. The news reports are sub-edited by copy editors who are located at different parts of the country but work online. At all times, we ensure that while the news reports are given the respect they deserve, we don't make it very heavy-handed.
Somewhere along the way, there is always space for all the news that is fun to read. We cannot get our reports wrong. Once printed, the letters are carved in stone. It cannot be ‘deleted’ from the ticker, as television can do. Fact-checking can be tedious, but is compulsory. The mantra here is: 'When in doubt, find out'.
The reporting bureau across editions meets at 11 a.m. where the stories for the day are discussed and planned. Any story having impact across editions are communicated to the respective bureau. In the news section, the Deputy Editor and Senior Editors hold a meeting with the heads of the bureau at 6 p.m. everyday to assess which stories are important and how they need to be displayed.
News is then farmed out to different pages and assigned to sub-editors who work under the supervision of chief-subs and assistant editors. The news reports are sub-edited by copy editors who are located at different parts of the country but work online. At all times, we ensure that while the news reports are given the respect they deserve, we don't make it very heavy-handed.
Somewhere along the way, there is always space for all the news that is fun to read. We cannot get our reports wrong. Once printed, the letters are carved in stone. It cannot be ‘deleted’ from the ticker, as television can do. Fact-checking can be tedious, but is compulsory. The mantra here is: 'When in doubt, find out'.
Page designs are supervised by design desks at every edition of the newspaper. Supporting them is a library with a digitised data base that responds instantly. The newspaper that you read starts coming together physically from about 7 pm. It is done by 11.30 pm, by which time the newspaper that is published the next day is in place and is, in our language, put to bed, or sent for printing.
The life of a newspaper employee is not easy but it's definitely worth it! It's a new challenge everyday. You conquer immense pressure, you fight against time and space, well, literally! Here's a salute to everyone working at newspapers! You are all super cool you folks!
*This is a curated article!
*This is a curated article!
