List of questions for Friday:

1.) What is your main role in the newspaper?

see below

2.) How do you gather and put together information for an article?

Based on section... topic of the day. For campus, editors pitch stories. Panel with feature on faculty when not a lot is going on. Cannot verify story= not valid for print (Rolling Stone)

3.) What is the first step you take in the early stages of writing an article?

Campus article- Editor pitches idea, understand what conclusion you want to get, contact sources

4.) How do you formulate a specific style of writing for the newspaper?

AP answered Monday

5.) How does writing for the newspaper differ from writing articles for class?

AP Style

6.) What steps are taken before a story can get published?

see below

7.) How long does a story take to get published?

one week

8.) Since the Carroll News is published weekly, not daily, how do you determine the importance of articles that are written and what to cover?

Publish things that will stay timely. News generally breaks on Wednesdays, so they will take news from around that period and form stories out of things that will stay relevant.

 

Mary Frances McGowan (Editor in Chief), Managing Editor of Carroll News come to visit.

Founded 1925 weekly publication

Editor in Chief- role

Final calls on publication

review pages at least 4 times

determine number of pages

Critiques paper

overviews Staff members

Managing Editor roles-

Second in command

Manages copy editors

Assists editor in chief

Review pages twice

Process of Publication

1.) Managing

2.) Editor in Chief

3.) Copy Editor

4.) Advisor

5.) Editor in Chief

6.) Managing Editor

7.) Editor in Chief

8.) Run through spell check