Functioning of News Room

Newspaper office can be divided into three parts

1.Business Section

2.Mechanical

Section 3.Editorial

Section

Editorial Section a. Editorial Writing

Department b. Feature Writing

Department

c. Bureau (Reporting

Department)

d. News desk or the news room

News Room The new room is the heart of newspaper. The person at the helm of affairs in the newsroom is the news editor. He is the one who controls ,co-ordinates and facilitates the functions carried out in the newsroom. His team consists of chief sub-editor and different ranks of sub-editors.

Powers a. News editor:- gatekeeper decides what will

be published in the newspaper, decides format, front page story and placement of news matter on pages. His main job is of major coordinator, guides, directs, selects news, delegates power and duties.

b. Deputy news editor:- In absence of news editor he exercises as news editor. News room administrator, senior member of editing staff and guides junior staff.

c. Chief sub-editor:- Works on the command of editor, does editing, make up all. He gets direct order from deputy editor and sends to sub-editor.

d. Sub-editor:- Edits, correction, add, delete news story guided by chief sub-editor.

Functions

a. Collection :- News is collected by staff

correspondents, reporters, news agencies- UNI, PTI, Reuters.

b. Selection and editing :- Selection of news done by chief

sub-editor, editor and decides news whether to be published or not.

Editing:- correction , make-up, language, headline, picture.

c. Presentation:- Dummy is

prepared.

Functions of electronic news room

a. Penless

b. Paperless news procedure

c. E-news (electronic news)

d. Quark Xpress (software of editing)

e. Pagemaking: To prepare copy for final printing