报纸的出版(How a Newspaper Is Produced)

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everymorning,thenewspaperchiefeditorholdsameetingwiththejournalists.theydiscussthemaineventsoftheday.reportersarethensenttocovertheevents.

assoonasthereportersknowwhattowriteabout,theyretdowntowork.theytelephonepeopleandfixatimeforaface-to-faceinterviewwiththem.sometimestheydotelephoneinterviews.checkinginformationisveryimportant.theygotothenewspaper'sownlibrarytolookupanyinformationthattheyneed.thisiscalled"doingone'shomework."atthesametime,thepictureeditordecideswhichphotographsareneededforthenextday'spaper.photographersaresenttotakethepictures.sometimesoldonesareusedfromthenewspaper'sownpicturelibrary.doingthiscansavealotoftimeandmoney.

allthepeopleworkingonanewspapermustbeabletoworkfast.forexample,theremightbeabigfire,oranimportantpersonnightdie.inthissituation,everyonehastomovefast.journalistshavetostopworkingononestoryandstartworkingimmediatelyontheimportantnewone.theymustfindoutthenewinformationasquicklyaspossible.aphotographerissentimmediatelytotakephotographs.laterintheday,everythingisputtogetheratthenewsdesk.thechiefeditordecideswhichwillbethemostimportantstoryonthefrontpage.sometimesthiswillhavetobechangedifsomechingmoreimportanthappenslateintheday.othereditorsreadthewrittenstoriesandmakeanynecessarychanges.theyalsowritetheheadlinesforeachstory.

finally,thereisnomoretimeleftforaddingnewstoriesandthetimeforprintinghase.thisisdoneonfastmovingprintingmachines.thenewspapersarethendeliveredbylorry,planeorrail.speedisimportant.peoplewanttobuythelatestnewspaper,nobodywantstobuyyesterday's.