GEORGE FRENCH checks his assignment for the day. WRITING HEADLINES and checking stories for accuracy are just two of the main jobs of the copy rim. In the background is Becky Zahm. copy editor. SPORTS EDITOR Fran Fanucci and his assistant. Vince Carocci. discuss the size of headline to put on a story. PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR Dave Bavar and George Harrison. junior boarder, prepare to cut the size of a picture. COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA (legion Goes to Press JUDY HARKISON, junior boarder, pounds out a story. Collegian Find Fun The Daily Collegian is sup posed to know everything about everything, but few stu dents know much about Col legian. The Collegian editorial staff is composed of four boards—candi date, sophomore, junior and sen ior. The junior board is the back bone of the staff and senior board directs and runs the paper. The journey from candidate to senior board is a long hard pull and few make it. The process from the news source to the printed page is rather complicated an d in volved but a lot cf fun for Collegian staffers. Each reporter is assigned a beat or general news area which he or she keeps in touch with and "covers." . Each day, the city editor makes up the assignment sheet and posts it in the Collegian office. All the reporters check the sheet daily and then cover their "beats." .)"; When the reporter has typed his story, he hands it info the city editor, who checks it quick ly and assigns a headline. The night editor then records the Story and Photos by George Harrison Collegian Photo-Feature CITY EDITOR Ed Dubbs and Editor Mike Moyle, left to right, confer on tomorrows makeup as Bob Franklin. junior board night editor. looks on. story in the paper. Staffers in Work story and assigned headline and sends it to the - rim." a circular table. When the story is sent to the "rim," it is read again by the jurlior board copy editor. A head line is then written by a candi date or sophomore boarder. When the headline is approved by the junior board copy editor, it is typed up, and along with the story. sent back to the night edi tor who checks the story hurriedly and gives the headline tentative approval. The story and headline then is sent to the senior board copy edi tor or assistant for final approval. From there it is sent to the Nit tany Publishing Company to be set in type by union printers. As one can see, the stories that appear in the paper have been read and reread many times before they are set in type. The city editor composes a dum my sheet which, in newspaper lingo is termed "make-up." He decides what story should go where in the paper and what size headline each should be given. He sometimes confers with the editor on this. When all the type has been placed in the proper position and (Continued on page eight) . , , 1 1111 k , AND HERE'S t h project new each PAGE FIVE - I V finished day.
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