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."
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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
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