G3-processing

News is acquired as it happens. The editor is attentive to what is happening and brings in that information. He or she has a list of stories and assigns reporters to them. The reporter gathers further information, writes an article and is responsible for reviewing and proof-reading his or her work. The regular editor fixes some mistakes in each article and sends it off to be printed. The reporter may or may not be informed of corrections made by the editor to their article at the time of printing. News Edit Pro is the program used to type and measure the articles. Some templates exist, and the reporter will write until the template is filled or the measurement is reached. Documents are then sent to the person in charge of newspaper layout. There are several part-time photographers, but usually only one works at a time. Sometimes the paper accepts outside photo submissions. The photographer determines whether the photo should be black and white or remain in color. Usually only photos on the front page remain in color. The "cut line" or caption for each photo is comprised of information about where or why the photo was taken, and the editor fills in additional information.

Information acquired: -facts, perhaps from emails or overheard on the police scanner -Soloman's Word -Penn State's national weather service station -other outside sources