Editing News media (section)

==Newspapers==
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A newspaper is a lightweight and disposable [[publication]] (more specifically, a [[periodical]]), usually printed on low-cost paper called [[newsprint]]. It may be general or of special interest, and may be published daily, weekly, biweekly, monthly, bimonthly, or quarterly.

General-interest newspapers are usually journals of current [[news]] on a variety of topics. Those can include [[Politics|political events]], [[crime]], [[business]], [[Sportswriting|sports]], and opinions (either [[editorial]]s, [[Columnist|columns]], or [[political cartoon]]s). Many also include weather news and [[Weather forecast|forecasts]]. Newspapers increasingly use photographs to illustrate stories; they also often include [[comic strips]] and other entertainment, such as [[crossword]]s.

=== Print journalism ===

[[File:CBC journalists in Montreal.jpg|thumb|Journalists at work in [[Montreal]] in the 1940s]]

A '''story''' is a single article, [[news]] item or [[Feature story|feature]], usually concerning a single event, issue, [[Theme (literature)|theme]], or profile of a person. ''Correspondents'' report news occurring in the main, locally, from their own country, or from foreign cities where they are stationed.

Most reporters ''file'' information or write their stories electronically from remote locations. In many cases, ''breaking stories'' are written by staff members, through information collected and submitted by other reporters who are out on the field gathering information for an event that has just occurred and needs to be broadcast instantly. Radio and television reporters often compose stories and report "live" from the scene. Some journalists also interpret the news or offer opinions and analysis to readers, viewers, or listeners. In this role, they are called commentators or columnists.[[File:Helsingin-Sanomat-1965.jpg|thumb|The editor's office (Newsroom) of the {{Lang|fi|[[Helsingin Sanomat]]}} in 1965]]
[[File:Jack Breibart and Bill German.jpg|thumb|Bill German, editor emeritus and Page One editor Jack Breibart in the newsroom of the ''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]'' in 1994]]

[[Reporter]]s take notes and photographs or videos, either on their own, by citizens, or through a [[photographer]]. In the second phase, they organize the material, determine the focus or emphasis (identify the peg), and write their stories. The story is then [[Editing|edited]] by news or copy-editors (U.S. style) or sub-editors in Europe, who function from the ''news desk''. The headline of the story is decided by the news desk. Often, the news desk also heavily re-writes or changes the style and tone of the first draft prepared. Finally, a collection of stories that have been picked for the newspaper or magazine ''edition'', are laid out on dummy (trial) pages, and after the ''chief editor'' has approved the content, style and language in the material, it is sent for [[publishing]]. The writer is given a ''byline'' for the piece that is published; his or her name appears alongside the article. This process takes place according to the frequency of the publication. News can be published in a variety of formats ([[broadsheet]], [[Tabloid (newspaper format)|tabloid]], [[magazine]] and periodical publications) as well as periods (daily, weekly, semi-weekly, fortnightly or monthly).