NEWS ROOM STRUCTURESub editing and page designing
GROUP MEMBERS Saqib Naveed 10050616-031 Bakhtawar Aamir Raja 10050616-
033 Emaan raza 10050616-034 Shakeeb Arslan 10050616-032
SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS IN NEWSPAPER OFFICE Reporting section Magazine section Advertising department Circulation department News room
NEWS ROOM News room is the most important
section in all these section. Newsroom performs the main role in the
preparation of news paper. There are two section in news room 1. Reporting section: where reporters of
all beats sits and arrange the news .2. Subbing section : in subbing section
news is make up by the sub editors.
DIFFERENT DESKS IN NEWSROOM International desk District desk Sports desk Local desk Etc
Sub editor is responsible for his particular desk.
MAIN DESK IN NEWS ROOM These news desk are directly supervised
by the main desk. which is also responsible for front and back pages of news paper.
HEAD OF NEWS ROOM Head of news room is called news editor. News editor supervise the entire
functioning and coordinates work of several sections in news room.
He usually work in “U” shape desk. There are shift in charge working under
the news editor.
SHIFT INCHARGE The number of shifts varies according to
the circulation of newspaper. These shift in charge supervise the work
of their respective team of sub editors.
MONITORING DESK In news room there is a monitoring desk
where monitors record news of national and international radio and TV channels.
After recording monitors write news story in the consultation of news editor.
PROOF READ DESK In the news room there is a desk called
proof read desk. Proof read the matter of news after
computer composing and errors are corrected.
This news matter forward to the art section for along with photos,adds,different news are pasted up into full newspaper pages.
PRESS Then these copies are caries to the
press. Where news paper is printed. There is a press in-charge who supervise
the whole functioning in press. Printing of news paper is started in news
paper at night. Front and back pages are started for
printing 2am.
STOP PRESS Stop press is the term used when an
exclusive story or a big news story has to be come from any source for example: America attacks on Pakistan midnight. Then the press is stopped and they wait for the story then pasted on news paper .