How a Newspaper Is Produced
Every morning, the newspaper chief editor holds a meeting with the journalists. They discuss the main events of the day. Reporters are then sent to cover the events.
As soon as the reporters know what to write about, they get down to work. They telephone people and fix a time for a face to face interview with them. Sometimes they do telephone interviews. Checking information is very important. They go to the newspaper' s own library to look up any information that they need. This is called "doing one's homework."
At the same time, the picture editor decides which photographs are needed for the next day's paper. Photographers are sent to take the pictures. Sometimes old ones are used from the newspaper's own picture library. Doing this can save a lot of time and money.
All the people working on a newspaper must be able to work fast. For example, there might be a big fire, or an important person night die. In this situation, everyone has to move fast. Journalists have to stop working on one story and start working immediately on the important new one. They must find out the new information as quickly as possible. A photographer is sent immediate[y to take photographs.
Later in the day, everything is put together at the news desk. The chief editor decides which will be the most imporrant story on the front page. Sometimes this will have to be changed if someching more important happens late in the day. Other editors read the written stories and make any necessary changes. They a[so write the head lines for each story.
Finally, there is no more time left for adding new stories and the time for printing has come. This is done on fastmoving printing machines. The newspapers are then delivered by lorry, plane or rail Speed is important. People want to buy the latest newspaper, nobody wants to buy yesterday's.
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文章從頭到尾詳細地描述了報紙出版過程中的各個步驟。轉接詞的運用使文章連貫，通暢，清楚，明了。
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報紙是怎樣出版的
每天早晨，報紙主編同記者開會，討論當天的主要事件，然後就派記者去採訪。
採訪記者們一旦知道所要寫的新聞，就著手工作。他們同有關人士打電話，約定時間進行面對面採訪。有時，也進行電話採訪。核實情況的工作非常重要。他們到報社自己的圖書館去查找資料。這項工作叫“完成家庭作業”。
與此同時，圖片編輯要決定第一天報紙所需的照片。于是派攝影記者去拍照。有時可利用社裏圖書館的舊照片。這樣可以節約時間和金錢。
報社裏所有的工作人員都必須快速地進行工作。例如，可能發生火災，或者某個重要人物去世了。在這種情況下，每個人都必須迅速行動。記者不得不放下手頭的事，立即開始圍繞發生的重要事件進行工作。他們必須盡快查明情況。報社還要立即派攝影記者去攝像。
在當天晚些時候，所有的東西都要集中在發稿台。由主編決定哪篇報道重要，應安排在頭版。在當天快結束時如發生了更重要的事，那麽，頭版的訊息還得做變更。其他編輯審閱寫好的報道，並作必要的修改。他們還要給每篇報道寫標題。
最後，沒有時間增加新的報道了，印刷報紙的時間到了。印報工作是在快速印刷機上完成的。報紙隨即就用卡車、飛機或火車發出去。速度是重要的。人們要買最新的報紙，沒有誰要買昨天的報紙。