Lesson 5. Phases of Production in the context of a community newspaper

pre-production, production, post production

What are the 3 key phases?

tasking, work schedule, documents and prep work

What are the 3 things under pre-production?

editorial board, committee assignments, and publication plan

What are the 4 things under tasking?

• Editor-in-Chief

• Associate Editor

• Managing Editor

• News Editor

• Feature Editor

• Special Sections Editor

• Layout Artist

• Online editor

What are the 8 people that make up the editorial board?

1. Documentation

2. Finance

3. Publicity

What are the 3 committee assignments?

1. type of visual material

2. specifications

   • dimensions/size

   • no. of pages

   • paper stock

   • type of printing and binding

   • color printing/black and white

3. topics for story development, assigned reporters, and date of submission of output

4. assignment of stories to publication pages

5. circulation plan

What does the publication plan include?

1. front cover

2. back cover

3. center spread

4. inner pages

What are the 4 parts of pub pages?

work schedule

Part of pre-production that involves:

• prep work for article development/approval

• work time for writers, editors, and layout artists

documents and prep work

Part of pre-production that involves:

• research for development of story pitch

• initial office visits to consult with experts and look for more possible stories

• letters for scheduling of appointments

• follow up and updates

1. conducting interviews (expert and MOS/MIS), gathering/taking photographs, & document search

2. article writing

3. editing (substantive & mechanical)

4. fact checks

What are the 4 things under production?

1. organization of files (raw and revised versions, photos)

2. laying out the pages

3. editing and revisions

4. finalize/ package the publication files and send it to the printing press (or upload stories/pub to website)

What are the 7 things under post-production?