Stages and roles in making newspaper

Here are the roles of creating a newspaper:

Editor - The editor manages the whole newspaper, they are responsible for making sure the newspaper runs smoothly and makes the decision which articles are included in the final product. In large newspaper companies there are normally separate editors for each area of the newspaper, such as news or sports. They are responsible for proof reading the journalists articles and correcting them.

Reporter - The reporter is seen as a type of journalist, they write the stories to be put in newspapers, some reporters cover all subjects such as sports or crime, yet some may only do specific features. Reporters are normally graduates and people who want jobs for poor money.

Photographer - This role is normally done by the chief photographer who takes images for each newspaper issue which is then looked at by the editor who decides which pictures will be used.

Designer - The designer designs the layout of the newspaper, keeping in mind how to attract the audience and how the newspapers overall identity is reflected.

Graphic Artist - The graphics artists create graphs,maps, charts and diagrams to help explain the story visually, which makes the story more interesting and easier to understand.

Advertising Manager - This is mainly a role for one person who has overall responsibility for all of the advertising and its department in the newspaper.

Marketing Manager - They are responsible for the marketing and advertising if the paper to the general audience in order to raise sales. They must get it right as it could damage the newspapers reputation and effect sales. If a newspaper is not marketed correctly it may not be well known.

Print Manager - They control the production of every issue of the paper in the printing process.

Distribution Role - They make sure that the newspapers are distributed out to vendors and customers correctly, this is likely to be done daily



These are the stages of making a newspaper:

News Gathering 

The first stage of making a newspaper is news gathering. This can be done in various ways such as interviewing, reporting and writing, taking photos, gathering press releases and getting letters together to the editor. Each decision for the newspaper is made in this stage. This stage involves reporters, photographers and editors.

Advertising

The second stage is advertising, which is one of the most important stages for newspapers. Because most newspapers are cheap, and some free, they make most there money from the advertising. Each newspaper has an advertising staff responsible for selling advertising space to businesses, which can be local, statewide or national. 

Composition

This stage of the newspaper is the process by which the editorial content and advertisements are placed throughout the paper, edited and finalized. In small companies the editorial or advertising staff may take on this role, and at larger publications there will be a composing team responsible for this stage. The pages are normally designed with a program and then the content is proofread by editors and the advertisements are verified by an advertising manager.

Printing and distribution 

The final stage is the printing and distribution process, once the newspaper has been composed it is sent to a printing shop. For large newspapers the printing facilities are often in the companies building, the images of the newspaper are loaded into the printer and the copies are printed, folded, stacked and bundled. From there, they're sent to or picked up by delivery people who will take the newspapers door to door, fill boxes around the community and drop them off at stores.