The document discusses the organization and structure of newspaper departments. It outlines the key editorial department which is headed by the editor and assisted by various personnel like managing editors, news editors, sub-editors and photographers. The editorial department is further divided into groups that oversee different sections like news, sports, commercial etc. Each section is headed by personnel like chief reporter, sports writer, commercial editor who supervise journalists working in their areas.
The document discusses the organization and structure of newspaper departments. It outlines the key editorial department which is headed by the editor and assisted by various personnel like managing editors, news editors, sub-editors and photographers. The editorial department is further divided into groups that oversee different sections like news, sports, commercial etc. Each section is headed by personnel like chief reporter, sports writer, commercial editor who supervise journalists working in their areas.
The document discusses the organization and structure of newspaper departments. It outlines the key editorial department which is headed by the editor and assisted by various personnel like managing editors, news editors, sub-editors and photographers. The editorial department is further divided into groups that oversee different sections like news, sports, commercial etc. Each section is headed by personnel like chief reporter, sports writer, commercial editor who supervise journalists working in their areas.
The document discusses the organization and structure of newspaper departments. It outlines the key editorial department which is headed by the editor and assisted by various personnel like managing editors, news editors, sub-editors and photographers. The editorial department is further divided into groups that oversee different sections like news, sports, commercial etc. Each section is headed by personnel like chief reporter, sports writer, commercial editor who supervise journalists working in their areas.
NEWSPAPER ORGANIZATION AND STRUCTURE WEEK 11 After the
completion of the
chapter, students
will be able to:
1. discuss the
functions of various
OBJECTIVES media personnel;
2. classify the
characteristics
of the departments
of the print
organization; Media Organization:
TOPICS Media
KEY POINT TO Department and
DISCUSS: Personnel THE ORGANIZATION OF MEDIA WORK
“producing art requires
elaborate cooperation among specialized personnel” HOWARD BECKER (1982) WHAT IS NEWS AGENCY?
A news agency is an organization of
journalists established to supply news reports to news organizations: newspapers, magazines, and radio and
television broadcasters.
Such an agency may also be referred to as
a wire service, newswire, or news service
NEWSPAPER ORGANIZATIONAL CHART NEWSPAPER ORGANIZATION HAS SEVERAL DEPARTMENT OF DEPARTMENTS WHICH HAVE THEIR NEWSPAPER OWN TASKS TO BE ORGANIZATION PERFORMED WITH CERTAIN STAFFS TAKING CHARGES OF SEVERAL JOBS. DEPARTMENT OF NEWSPAPER ORGANZATION
EDITORIAL ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT DEPARTMENT
PRINTING CIRCULATION
DEPARTMENT DEPARTMENT
EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT THIS DEPARTMENT IS HEADED BY THE EDITOR WHO IS FOR :
-Collection of news.
- Selection of news and features .
- Editing of news and features and
Interpretation of news . EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT
THE EDITOR OF THE NEWSPAPER ALONE CANNOT HANDLE
THE EDITING WORK
THEREFORE ASSISTED BY CHIEF CORRESPONDENT, RESIDENT
(NIGHT AND DAY), SUB-EDITORS AND OTHER FUNCTIONARIES
LIKE PHOTOGRAPHERS, CARTOONISTS, FEATURE WRITERS AND
REVIEWERS. EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT GROUP 1
EDITOR 'Editor" means a person
who directs and supervises
the editorial side of a
newspaper.
EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT GROUP 1A
EXECUTIVE EDITOR RESIDENT EDITOR ASSOCIATE EDITOR
means a person who assists means a person who means a person who
in the editorial and performs the functions of generally assists the Editor
production functions of a an Editor of a newspaper in the performance of the
newspaper, whether or not at a centre other than the work of the Editor.
he supervises the
work of one from which the
Resident Editor, Assistant newspaper was originally
Editor, etc. published.
EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT GROUP 1B
ASSISTANT EDITOR LEADER WRITER NEWS EDITOR
means a person who means a person who means a person who co-
regularly assist the Editor in regularly writes leaders and ordinates and supervises
the discharge of his duties may also write other copy the work of the news
generally in relation to the involving review, comment department and is
comments and opinions or criticism. responsible for the news
and writes leader and may
content of all the editions
also write other copy of a newspaper.
involving review, comment
or criticism.
EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT GROUP 1B CHIEF OF NEWS SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT BUREAU means a person whose duties regularly
means a person who include reporting and interpreting all
supervises the work of the news of Parliamentary, political and
news bureau and assigns general importance as an accredited
work to the Bureau correspondent or, other-wise at the
members. head-quarters of the Central
Government or at a foreign centre or
who regularly performs similar functions
in more than one State or at any other
place where he is assigned as such.
EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT GROUP 2 ASSISTANT NEWS CHIEF REPORTER SPORTS WRITER EDITOR means a person who takes means a person in charge of
charge of a shift at the the sports section of a
means a person who assists
news desk, allocates and newspaper, deals with news
the news editor in the
supervises the work of one and views on sports and
discharge of his duties allied activities, allocates generally and/or is in or more sub-editors and is and supervises the work of charge of bringing out the generally responsible for one or more reporters and of city edition. the determination of news one or more sub-editors and space and the general
is generally responsible for
display of news in the the determination of news paper or in a particular space and the general edition or part of it. display of sports news. EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT GROUP 2 COMMERCIAL FILM EDITOR MAGAZINE EDITOR EDITOR means a person who deals means a person who deals
with news and views with news and views bearing
means a person who deals
bearing on films and stage on literary or entertainment
with news and views
and is in charge of items of relevant news and
bearing on commerce, thoughts and other finance, trade and industry, specified column or page connected subjects of and comments on them and on stage and screen and literature is in charge of allocates and supervises supervises the work of one specified columns or pages the work of one or more or more working journalists. and two or more working reporters.
journalists who supervises
their work.
EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT GROUP 2 CARTOONIST CHIEF RESEARCHER CHIEF OF NEWS means a person who means a person in charge PHOTOGRAPHER comments upon news and of statistical or research means a Person who
events through cartoons division which deals with allocates and supervises the
and caricatures. matters bearing on work of one or more news
commerce, finance, trade photographers.
and industry in a financial
paper and supervises the
work of one or more
working journalists.
EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT GROUP 2 CHIEF ARTIST PRINCIPAL SENIOR SUB-EDITOR means a person who CORRESPONDENT means a person who
supervises the work of one regularly assists the Chief
is a correspondent who is
or more librarians. Index Sub-Editor in the discharge
accredited to the State
Assistants, Calligraphist of his duties and acts in his
Government and place in his absence. and Artists respectively. Correspondent is a person
accredited to the Central
Government other than
Special Correspondent and
other sectional or batch
heads.
EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT GROUP 2 CHIEF REPORTER SENIOR SENIOR means a person who assists CORRESPONDENT CALLIGRAPHIST the Chief Reporter and means a person other than means a person who assists
acts in his place in his special and principal the Chief Calligraphist or
absence. correspondent and his Chief Artist or Chief Librarian
duties include the reporting or Chief Index Assistant, as
the case may be, and has put
on important news at any in service of not less than important centre other than five years. the centre of publication
and has put in service of
not less than five years.
EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT GROUP 3 SUB-EDITOR REPORTER CORRESPONDENT means a person who means a person who means a person who gathers
receives, selects, shortens, gathers and presents news and dispatches by wire, post
summarizes, elaborates, at a particular center. or any other means, news
translates, edits and from any centre other than
the centre of publication.
headlines news items of all
descriptions and may do
some or all of these
functions.
EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT GROUP 3 NEWS ARTIST CALLIGRAPHIST PHOTOGRAPHER means a person who means an artist who performs
prepares for publication journalistic work and also
means a person who covers
drawing, layouts, maps, calligraphs matters.
news events of public
interest through graphs or other similar
photographs. embellishments,
illustrations of any kind or
of creative art. He may do
some or all of these
functions.
EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT GROUP 3A LIBRARIAN CHIEF PROOF means a person who READER prepares and maintains means one who allocates
records relating to news and supervises the work of
and views which are used
one or more proof leaders
as background or fill out and is in charge of a shift.
for current stories. Persons
not performing any of these
functions shall not be
covered.
EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT GROUP 3 PROOF READER PLANNER means a person who checks up means a person who assists
printed matter of proof with in the job of photo editing,
Editor's copy to ensure strict colour editing and shadow
conformity of the former with eding to highlight any news
the latter. Factual matter given by the Editor.
discrepancies, slips of spelling
mistakes of grammar and
syntax may also be discovered
by him and he either corrects
or get them corrected.
ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT Advertising is the major source of revenue
from a newspaper.
AS SUCH, THE WORK OF
COLLECTION AND PUBLICATION OF ADVERTISEMENTS BECOMES CRUCIAL IN A NEWSPAPER ORGANIZATION. There can be several sections in this
department one to look after local
advertising, one for classified ads, one for
general / national advertising, one for
legal advertising and yet another one for
preparing copy and so on.
CIRCULATION AS CIRCULATION IS THE LIFE
DEPARTMENT BLOOD OF A NEWSPAPER
THE MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES
OF THE CIRCULATION
DEPARTMENT ARE:
- Selling the newspaper
- Delivering it and
- Collection from subscribers.
PRINTING It looks after all the work of
printing including installation of
DEPARTMENT machines, plant layout, composing,
processing, loading, scheduling,
maintenance of machines etc
MEDIA ORGANIZATION "maintaining the existence of the
