الاخبار بين التحرير والطبع .. كتاب معلم الصحافة والإنشاء

News between editing and printing

It is very useful for the editor-in-chief to hold a meeting for each issue before starting it, for which he gathers the editors of the newspaper in order to discuss with them its progress, and agree with them to specify the topics that the issue deals with and that are of interest to the public, relying in that on the sixth sense that estimates in advance the news that will be born in inside and outside, and thus draw what is called (the structure of the newspaper). Then each of them leaves knowing exactly what is required of him, and it is also possible according to this to determine the spaces needed for different topics, pictures and advertisements, in order of importance. It is customary for this structure to be flexible so that it can be modified with the emergence of sudden incidents in a manner commensurate with their large or small, so the news is placed quickly and concisely and in a prominent place so as not to delay the printing press from turning on time, and not to miss the news that pleases the reader, just as it does not miss the The newspaper to jump its sales to the prestigious issue. Then it is possible to follow up on the details in special appendices or in the next issues if the news is one of the ongoing incidents for a while.

The ideal newspaper is the one that finishes preparing its materials by ten in the evening at the latest - if it is in the morning - and that is after another meeting is held in which the editor-in-chief discusses his work with both his assistants and how he carried it out, so that he is directly related to the guiding aspect that the newspaper is performing, and to know Whether there is a need to modify something in the structure before printing begins or not, and to know to what extent the sixth sense has succeeded in its diligence. If he is satisfied with these matters and others, the materials are sent to the collector, and he indicates on them the number of the page on which they will be published, and the type of letter in which they will be combined, highlighting some of them with a letter that differs from the normal letter, and specifying the type of letter for the capital and small headings and so on.. even if these different materials are printed. In the form of (proofs), a copy of which was sent to the correction department of the original news or article, a second to a secretary with editing, a third to the editor-in-chief, and a fourth to be attached to the collected news when it was placed on the (packaging) table.

As for the correction department, it is in charge of revising the original on the rehearsal, and corrects the typographical or linguistic errors, if any, as it is supposed to correct the latter in the revision department before sending the subject to the compilation. To the packaging worker who takes care of raising the wrong lines and putting the corrected lines in their place. As for the second copy, it is sent to the editor-in-chief to find out the correctness of his estimates, and to see if the space specified for it has been added, or has increased significantly, requiring modification (the maquette) or making a quick abbreviation in it and sending it to the packaging worker to implement this abbreviation in a manner that matches its position in the maquette or the page. As for the third copy, it is sent to the editor-in-chief so that he can quickly review it. It may become clear to him that there are some formal or substantive errors, or he sees a deficiency or modification in some news or other things, so he gives his quick instructions to the editorial secretariat to take the procedures of correction, amendment or addition. After the page is finished, it is sent with the corrected proofs to the correctors, who make sure that the corrections they have made have been implemented in their entirety. If they are satisfied with that, the page is returned to the printing press to implement the final modification.

During this process, other operations are carried out, including writing large headlines by hand, including selecting pictures and determining their shape according to the maquette, then sending them to the engraving and zincgraph workshop to convert them into (cliches), including the final drawing of the shape of the newspaper and the natural size on which the location of the news, subject, picture and advertisement is accurately determined. . Then this page, after completing all its materials, is sent to the packaging hall after its approval by the editor-in-chief and his boss. The competent editor receives it and proceeds with the implementation process with the worker in charge of the packaging process. After completing its review and approval by the specialists, it is carried on a cart to the press to be printed under pressure from a cardboard called (so-and-so). In turn, it is sent to the foundry to be cast on lead in a cylindrical shape, and the page comes out prepared to be placed on the printing machine, which starts its work at a specified time, after it completes placing the pages on it. When the first issues came out of the printing press, the workers of the printing machine grabbed them to review the different pages, and to proceed immediately with the process of adjusting the ink and distributing it on the pages, and to take care of its coloring if the newspaper wanted to color some titles or others. Thus, Her Majesty does not leave her people among the reciters except after she touches with her gentle hand tens of diamonds on the piece of all hands and flirts with her charming eyes hundreds of hearts.