Structure of newspaper organization

departments of newspaper

1. STRUCTURE OF A NEWSPAPER ORGANIZATION

2. NEWSPAPER ORGANIZATION Journalism is not only about writing and editing of newspaper and periodicals. Gathering and transmission of news, business management, advertising and other processes connected with the production of a newspaper. Most of the newspapers have three main departments- editorial, business and mechanical. But it varies from newspaper to newspaper depending on the size.

3. DEPARTMENTS IN NEWSPAPER Editorial department Advertising department Circulation department Printing department Administrative department Stores department IT department

4. EDITORIAL DEPARMENT Responsible for gathering news, interpretation of news and short listing news features. The editors in this department include like the photo editor, the design editor, and the layout editor, etc. The editor of the newspaper alone cannot handle the work and is therefore assisted by chief correspondent, Resident editors, Managing Editors Dy. Editors, Asst. Editors, Sub Editors, photographers, cartoonists, feature writers.

5. STAFF OF EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT

6. ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT Very important department in the revenue generation aspect. It looks after collecting advertisements that are placed in every newspaper edition. The sector looks into classified ads, local, national, real estate ads, the law adds.

7. CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT It looks after the circulation or distribution of copies of the newspaper. Three main responsibilities- Selling the Paper. Delivering it to retailers. Collecting data from subscribers.

8. PRINTING DEPARTMENT Production aspects of the newspaper. Installation and maintenance of machines, Compiling the data into the newspaper format and then putting it on paper. Example- printing plate preparation, printing, cutting, folding, etc.

9. ADMINISTRATIVE DEPARTMENT This department looks after the general administrative work- pertaining to personnel selection, training, promotion, allotment of work, maintaining eave record, liaison with government departments, general facilities and all such work that facilitates working of other departments. In the absence of a separate legal department, the administrative department also handles the work pertaining to legal matters.

10. STORE DEPARTMENT It looks after the storage work and It maintains and keeps a record of the stocks of raw material (paper, ink, stencils, etc) and finished goods (the printed newspaper).

11. IT DEPARTMENT Hardware setup and maintenance. Technical support. IT security. Website design and maintenance. Program design.

12. EXTRA DEPARTMENTS Personnel Department- Recruitment, training, promotions, transfer, retirements are taken care of here. Legal Department –Taken care of legal problems like defamation, libel, etc.   PR Department- Tries to create and sustain a positive image for the newspaper. Internet Department- Sharing the news on social media. Accounting Department: This department looks after all the accounting work like maintaining books of accounts, preparing balance sheet and other financial statements, payment, receipt, preparation of budget, financial planning, cost control etc.

13. DEFINE THE FOLLOWING Publisher- Editor- Editorial page editor-  Managing editor- News reporter-   Chief copy editor-   Copy editor-  Photo editor- Graphics editor- Graphics reporter-  

14. DEFINE THE FOLLOWING Chief Reporter- Senior Reporter- City Reporter- Correspondents- Beat Reporter- Columnists- Feature writers-

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