The Burbank Bulldog Newsroom

How to File A News Story
NOTE: Type ALL stories in Times New Roman, size 10, with NO paragraph tabs.
Photo captions are to be saved in the same manner as a story except as "pcslug."

REPORTERS:

WRITING AND FILING YOUR STORY INTO THE COMPUTER:
1. Ask a newsroom TA to log you onto the newspaper account.
2. Open My Documents--Click on $news on Z drive in the search window.
3. Click on NEWSPAPER THIS ONE icon.
4. Click on appropriate STORIES issue icon. STORIES-1 is issue #1, STORIES-2 is issue #2 etc.
5. Click on appropriate NEWS, COLUMNS, ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT, SPORTS, CALENDAR, OPINION, ADS category for your story.
6. Save the first draft of your story as "slug" (Remember to run grammar check and spell check!)

-STORY IS EDITED THREE TIMES-SCROLL DOWN TO BOTTOM OF PAGE FOR HOW TO EDIT.

EACH TIME THE STORY IS EDITED:
1. CHECK YOUR FOLDER FOR ANY EDITED COPIES OF STORIES
2. ACCESS YOUR STORY'S 3-e version via steps 1 to 5 above (story-eee).
3. CORRECT YOUR COPY IN THE COMPUTER AND SAVE AS A "r" version.
4. PRINT A COPY
5. ATTACH THE THREE EDITED COPIES TO THE BACK OF YOUR "r" version
6. GIVE TO A COPY EDITOR TO REVIEW-REVISE YOUR "r" VERSION
6. GIVE TO SECTION EDITOR TO REVIEW-REVISE YOUR "r" VERSION--RETURN TO SECTION EDITOR
7. SECTION EDITOR GIVES TO MS. B.
8. MS. B. REVIEWS, REVISES, RETURNS TO REPORTER AND/OR EDITOR TO CORRECT
9. REPORTER CORRECTS STORY AND CLICKS "SAVE" (stays an "r" version)
10. Ms. B. verifies corrected copy, finalizes story, saving story as an -f version (story-f)

 NOTE: ONLY MS. B. CAN FINALIZE A STORY!!!
ONLY FINALIZED STORIES ARE PUT IN THE PAPER.

-STORY IS NOW READY FOR LAYOUT

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HOW TO EDIT A STORY:

1. ACCESS STORY by following steps 1-5 above.
2. ADD YOUR NAME TO THE EDITED BY LIST AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE
3. PRINT STORY ON ONE PAGE (PUT 1-1 IN THE PRINT BOX UNDER "PAGES")
4. CLICK SAVE AS - SAVE STORY BY ADDING AN "e" after the number i.e. slug-1e, slug-1ee (keep story in same folder-do not save anywhere else)
5. EDIT THE COPY BY HAND THAT YOU PRINTED
6. RETURN EDITED COPY TO WRITER'S FOLDER OR TO WRITER