NY Daily News 1. For advance pieces from the business section, the business desk sends its copy to the metro desk, but for themost part, business copy is handled by the business editors. The workload on the metro copy desk at The News is approximately five to 10 stories. On certain nights of the week, Thursdays and Fridays, for example, the workload might increase a bit, since part of the Sunday paper is ready to be edited. The rest on the desk are copy editors.
All layout is done on the news desk.
There is a distinct career path within each desk, but there are a few career copy editors at The News. Copy editors, for the most part, are treated as professionals at the Daily News. The relationship between the copy desk and the assigning desk is a good one. The assigning editors listen to copy editors, copy editors listen to assigning editors. For the most part, if there are any questions about a story, the copy editor will go through the assigning desk as a matter of protocol, but eventually may wind up speaking to the reporter.