Sometimes to in-house writing beats. Good quality with general grammar and news judgment. Not so strong in page design sometimes. Yes, usually for one shift. Somebody sticks around until 1. 17.
Extra pages are okay.
Generally good camaraderie. Great place to live, but extremely expensive. The IJ is a good springboard to other jobs in Gannett, and sometimes to the San Francisco papers or the Contra Costa Times and Santa Rosa Press Democrat.