News editor, who runs the copy desk. 23 to mid to late 50s. About 6 years, some as little as 3 months, or as long as 13 years. Yes, usually 2 days to a week. A new copy editor is usually paired with a rim editor for the first few days to learn the system and how to do specific tasks.
Extra pages are okay.
A new publisher was just hired. He was looking for a new executive editor and city editors and possibly make some other staff changes, so things could be different.