Some have the latest laptop models and file their stories using telephone lines, modems and e-mail. Photographers criss-cross the state to take photos for all sections of the paper. Also, advertising representatives are out selling ad space while artists compose those ads on computers back at the office. What's new Photographers recently began using digital cameras, which record images electronically rather than on film. Since conventional photos would have to be scanned and entered into a computer, this saves time, allowing us to bring readers photographs from late-breaking sports and news situations.
Editors carefully check new stories for accuracy before and after they are placed on the pages.
With the push of a keyboard button, completed pages are sent to the plateroom, where images are transferred first to a negative, then to an aluminum printing plate. The individual plates are placed on the printing press. What's new Pages are sent from the Register's downtown offices to the new press facility eight miles south of downtown via fiber optic lines. It takes 10 to 15 seconds for a single page to turn into digital bits and then make the trip to the plateroom at the new facility. Paper are checked as they come off the press for quality and the alignment of color.