Intel Corp. He is to be interviewed by Jerry Ceppos, executive editor of the San Jose Mercury News , and Hiawatha Bray, a technology reporter at the Boston Globe. Ind. Baril said technology has forced editorial and production departments, traditionally far more separate, to work together. Although it is a stressful process, introduction of the user-friendly system has proven beneficial, she said. We have to keep up with new MTV generation who grew up with computer technologies. In Akron, each of the 170 members of the Beacon Journal's newsroom staff can access the Internet from their desks.
Photographers can send pictures electronically.
And since most production is done electronically, mistakes can be corrected without reprinting pages. The paper has eliminated its composing room of 50 people and cut its production time by an hour. In many newspapers, the new technology also altered the chain of command. Production departments integral to the old systems have been scrapped entirely, and new pagination teams are being established near the editorial department. Editors, meanwhile, say their role has been changed dramatically.