His name is Mel Hiller and he sits before a relic of journalism, the Linotype, at one time the heartbeat of just about every newspaper in the world. Long before entire pages could be set with copper plates each story had to be literally pounded out in molten lead one letter at a time. But, if you take care of them, they'll serve you well.
Modern papers use computers with keyboards that speak in clicks.
Today Mel is preparing the final edition of the Jamestown Press, the last issue for a weekly newspaper that first went to print in 1873. Harold Hiller, Mel's dad, was also a newspaperman. Set his first type when he was only 9 and ran the press for 31 years. Mel took over when he was 20. Now, he's getting tired.