A quick-thinking rim editor can give the slot editor valuable information that makes the difference between an okay section and a great section. C. Read budgets to prepare yourself for that night's stories. This not only gives you a sense of what the work load and flow might be like, it lets you set your pace accordingly. If you rush breakneck through stories on a night when you could really take more time, you are shortchanging yourself and your copy chiefs. D. Strive for great headlines, not serviceable ones.
Headlines are the first thing a reader sees.
Yet, they can be the last dashed-off part of our jobs. E. Read the paper. Not just the main run, but the regionals too. You don't have to read every word. But you should at least skim the major stories.