История письма и чтения. Асафова Г.К. - 119 стр.

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page being composed from various articles and pictures. While writing, the

reporter can retrieve information stored in the computer, such as any previous

articles on the same subject, which can be displayed on the screen alongside the

new copy. This split-screen technology also allows the copy editor to move copy

around the screen on special page-layout terminals until the copy fits the page.

Once it is ready, a push of a button sends the complete page to the main computer

for eventual transformation into an aluminum printing plate.

By this direct-input process the production of a page of news is accelerated.

But the new technology can serve other production purposes. On some papers it is

possible for an advertiser to send copy via the telephone to the newspaper office,

where the computer automatically finds a suitable space for it and transmits it to

the copy editor's screen. The reporter in the field, equipped with a portable

terminal, can also input a story to the newspaper's computer directly and can gain

access to the computer's library of information in the same way. If necessary, the

editor can discuss the article with the reporter over the telephone as they both look

at it on their screens. Similarly, items from press agencies can be located instantly;

these may be transmitted to the computer terminal via cables or over the air by

satellite, enabling news to reach the other side of the world within minutes. The

electronic transmission of whole pages of news between remote locations also

means that the printing plant does not have to be situated near the editorial offices.

This can decrease real estate or rental costs, and it allows simultaneous editions of

the same newspaper to be printed in different cities and even on different

continents, an advantage that has been exploited by the British-based Financial

Times and U.S.-based Wall Street Journal.

ERA OF THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

Foundations of modern journalism

The creation of new industrial occupations in society as a whole was

reported by a new set of newspapermen who had far more specific jobs than their