The Electronic Gatekeeper: Editing on the Copy Desk of a Metropolitan Newspaper.

Garrison, Bruce

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ERIC Number: EJ225393

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Publication Date: 1980-May

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The Electronic Gatekeeper: Editing on the Copy Desk of a Metropolitan Newspaper.

Garrison, Bruce

Newspaper Research Journal, v1 n3 p7-17 May 1980

Shows that newspapers moving to new reporting and editing systems, such as the video display terminal, must develop the new electronic system to meet copy-flow needs. Notes that new systems must conform to a newspaper's gatekeeping needs, not vice versa. (RL)

Descriptors: Case Studies, Editing, Electronic Equipment, Headlines, Journalism, Layout (Publications), Media Research, Newspapers, Technological Advancement

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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