A week in the life of a Bucks Herald reporter

I'm going to start on Wednesday because that's the day after publication...

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Who's in the newsroom?

Editor, Asst editor, Dept editor x 2, 8 reporters and 2 sports reporters. The editor is very hands on and is much like a news editor in how he manages the place.

Wednesday: Out on patch digging around for stories
Thursday: More digging and following up stories. Council or court stuff as well if necessary
Friday: Still no anxious deadlines. More researching and writing and finishing some copy.
Sat/Sun: off at the moment (I think that changes when I've been there a bit longer)
Monday: Getting closer to deadline and tying up loose end with interviews and stuff. Not many new stuff coming in at this stage
Tuesday: Production day...

Morning - finishing off stuff and getting all copy into the basket.
Afternoon - really getting stuff finalised and subs (4 editorial jobs) start putting things on the page.
5pm: pages start coming out and the rporters have mostly finished copy so they check the pages for errors (sound familiar Cardiff postgrads???)
I like doing that because you get to see everyone's work and can correct them as well if the subs have change something that's not quite right.