Whats a typical day like at The Shorthorn?
Part of the challenge — and the enjoyment — of being a Shorthorn staff member is that the days are sometimes anything but typical. Nevertheless, it all works around deadlines. Most staff members schedule classes during the mornings when possible. The pace in The Shorthorn office picks up in the afternoon. Reporters and photographers work on assignments, which are due at 4 p.m. They turn in their work to their respective editors, who meet at mid-afternoon to decide where each story and photograph will be placed in the next day’s paper. Copy editors, proofreaders and page designers come in later and using the story “budget” created by editors who design and produce the issue, leaving space for stories and photos that will be coming in later that day. The finished issue is sent to the contract printer electronically at midnight, and that issue is printed and distributed by 9 a.m. the next morning. And then the process that we affectionately call “the daily miracle” begins all over. While
