Handling breaking news against a tight deadline is a key facet of daily planning. On July 9, I worked with a news photographer, his editor and members of the design center to secure the key front-page image of a local immigrant’s release from an ICE detainment facility and the moment he was able to greet his father. That moment happened just minutes before content deadline, but we got the photo and a complete story in time to make the print edition.
Starting in October 2024, The Journal News published an expanded Sunday print edition in conjunction with the company’s “BluePrint” strategy to enhance content and boost reader interest. “New York’s Fluoride Fight” was a cover story that reflected my role as a project manager. Each week, I coordinated with editors, reporters, page designers and team leaders to deliver content, line edit the stories, write new headlines and proof completed pages.
What could be a bigger draw for readers – both online and print – than a high school football preseason all-star team? Each year, I helped plan and produce our “Super 11” content. Our paper named the 11 best players in our area and delivered splashly print pages much loved by players, parents and other fans.
The Journal News has a very popular food writer with a massive online following. But she also loved the print edition, as did the restaurateurs she wrote about. This writer was a big fan of the headlines I wrote for her stories (and she also appreciated the thorough copy edit I gave them). This was one headline we both liked a lot.
Another example of a BluePrint cover and inside pages that required diligent planning and rigorous editing and proofing to ensure headlines were engaging, captions provided pertinent information and the story itself was free of typos and fact errors.
