Tuesday, February 20, 2007

News meetings at local papers

From Tracy Collins, deputy managing editor, Arizona Republic:
There's no problem at all with your students coming one or two at a time to the news meetings. If we could just have them e-mail me to let me know they're coming so we can make sure they have an "escort" to make sure they get to the right place and to make sure they are introduced to the crowd.

We have a morning news meeting at 10 a.m., and an afternoon meeting at 2:30. The morning meeting usually lasts about 40 minutes, the afternoon one about 30 minutes...

tracy.collins@arizonarepublic.com

From the executive editor of the East Valley Tribune, Jim Ripley:

Students are invited to attend any news meeting. I only ask, if they have a relationship with the Republic, they respect the confidentiality of our process and decisions. The daily A1 meeting is at 3 p.m.—though it usually doesn’t start until 3:15 p.m. The 10 a.m. meeting is an early and broader look at what is going into the stew. Weekend planning meetings are 2 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Just make sure they understand that some meetings are rich and others are dull. The dull ones often mean our planning processes have worked. It would be a good idea for the student to call CJ Coppola at 480-898-6506 so that she can alert the front to let the student in. If CJ, our office manager, isn’t available, they should try Audrey or Francis at 898-6514. The news meetings are run by Chris Coppola, deputy editor for news.

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