Stages of Publication

news gathering: 

Whether it’s a daily, weekly or monthly newspaper. The first stage of production is news gathering. News gathering can take plenty of forms, including interviewing, reporting and writing, taking photos, gathering press releases and compiling letters to the editor, Every inclusion in the newspaper is gathered during this time, which may last a day or several days, given the production schedule of the newspaper. The news is gathered by a combination of reporters, photographers , editors and even interns.  

Advertising:  

To make money, the newspapers is reliant on advertising revenue. because some newspapers are free, and others cost a nominal fee, the significant revenue is derived from advertisers. As such, every newspaper has an advertising staff responsible for selling advertising space to businesses. 

some ads may be local, while others ay be statewide or national. ads are sold in a variety of sizes and shapes and placed throughout the newspaper's pages.  

Composition 

a newspaper's composition stage is the process by which the editorial content and advertisements are placed throughout the paper, edited and finalized. In small companies, the editorial and/or advertising staff may do this work. At larger publications its composing team is responsible for this stage. The pages are typically designed with a program such as Adobe, InDesign or Quark XPress, then the content is proofread by editors and the advertisements are verified by an advertising manager.  

Printing and Distribution 

The final major step of a newspaper's production is the printing process. Once the newspaper has been composed. It is sent electronically to a printing shop. For large newspapers, the printing facilities are often in the same building as the newspaper's advertising and editorial staff. The images of the newspaper ate loaded onto the printer and the copies are printed, folder, stacked and bundled. From there, they're sent to (or picked up by) delivery people who will take the newspapers door to door, fill boxes around the community and drop them off at stores.