^#smrgSAHAF Read All About It: A Day in the Life of a Metropolitan Newspaper - 1987

Even to the creators, there's something mysterious about the creation of news-papers. Given the pressure of relentless deadlines and breaking news, it's a minor mirade that today's newspaper made it to your doorstep or newsstand on time. Now you can read all about how it was done.

In this kaleidoscopic account, Jane Harrigan profiles scores of people who helped produce a single day's edition of the Boston Globe. You follow the entire process hour by hour—from the first reporters straggling into the newsroom at 6:00 A.M. to the first edition rolling off the presses at midnight.

You find out who did what and how hundreds of activities were choreographed to produce the next day's edition. You learn the details of how each job was done and how newspaper professionals feel about the demands, frustrations, and rewards of their work.

Throughout the day, you track:
• Editors
• Reporters
• Foreign correspondents
• Bureau chiefs
• Columnists
• Editorial writers