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| In-House Reporting Resources... | |
| Reporters: | 4 full-time writer/reporters 2 part-time writer/reporters |
| Specific beats: | General, with some specialties |
| Telephone interviews: | Yes, from desk |
| Do you duplicate coverage of the wires? | Depends, but often |
| Police info: | Wire |
| Bureaus: | None local |
| Stringers, freelancers? | Several |
| Versions of voicers: | Depends |
| Tape library: | Yes, slowly getting in order |
| Long distance budget: | Yes |
| Influenced by competitors? | “No” |
| Outside Sources... | |
| Subscription services: | Reuters UPI: Natl Br, Metro Br |
| Alternatives: | Liberation News Service |
| Audio services: | Pacifica |
| PR, politicians: | No |
| Daybooks: | Yes |
| Newspapers: | Yes, with attribution |
| Traffic/transit: | None |
| Facilities... | |
| Open reels: | 1 Scully 280 1 Ampex 440 |
| Cart machines: | None except in studio |
| Timers: | Regular clocks |
| Phone: | Nearby |
| Cassette portables: | Sony TC-110 |
| Cassette decks: | No |
| On-street mikes: | EV 635a |
| Equalizers: | Rarely |
| Broadcast lines to bureaus: | n/a |
| Cart machines at each desk? | No |
| Separate news studio? | No |
| Writing Style... | |
| Stylebook? | No |
| Sound bite limits: | Don't use, but a wire story would be limited to 1:15 – 1:30 |
| Story line limits: | Wire |
| Grammar: | Fairly informal. |
| Use of 'straight wire copy': | Often |
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