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How do 8,122 words, 52 photos, 17 illustrations and cartoons and 23 ads
become the Young American? Follow us through the steps that produce
America's Newspaper fo r Kids.
I aits
of plan
mug
goes into
publishing a newspaper, .uxl the
[Miblisher oversees it all The
editiwial stafl has already selec t
ed story ideas for hzung
■{merit tin tfin High l-ebruary
I9K9. llx-y an- lianl at work
gathering inforrnaiiiwi ahoul
trains for Juix-, tlx- sum m er
< llym pics lor Septem ber .uxl
ghost towns f«w ( X toher.
Wlx-n everything is finished,
tlx- H ats an- ruslx-d to tlx- printer
The (winters photograph eac h
page and make big negatives The
negatives am then photographed
onto metal sheets that tit on pnnt
mg dniins As paper passes over
tlx- drums, ink is applied
and nxwe than I I mil
lion copies of Xouzig
•Vnzrt« un newspapers (
an- printed.
, Lp- o
Story ideas come
fnwn our readers.
news events,
other writers aixl
fnwn kids Ytmni;
A m ent un talks
with.
Repr wters
then inter
vx-w peo
pie. go
the library
to mad
ahi wit the
topic .uxl
0
attend
events
writing tlx*
story
Ih c editor reads all the sto
ries and edits them on a aw n
(Miter. Ihe editor sees that there
.in- ix > grammatical <w
spelling emws aixl m akes
sure tlx- stiwy .uiswers all
the- important questxwis
( Xxe tlx- sti wies are ci wn
pk-teil, they an- given to
tlx- graphics department.
I h c graphic-
artists use
com puters to
design tlx- newsjiaper Ihc com puter Ixips
tlx-ni dec ide wtx-n- stones, (ihotogruphs. illus
tratiotis and advertisements lit hesl ini a (vige
Allei tlx- page is ik-sigix-d. a picture ol tlx- |Xige
called a pumi
is given lo tlx- cditonal
ik-parttiK-nl lor correc tions
H.x k in tlx- grajihiis dcpartrix-nt, the
artists an- m aking tlx- ciwrectiiwis on the
woofs, drawing art .uxl designing ads
W hen finished. they paste eac h page
Hilo thin canlhoard called a Hat Ilx- |Wx>
tos and 11 lust rati« his an- pasted down,
aixl last minute changes am made
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YOUNG AMF RICAN
APRIL 18 MAY 2
M eanwhile, in the
advertising «k-partnx-nt,
tlx- sak-speople talk to
com panies who want to
advertise their pnxluets or
programs in lining
{merit un Accixinl exec
utives Isak-speopk-1 call
.uxl set up appointments
with com panies ( Xxe a
business agrees to buy
advertising in lining
■{merit tin. a uwilract is
signed Sonx-times
lining -{merit tin artists
design tlx- ads. other
times the companms will
seixl their xls ready f«w
publication
ai i .
Ihc- printing com pany
delivers Koung Aznrzi« un to
newspapers ;uxl scfxxils several
days before tlx- n ailers actually
receive tlx- newspajx-r. I inally,
it is inserted into your newspa
per or distributed at your scfxxil
aixl delivered into your hands