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About Spilyay tymoo. (Warm Springs, Or.) 1976-current | View Entire Issue (March 31, 1981)
PAGE 4 MARCH 31,1981 MARCH 31,1981 PAGE S Home-grown newspaper develops through trial and error When our readers are glancing over their copy of Spilyay Tymoo — we sure hope they’re enjoying it. We’re firmly convinced that nobody but our staff knows how much hard work, sweat and tears goes into each issue we bring you. Those articles and photos don’t just magically fall onto the pages. During the five years that Spilyay Tymoo has been in existence, it’s been a process of learning and trial-and-error for the staff. At times we feel like bloodhounds sniffing around for news, while at other times there is so much happening that we’re hard-pressed to do justice to all the activities and projects going on. u u r lists ot -articles to ao generally exceed what can actually be humanly accomplished. So We’re forced to prioritize. The newspaper business is a strange world of deadlines and darkrooms, layouts and late nights. Although the staff works “an 8-5 shift,” there are, in addition, night meetings to attend as well as weekend community events to cover. This comes with the territory — but overtime pay doesn’t. Getting a story doesn’t mean hauling a tape recorder around, interviewing someone, then racing back to the office to type it up. In fact, we can probably (count on one hand the number of times we’ve used a recorder. Most The Typed Word—Priscilla Squiemphen spends her working hours typesetting all the copy that is to be included in each issue o f Spilyay. Often the stories all come bi at once and the pressure is high to get the copy out. B ut she faithfully completes the task. Each article is then scrutinized fo r typos by tired-eyed reporters, whereupon Priscilla sets strips o f corrections to be pasted over the errors. Working Together —A fter interviews and research are his or her own story. Newest employee P at Leno (left) do), but pointers from assistant editor Sandy Rangila are write articles require information from several sources plus a good deal of thought and organization. And some stories involve a significant amount of research. There was no way any of us could have written about the hydroelectric project without first studying the thick, technical feasibility report prepared for the Tribes. We wouldn’t even have known what questions to ask unless we had boned up first. Although we’re working just as hard as we were in 1976, the operation is now less cumbersome and more self-contained. We originally set up shop in a small, barely furnished room over at the Old Girls Dorm. Film was developed in the darkroom downstairs, but the prints had to be made at the Madras Pioneer. All the copy (stories) was driven over to Madras to be typeset where we did the layout, also. Our photographs took on a whole new, more professional look in 1977 when then- photo specialist Cynthia Stowell set up a vacuum easel so we could do our own screen prints for the paper. Then in 1979, thanks to generous tribal funding, we purchased our own typesetting equipment and built in-house layout facilities. In June of that year we produced our first ’entirely home-grown issue. In addition to ' being much more handy, we’ve saved a lot of running back and forth to Madras since then. But in-house capabilities have also made it easier for us to work late into the night putting finishing touches on the paper or to proof read it “just one more time.’r A number of young Tribal members have been exposed to (or scared away- from) journalism through short-term or summer jobs with the Spilyay. These interns were: Tammy Kalama, Marla Patt, Greg Smith, Jolene Estimo and Lyda Scott. Roger Stwyer started out with Spilyay when he was only 16, and he’s stuck it out. One of our goals is to encourage more tribal m em bers to " becom e inv o lv ed w ith journalism. It’s not easy work, but it has its rewards. Paste-up—/I// stories and photographs come together in the layout room where they are organized and “pasted-up” in a manner pleasing to the reader's eye. Reporter/photographer R oger Stw yer is adept at making everything fit—somehow. Much time is spent by all the staff members in the layout room. A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words—Photographic specialist Donna Behrend spends much o f her time in the darkroom developing film and making photographic screen prints fo r each issue o f Spilyay Tymoo. When printsfor one issue are finished it is time to start on the next. She also has to squeeze in some time fo r writing feature stories and news articles. All photos by Spilyay Tymoo staff Hot Off The Press—Editor S id Miller examines the Spilyay as it rolls off the press at the Central Oregonian office in Prineville. The paper is typeset, layed out and pasted up at the Spilyay office in Warm Springs and is then taken to Prineville where the pages are photographed by a huge camera and burnt onto metal sheets used fo r printing. The newly-printed issues are then bundled and brought back to the Spilyay office in Warm Springs where they go through one more process. Final Task—Thefreshly printedpapers arefolded, stapled and labeled by members ofth e Spilyay staff. Reporter/photographer Marsha Shewczyk shares the task o f getting papers out to the 1212 subscribers. A t one time subscriptions weie lim ited to tribal members. N ow there are 260 p a id subscriptions going as fa r as Australia and Germany. Over the counter sales total about 200.
