reportage Relative values
Walfadjri newspaper: In the Walfadjri's newsroom, only seven computers are at the disposal of the journalists. Papa Samba, a young reporter, has just been hitting his computer screen to try and make it work. Only the editor-in-chief and the graphic editor have their own offices.
Asahi Shimbun newspaper: At Asahi Shimbun, one page editor and two graphic artists are assigned to each page. The newspaper employs close to 400 page editor and close to 450 graphic artists. The page editor judges the value of various articles and pictures, makes layout decisions and changes headlines and captions when necessary. Asahi Shimbun has developed its own computer's software 'Nelson' which enables and encourages journalists to do the layout of their own articles.
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