I’ve got to note this crazy night — before Christmas.
The paper for Dec. 25, 2007, is HUGE — 1,029 inches in 28 pages.
Of no surprise, the city and state desks had like 10 stories all together.
Thanks to them, and to the early deadlines, Christmas is officially on my hate list… honestly. 😛
Now a note of what I did this very crazy night:
4A — 38 inches (NATION)
nat-briefs
nat-mallshooting
5A — 38 inches
nat-winterstorm (w/ infobox)
nat-pigspleens (w/ art)
6A — ad
7A (color) — 37 inches
nat-crackcocain (w/ factbox)
8A — 36 inches
nat-juryheat
nat-abuse
9A — ad
10A (color) — 38 inches
pol-governorsfundraising (w/ infobox, graphics)
pol-trail
11A — ad
12A (color) — 40 inches
nat-mormontemple (w/ infobox, art)
13A — ad
14A (color) — 38 inches
nat-sopranos (w/ art)
nat-neworleans
15A (color) — 42 inches
nat-minecollapse (w/ art)
nat-kidneydonation
16A (color) — 60 inches
hlth-obesity (w/ infobox)
hlth-simplercpr (w/ infobox)
17A — 50 inches
sci-asteroid
sci-tinybible
18A (color) — 60 inches (IRAQ & THE WAR ON TERRORISM)
ter-iraq (w/ factbox)
ter-soldiers (w/ factbox, art)
19A — 52 inches
hol-bush (w/ infobox, art)
20A — opinion
21A — 97 inches (WORLD)
wor-briefs
wor-vatican (w/ art)
wor-mideast (w/ infobox)
wor-pakistan
wor-nepal
Also in the paper …
1A — open: Tony’s adoption story; Holiday shopping; Great Debaters movie; Street-racing lawyer
2A — 129 inches (BLOG/P1 JUMPS)
3A — 37 inches (P1 JUMPS)
22A (color) — 43 inches (P1 JUMPS)
23A (color) — open (LOCAL & STATE)
24A — 30 inches
25A — 129 inches
26A (color) — 67 inches
27A — obits
28A — WEATHER + no space