These are things that need to be scheduled and given a time block on your monthly production calendar so that you can create your newspaper. Use this with your MONTHLY PRODUCTION CALENDAR.

• Budget meeting for paper space (advertising to info ratio)
• Story pitch
• Sectionalizing the paper
• Brainstorming session
• Story assignments
• Work days for stories
• Constants assignments
• Story first deadline
• Assignment of second stories if necessary
• Dummy sketching of stories
• Dummy sketching of paper
• Suggested edits returned to reporters
• Revised stories resubmitted
• Advertising sales
• Advertising proofing
• Layout and design of ads
• Layout and design of newspaper
• Proofing of final newspaper pages
• Newspaper submitted to publisher