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Sunday, June 25, 2000 |
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 THE PAPER
From news to paper
Staffers work to make News stand out
What is LDS Church's involvement?
Better uses for old papers than lining birdcages
The making of an afternoon newspaper
Questions and answers about newspapers
The Top Ten Reasons to Subscribe
Amazing numbers tell about the News
All the dirt on Deseret News' staffers
Interpretation of newsroom jargon
Deserette? A familiar buzz of confusion
Deseret News headed by board of executives
Deseret News has seen many changes
Joint operation allows competition to flourish
Editorial pages: the first chat rooms
Don't stop the presses yet
Forging on in a world of change
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Amazing numbers say it all about the News
299,117: Miles driven in 1999 by staffers in covering news.
272,250: Pounds of ink estimated to be used this year in printing the Deseret News.
182,500: Frames shot by staff photographers in an average year.
128,865: Miles of newsprint used in a year.
1,300: Snickers candy bars purchased out of the sixth-floor lunchroom vending machine in a year.
225: Movies reviewed last year by movie critic Jeff Vice.
216: Stairs from the basement to the ninth floor in the Deseret News building.
52: Staffers who speak more than one language.
33: Camera bodies used by the paper's staff photographers.
14: Foreign countries to which Olympic reporter Lisa Riley Roche has traveled in covering her beat.
14: Bylined stories in which reporter Don Baker used the word "critter" during his Deseret News career.
4: Treadmills in the Deseret News Wellness Bureau.
3: Ferrets (Murray, Millie and Sophie) owned by general manager Fred Temby.
2: Deseret News bureaus (Utah County and Washington, D.C.).
1: 3-foot iguana owned by wire editor Ron Cook. |
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