ABSTRACT
In the late 1990s when a news organization decided to do a special report, they already had rigid workflows in place based on years of tradition. Journalists and editors already knew the media forms that the package would take—even before a story idea was pitched. In the case of a newspaper organization, there would certainly be photos, possibly several graphics, and of course text. Space dedicated for the project would be determined on factors like the number of photos chosen and the length of the edited text. The newspaper was a well-oiled machine, and most of this process was automatic. This news creation process was similarly formulaic in broadcast and radio mediums.
