Category Archives: Journalism Jargon

How does the York Daily Record decide how to refer to a transgender person?

Posted on May 8, 2013 by Randy Parker

Readers have been asking why the York Daily Record refers to a transgender student at Red Lion Area Senior High School as “he,” and by the name Issak Oliver Wolfe, rather than as “she” and the name Sierra Stambaugh.

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A reader’s guide to headlinese

Posted on January 24, 2013 by Dan Rorabaugh

Night news editor Dan Rorabaugh provides a crash course on the language of headlines.

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Insider’s look at the 2012 GameTimePA high school football tab

Posted on August 23, 2012 by chris otto

It’s “Tab Week” here at the York Daily Record/Sunday News newsroom, which means long hours for the marvelously talented folks who are working to put together GameTimePA’s 2012 high school football preview section, a 64-page look at 25 local high … Continue reading →

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Copy editor takes piece of York Daily Record with her

Posted on January 5, 2012 by Randy Parker

After 41 years at the York Daily Record, Gloria Fogal retires on Friday. You can read about her career in another post, but I’d like to share a glimpse into an important part of this newsroom that she is taking … Continue reading →

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York reader’s paywall perspective sparks subscription debate

Posted on January 3, 2012 by Randy Parker

A terrific dialogue has ensued in a recent post I made here at the YDR Insider. It’s exactly the type of conversation we were looking for when we launched this blog site. I shared an email exchange I had with … Continue reading →

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Newsroom culture of excellence, foundational document No. 8: Changing the course of the copy desk

Posted on December 19, 2011 by Randy Parker

Click to see full graphic.   It’s time to change and expand the roles of one of the most traditional areas of the newsroom — the copy desk. These are the folks who, traditionally, put the finishing touches on the … Continue reading →

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Newsroom culture of excellence, foundational document No. 6: How we grow our audience at the YDR

Posted on December 16, 2011 by Randy Parker

Traditionally, newspapers measured their success in circulation – the number of papers sold each day. That’s how most of us referred to newspapers around the country. “Hey, I heard Bob got a job at the Baltimore Sun. They’re over 200,000, … Continue reading →

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Newsroom culture of excellence, foundational document No. 5: Breaking news in a multiplatform environment

Posted on December 15, 2011 by Randy Parker

When deadline is ever-present and technology advances at a lightning pace and the needs of your audience shift from story to story and day to day, it is hard to establish a pattern of what you expect from yourself and … Continue reading →

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An experiment launched this week

Posted on December 8, 2011 by Randy Parker

I tried something new this week, designed to help readers get more involved in the newsroom process. Using a simple web cam at my desk, I recorded a video of me explaining what we are working on today. I posted … Continue reading →

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Journalism Jargon: Columns, editorials and articles

Posted on November 2, 2011 by Pat Abdalla

Editor’s note: YDR Insider tries to help you, our readers, understand some of the terms you would hear if you were sitting in our newsroom on a regular basis. Anyone who works for in a newsroom can tell you what … Continue reading →

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