Fact · Dictation for work and study
In the pre-computer newsroom, reporters on deadline would telephone in and dictate their notes to an editor, the origin of the cry 'Get me rewrite!'.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“reporters on deadline would telephone into the newsroom and dictate their notes to an editor”
Rewrite man, Wikipedia contributors, Wikipedia, 2026, Lead section.
Open the original- What it measures
- The rewrite man stayed in the office and turned the dictated notes into a story.
- What it does not show
- An encyclopedia summary of newsroom history, not a study.