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Rewrite man
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- What it is
- An encyclopedia article on the newsroom role of the rewrite man, who took stories by telephone from reporters in the field.
- How much weight it carries
- A collaboratively edited encyclopedia, used here only for a widely documented piece of newsroom history. It is not a primary source.
Facts taken from this source
- 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!'.
“reporters on deadline would telephone into the newsroom and dictate their notes to an editor” (Lead section)