Nothere Posted April 24, 2015 Report Share Posted April 24, 2015 There in most comics, The great metropolitan newspaper. The station with a reporter on the street. But who all would be in the newsroom in a superworld? The editor The crime reporter The society reporter The financial reporter The art critic The copy boy The sports reporter Who else should be there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmjalund Posted April 24, 2015 Report Share Posted April 24, 2015 The Astologer The Advice Columnist The guy who designs the crossword puzzles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greywind Posted April 24, 2015 Report Share Posted April 24, 2015 Carl Kolchak Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Weapon Posted April 24, 2015 Report Share Posted April 24, 2015 Subeditors, editors in charge of various areas (Financial, Sports, Politics, Arts, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Posted April 24, 2015 Report Share Posted April 24, 2015 The guy who designs the crossword puzzles Pretty sure those are either bought pre-existing or are computer generated. Just the kind of stuff you either want to random pick from a huge selection or let a computer make via trial and error (asuming a proper database behind it). Maybe the hints are human generated, but the pattern most likely not. You forgot the photographer (on big stories reporters lack the time to also handle the camera). Since this is in a superheroic world and supers are a special kind of international celebrity, how about a "Super Activities Reporter"? When superman saves the day (again), people outside of metropolis hear of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drunkonduty Posted April 24, 2015 Report Share Posted April 24, 2015 News stand Operator Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comic Posted April 24, 2015 Report Share Posted April 24, 2015 A modern mixed media newsroom? Producers Associate Producers Videographers Web Gurus Social Media Consultants Interns Copy Editors IT Dudes Business Managers Lawyers Oh, and Herb Tarlek Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nothere Posted April 24, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2015 But only in Cincinati Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinecone Posted April 24, 2015 Report Share Posted April 24, 2015 There in most comics, The great metropolitan newspaper. The station with a reporter on the street. But who all would be in the newsroom in a superworld? The editor The crime reporter The society reporter The financial reporter The art critic The copy boy The sports reporter Who else should be there? Water cooler guy, and at least two columists who are pessimistic old war horses with a heart of gold. Camera guy(s) (or girls) An advice columnist, who wears glasses, who is often seen near the places where Heart Breaker operates Astrology writer, who can always get word to Astoroth, the avenger. (Glasses optional) Cross words and puzzles, obsessed with supers, named Edward Nygma??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted April 24, 2015 Report Share Posted April 24, 2015 Fails resist roll on dice All the news dudes, carry the news strung on ludes toally nude Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
assault Posted April 24, 2015 Report Share Posted April 24, 2015 http://www.slideshare.net/osmithas/newspaper-roles and other stuff that can be found via Google. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comic Posted April 25, 2015 Report Share Posted April 25, 2015 Fails resist roll on dice All the news dudes, carry the news strung on ludes toally nude Well, the nude news desk is part of several major media concerns. And the correlation between 'journalist' and 'substance abuser' is many times the average. So on the whole, not news but reality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steriaca Posted April 25, 2015 Report Share Posted April 25, 2015 Anyone check out Marvel's The Pulse? In the Marvel Universe, "The Pulse" is the relitivly new 'pro-super-lifestyle' section of The Daily Bugle, and Jessica Jones-Cage works their as Superworld Adviser. Also working on The Pulse is the crusty old crime reporter Ben Urick (friend of Daredevil, uncle of the former Green Goblin 4 and current Hobgoblin, finally told Spiderman that he knows he is Peter Parker), and whoever JJ dislikes enough to put in the section (JJ hates supers, but knows that is what the public wants). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sinanju Posted April 25, 2015 Report Share Posted April 25, 2015 There in most comics, The great metropolitan newspaper. The station with a reporter on the street. But who all would be in the newsroom in a superworld? The editor The crime reporter The society reporter The financial reporter The art critic The copy boy The sports reporter Who else should be there? Well, on a really big newspaper, there'd be more than one of each, including the editor, though there would be an Editor-in-Chief to oversee the whole operation. Heck, the Daily Planet had at least TWO crime reporters--Lois and Clark. Don't forget photographers (though the ubiquity of cell phone cameras these days means there's likely to be amateur footage of just about any big event--especially super-brawls. Plus the graphics guys and website creators/maintainers and researchers (who can do the dusty, unexciting research the crime reporters are too busy dodging gangsters to bother with). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steriaca Posted April 25, 2015 Report Share Posted April 25, 2015 Remember that Peter Parker is a freelancer. Many reporters and photographers are freelancers. They come in with the story/photos...the editor looks at it and decides if they want to buy it or not...if not, they are free to shop it elsewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKJAM! Posted April 25, 2015 Report Share Posted April 25, 2015 Note that current day newspapers have been cutting staff like *whoa* which has had consequences in depth of reporting and missed stories. Awesome Guy may find his secret identity as a reporter harder to get away from if he's expected to cover twice the stories due to half the journalists being laid off. If he was lucky enough not to get laid off himself for his notorious habit of disappearing for hours or even days at a time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steriaca Posted April 25, 2015 Report Share Posted April 25, 2015 That is one way a super universe is different from ours. If I took a 10 hour break from my job, I wouldn't have a job to return to. Peter Kent can take months off, and his job will still be their. Also, nobody would even notice he was missing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nothere Posted April 26, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2015 Course Peter Kent while disappearing for hours and even days at a time always seems to come back with a great story. Which leads to its own problems. Take that Parker kid. It's an open secret that he always manages to get those great shots of Spiderman because Spiderman is tipping him off. Yet except that one time with Gargan no one ever tries to follow him. And the Supervillians never wonder how Spiderman tips him off to a crime he tips Peter off t crimes he doesn't know their going to commit. Which brings up a side question. To field reporters get extra for covering superbattles? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spence Posted April 26, 2015 Report Share Posted April 26, 2015 Another important item of information would be, what decade are you talking? 40's 50's 60's 70's 80's 90's 00's 10's or even near future 20-30's? I always preferred to set my supers games pre-cellphone and pre or at least very early PC. It is easier and more plausible for secrets to be kept in a world with no internet or cellphone. And that would influence the newsroom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassandra Posted April 27, 2015 Report Share Posted April 27, 2015 The Publisher who often is at odds with the Editor. The Sandwich Person no one ever notices but who is secretly spying on the staff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greywind Posted April 27, 2015 Report Share Posted April 27, 2015 The publisher/owner that wants to turn the Grand Old Lady into the National Enquirer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megaplayboy Posted April 27, 2015 Report Share Posted April 27, 2015 Editorial cartoonists(some of the larger papers still have one on staff) Local opinion columnist Local beat reporter(covering local politics and public activities) A foreign correspondent, if you are talking about a world-class paper The Ad sales person, who is perpetually worried Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Gray Posted April 27, 2015 Report Share Posted April 27, 2015 Carl Kolchak Now I want to see a full wright up of Carl Kolchak as a normal reporter and a wright up of his alter ego the superhero known as the knight stalker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Gray Posted April 27, 2015 Report Share Posted April 27, 2015 Also the guy from the mail room. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubba smith Posted April 27, 2015 Report Share Posted April 27, 2015 don't forget the most vital one the newspaper CARRIER I used to be one until it was folded into their morning paper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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