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By Jalyae Strong
Past Staff Writer
If someone ever derides
to make a film called
“Charlotte Post: The
Movie” and it eventually
comes to be aired on HBO,
you can be sure it will be
accompanied by a show
called, “The Making of
Charlotte Post:
The Movie, A Behind the
Scenes Look.”
Now if no one ever
decides to make this
movie, for whatever
reason, and HBO never
makes a program about it,
bwqpver, you are lucky
enough to still be privy to a
look behind the newspaper
at the Charlotte Post
offices, department by
department.
Let's begin with the
reception area. Recently
hired Clara Singietery
is the Charlotte Post’s
receptionist. She greets all
visitors and fields all calk
that reach the office.
Singietery was with the
Charlotte Post at one time
before and had to leave.
But we chased her down
and got her back. Serious
ly, she has a great per
sonality and is a great help
to all the departments.
J Next there is the ad
vertising department, sk
managed by Fran Farrar
Bradly. She’s currently
working with a team at*
highly skilled, and moti
vated salespersons, Robbie
Thompson and Gloria
Jones. They’re a hard- i
working crew who spend
most of their time out of the
office drumming up
advertising dollars to keep
the Charlotte Poet going.
When they are in the office
they’re busy putting -
together the ads they’ve %
told for publication.
They’re also concerned
with developing new
promotional ideas
periodically, which keeps
the newspaper interesting.
In the Charlotte Post’s
editorial department
there’s usually always
something going on. This is
where story ideas are
developed or delivered,
where people are inter
viewed, and articles are
typed and typed. The
employees of this depart
ment are also pretty handy
with 35mm cameras.
Loretta Itanago is the
managing editor of the
Post, which means she’s
responsible for assignii^
stories to the three Post
writers, Audrey Lodato, .
Jalyne Strong, and Joe
Brown. TMnjp can get
pretty hectic in the
editorial department
especially at deadline.
The editorial department .
and the production de
partment at the Poet work
hand in hand. And
interestingly, many of the
people who work in
editorial also work in
production. But ffa-st and
foremast here’s where yon
find typesetter, Jnckqudyn
Carr, who sets, or re-types,
all the copy that appears in
♦he newspaper. Once the
copy is set the other pro
duction workers, Loretta
Manago, Audrey Lodato
and Jalyne Strong carry
out the task of laying out,
pasting up and proofread
ing. Also in the produc
tion department is new
employee, Bonnie Carlton.
It’s her Job to design and
layout ads.
While all this is going an
each week, in another
phaae of the newspaper's
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operation, its up to the
circulation department to
make sure that Post
subscribers are receiving
their newspapers. Circula
tion dot Janice Tobias
keeps the subscribers’
mailing list up-todate on a
computer and Alfred
Glover, in charge ofv
vendor sales, m«a— cer
tain the newspaper is
received at designated
stores throughout
Charlotte.
Working diligently in the
background are office
manager Dannette Gaither
and
Betty Potts. They are
responsible far keeping the
newspaper’s business
matters up to par. AO
transactions including ’
collections and payroll are
handled through this
Lastly, we come to
Bernard Reeves, general
manager, who is a depart
ment unto himself. A
jack-of-all trades and
master of many, here’# a
list of the duties Reeves
carries out at the Poet:
photography processing,
«»d jvorit-np, ad layout,
the preas and the post
office; personnel, and
jaadg managntamt
Ever seen a man who trim
harder to make Mmaeif
indispensable?
Well, that is a behind die
scenes look at the depart*.
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Of the Charlotte Poet
“Charlotte Post: The
Movie" could be a hot
property with the right
director or producer. If not,
this is The End. *
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