Labels:book | box | chair | comic book | computer | daily | desk | keyboard | monitor | person | plant | seat | shelf | sky | table | television receiver | tribute album | tv | windowpane OCR: 172 CHAPTER COMPUTERS IN CONTEXT Journalism IN THE ANCIENT WORLD news spread by RIPed, platesetter uses lasers to etch the dots onto word of mouth, relayed by bards and merchants who physical plate which is then mounted on the print- traveled from town to town in essence, they were ing press to produce printed pages. CTP much the first reporters to broadcast the news The news faster and more flexible than typesetting, so publish- business is all about gathering and disseminating ers can late-breaking make last stories -minute changes tc accommodate information quickly. Technology has played major role in news reporting's evolution from its bardic roots Personal computers have also added new dimen- to modern 24-hour news networks and Web sites. sion to the news-gathering process. Reporters ...
