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Transition schedule
Below you’ll find a list of key dates in the WSJ plan for moving from the Harris system to APT.
We will phase in the transition rather than move the entire paper at one time. There will be minor typographical differences in the output of the systems that should not be noticed by most readers. A few editors and designers will have to work on both systems for a week or more, but most staff should be able to make a clean break as noted below.
We will ramp up slowly, first using the system for opinion and features sections operating on earlier deadlines than the rest of the paper. We’ll move the majority of staffers and pages to APT after May 8.
Once you have been trained, please be sure to try out APT and InCopy or InDesign at your desks. Also, please note the dates below for making your final exit from Harris.
The Harris system will remain in operation throughout the transition as a backup. We will send out instructions for moving news stories from Harris to APT. We’ll also provide a how-to for storing material not intended for publication – old notes, correspondence, etc. – on your personal storage outside the APT system.
The following are the publication dates for beginning live production of pages and sections on APT. Any questions or concerns, please ask.
Thanks, TK
OPINION
Daily opinion: Thursday, April 26 (Eastlick)
Sunday Forum: May 6
Thursday Spectrum: Thursday, May 3
FEATURES
Daily Daybreak: Friday April 27 (Rogers edits; Kolker on design)
Saturday, April 28 (Rogers edits; Zani on design)
All features staff working in APT after Thursday, April 26.
Sunday advance (Daybreak, A&E and Explore): Sunday, May 6
NEWS
Nation/World, In Depth, page two, inside wire: Wednesday, May 2
(Wire editors will need to send over A1 wire to Harris’s page one basket for an additional week. Copy editors and designers may be working in either system as their assigned duties require.)
Business: Wednesday, May 9
Local: Wednesday, May 9
Page one: Wednesday, May 9
All Local staff and news-side presentation staff should be working on APT for anything intended for publication after Tuesday, May 8.
SPORTS
Full section: Tuesday, May 15
All sports staff should be working on APT for anything intended for publication after Monday, May 14.
SUNDAY ROLLOUT
Daybreak, A&E, Explore (advance): Sunday, May 6
Main, Forum, Business, Local: Sunday, May 13
Sports, Extra: Sunday, May 20
We will phase in the transition rather than move the entire paper at one time. There will be minor typographical differences in the output of the systems that should not be noticed by most readers. A few editors and designers will have to work on both systems for a week or more, but most staff should be able to make a clean break as noted below.
We will ramp up slowly, first using the system for opinion and features sections operating on earlier deadlines than the rest of the paper. We’ll move the majority of staffers and pages to APT after May 8.
Once you have been trained, please be sure to try out APT and InCopy or InDesign at your desks. Also, please note the dates below for making your final exit from Harris.
The Harris system will remain in operation throughout the transition as a backup. We will send out instructions for moving news stories from Harris to APT. We’ll also provide a how-to for storing material not intended for publication – old notes, correspondence, etc. – on your personal storage outside the APT system.
The following are the publication dates for beginning live production of pages and sections on APT. Any questions or concerns, please ask.
Thanks, TK
OPINION
Daily opinion: Thursday, April 26 (Eastlick)
Sunday Forum: May 6
Thursday Spectrum: Thursday, May 3
FEATURES
Daily Daybreak: Friday April 27 (Rogers edits; Kolker on design)
Saturday, April 28 (Rogers edits; Zani on design)
All features staff working in APT after Thursday, April 26.
Sunday advance (Daybreak, A&E and Explore): Sunday, May 6
NEWS
Nation/World, In Depth, page two, inside wire: Wednesday, May 2
(Wire editors will need to send over A1 wire to Harris’s page one basket for an additional week. Copy editors and designers may be working in either system as their assigned duties require.)
Business: Wednesday, May 9
Local: Wednesday, May 9
Page one: Wednesday, May 9
All Local staff and news-side presentation staff should be working on APT for anything intended for publication after Tuesday, May 8.
SPORTS
Full section: Tuesday, May 15
All sports staff should be working on APT for anything intended for publication after Monday, May 14.
SUNDAY ROLLOUT
Daybreak, A&E, Explore (advance): Sunday, May 6
Main, Forum, Business, Local: Sunday, May 13
Sports, Extra: Sunday, May 20
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