What was your first job in the newspaper business?

An account executive for classified advertising.

What do you like most about your job?

Working side-by-side with a very talented group of production employees.

What do you like least?

Those individuals who give their personal agenda a higher priority than the overall team’s agenda.  

What was The Spokesman-Review’s most recent purchase or installation?

We installed computer-to-plate equipment in August. We purchased two lines of the Krause violet machine and Blue Fin processors. The equipment is very sturdy and dependable, supported in the U.S. by Fuji. We like the new Fuji plate and the support team in the Pacific Northwest.

We are also upgrading our reelroom RTPs this fall (with equipment) from Brock Solutions on our 12 1981 Goss Metro units.

What is the biggest challenge The Spokesman-Review is facing in production?

Attempting to maintain an environment of continuous improvement in difficult financial times. We try to focus on all the basic elements of performing our employee and machine tasks properly. Thorough and ongoing training, preventive maintenance procedures and tracking, along with good communication from supervision/management.

What trend are you keeping your eye on?

Smaller zoning requirements in packaging along with our advertisers’ requests to provide us their inserts later and later. We’re also looking at facilitating any transfer of content from the printed product to the online product.

 

If you know anyone you think should be featured in Short Run, please contact Tara McMeekin at 303.575.9595 or by e-mail at: tmcmeekin@newsandtech.com