composing room
noun
: the department in a printing office where typesetting and related operations are performed
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Doggett’s father John Smith worked at the Palladium-Item for 40 years in the composing room and public relations.
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John Tuohy, The Enquirer, 12 June 2024
Through the decades, his father, four uncles, all of his brothers and three brothers-in-law have held jobs at the newspaper, from the composing room and trucking to mailroom and the presses.
—Joe Timmerman, The Indianapolis Star, 13 Apr. 2024
Gary’s father was a Journal pressman and his grandfather arranged lead type in the Journal composing room.
—George Stanley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 16 May 2022
My father, Kevin O’Leary, worked in the Globe composing room almost his entire career, first as a linotype operator and later as a paste-up artist.
—BostonGlobe.com, 13 May 2022
He was later promoted to chief makeup editor, and worked in the composing room at the paper’s North Calvert Street building until retiring in 1987.
—Frederick N. Rasmussen, baltimoresun.com, 10 Jan. 2022
As news editor, typically a high-ranking position overseeing story selection, copy editing and page design, Gregory had the ability to move comfortably from the newsroom to the composing room to the circulation department.
—John Pope, NOLA.com, 15 Jan. 2021
The father of UMass president Martin T. Meehan worked in the composing room of the Lowell Sun newspaper for 43 years and looked just like Carroll O’Connor, the actor who played Archie.
—David M. Shribman, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Jan. 2021
And running to the composing room at deadline, and below, in the subbasements, the great printing presses rolling.
—John Kass, chicagotribune.com, 7 June 2018
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John Tuohy, The Enquirer, 12 June 2024
Through the decades, his father, four uncles, all of his brothers and three brothers-in-law have held jobs at the newspaper, from the composing room and trucking to mailroom and the presses.
—Joe Timmerman, The Indianapolis Star, 13 Apr. 2024
Gary’s father was a Journal pressman and his grandfather arranged lead type in the Journal composing room.
—George Stanley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 16 May 2022
My father, Kevin O’Leary, worked in the Globe composing room almost his entire career, first as a linotype operator and later as a paste-up artist.
—BostonGlobe.com, 13 May 2022
He was later promoted to chief makeup editor, and worked in the composing room at the paper’s North Calvert Street building until retiring in 1987.
—Frederick N. Rasmussen, baltimoresun.com, 10 Jan. 2022
As news editor, typically a high-ranking position overseeing story selection, copy editing and page design, Gregory had the ability to move comfortably from the newsroom to the composing room to the circulation department.
—John Pope, NOLA.com, 15 Jan. 2021
The father of UMass president Martin T. Meehan worked in the composing room of the Lowell Sun newspaper for 43 years and looked just like Carroll O’Connor, the actor who played Archie.
—David M. Shribman, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Jan. 2021
And running to the composing room at deadline, and below, in the subbasements, the great printing presses rolling.
—John Kass, chicagotribune.com, 7 June 2018
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“Composing room.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/composing%20room. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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