OnSong wrote:Yep, the Informer is laid out by the Producer. I'm not sure about the Barracker, as I've never seen it.
The Informer is 16 pages, each A grade team sheet takes up three of those, the other footy grades take up another three. There's 6 pages.
The Informant piece fills page 2. There's a front and back cover. There's another three pages.
The netball line-ups take up another three.
After a suggestion last year, we've introduced the premiership tables as of last week.
The remaining space belongs to the clubs. Maybe three and a half pages. If each of the 7 clubs uses that space, either with an ad or article, that fills the book.
The photos in there are generally published as fillers, should clubs not contribute anything. The whole mantra of the Informer is "By the clubs, for the clubs".
I've asked for suggestions on content before, ladders was one response. The ladders are in. Anything else would probably impinge on space allocated for the clubs to promote themselves/events they have.
All of the information published in The Informer comes from the league's clubs. If Nocyrils wants to give something back to the league like I do, and Lisa Redpath does, every week on top of my work, you're more than welcome.
It's a heck of a lot of work to do on top of the jobs we already have at the newspaper (probably takes up to seven or eight hours to do) and if anyone wanted to take it on, they're more than welcome.
I'm pretty certain the Barracker has someone employed specifically to compile it and if the APFL wanted to go down that path, it would also be more than welcome to do so.
Until then, it's something extra we take on. It may be basic but it does the job. Sothe lot of you
Nocyrils told me he is happy to help out but only if he gets to work with his good mate 'the informant'