This week, we focus on how the Star’s radio room keeps on top of breaking news. When news breaks in the GTA, chances are some of the first people in the Star’s newsroom to learn about it will be reporters affectionately known as “radio roomers.” Radio roomers are interns who work in a small, glass enclosure in the newsroom close to the Star’s digital- and breaking-news desks. When news breaks, radio roomers are expected to alert editors and gather as much information as possible. The radio room gets its name from a bank of electronic scanners that, up until a few years ago, would allow for the monitoring of radio communication by police, firefighters, and paramedics. Many of the Star’s permanent reporters got their start in the radio room.

Source: thestar December 02, 2017 00:00 UTC