The editor means that although people are receiving the information, it is still edited and not natural. since a lot of media outlets are owned by rich folks, they have the last say and therefore the editor is expressing that is not the same as what the reporter is catching in the moments of event. it becomes a different news shortly after. I believe that the editor is expecting the reporter to be as raw as possible, because it is the only way the internal people can really know what has occurred before it is changed and altered for external

The editor makes a distinction between news and information, in the sense that everyone has access to information but news is what makes it exciting to read about, the source of the information. When the editor says the “living breath of news,” I think he is referring to something new that other papers have not reported on, whether it be a new perspective or a new occurrence. It seems that the editor is expecting the reporter to bring back something that simply isn’t regurgitated information.

I think that the editor means the core of main purpose of news, which is, delivering noteworthy events to an audience through professional journalism.

The “living breath of the news” is more than just a list of dull facts, it is a story with life and a personality. It is unique enough to capture one’s attention and get people talking. The editor is expecting the journalist to meet his expectations and deliver a story that is both worthy of the journalist’s skills, and the innovative time period.

The news that the editor wanted should be important for people to know, as the breath is important for people to survive. The editor expects the reporter to find something that people care to know.

I think what the editor means by the “living breath of the news”, based around the context of the other lines as well, is that the reporter isn’t introducing a new story here or rather is not giving him any information that could direct/introduce a new lede on the current story [at hand]; rather the reporter is digging into the personal lives of the people involved, which the editor feels is irrelevant. I think the editor is expecting the reporter to do a little more investigative journalism rather than gossip journalism; find some sort of detail or topic that other papers wouldn’t have thought to find and use it to tell a more livelier story.

I think the “living breath of the news” means that news is also describe as living that is happening and rapidly changing just like human’s life. The editor is expecting from the reporter to get a story that is interesting enough to edit even before it has been published or passed to media.

Living breath of the new is the essence of an event that the reporter is supposed to capture. It should be more than just a record of the events that transpired. The breath is synonymous to the motives that caused the event being reported. For example, if a reporter is covering a mass shooting, then “living breath” is not reporting the sequence of events, but rather the cause, which might have transpired months prior. The editor’s expectations are that the reporter investigate further than what all reporter will eventually tell. The editor wants the reporter to find details that bring emotion for those awaiting information from the press.

The reporter either neglects or fails to make the story relatable to the reader on an emotional level. He’s great at telling what happened, but not how it affected his subjects.

“Living breath of news” could refer to how vital it is for news to be relevant and prompt, because it could be the matter of a week, a day, or even an hour for news to become irrelevant, perhaps because it was already reported, the situation has changed, or people have moved on.

The editor may be expecting more prompt news from the reporter, stories that are more relevant instead of stories that no one cares about anymore.

The editor wants to see fresher content. Repetitive information with the same structure and reminiscent headlines of other top reporters aren’t going to cut it. With this fresher content, more information will be displayed with facts and deeper details from a particular story. Instead of focusing on the tabloids, it’s time to be unique and bring out the entirety of an event.

An editors job is the ensure the reporter a) gets the story and b) makes sure it is factual and riveting and that is essentially what the editor is doing. The editor is not treating the reporting in a way to be liked, but to make sure the reporter gets the news whatever means it takes to do so and formats it to depict a news story not a novel nor feature.

What the editor means by the “living breath of the news” is that the living breath is the story, we can all read facts but the news is the story.

I think he’s talking about how the reporter is going more in depth with the lives of those that’s he’s reporting on than is necessary, and that the reporter’s time would be better spent trying to find a new angle or viewpoint for the story different from that of other reporters. The editor want’s something unique that people can only get from that particular paper.