BLUFORD, Ill. (AP) -- Before his retirement, Dean Nayes of Bluford crisscrossed the nation as a Linotype operator. During his career, he was employed by more than 80 newspapers, ranging from The Hill ...

Several people have mentioned to me how weird those robotic cameras look on some TV news shows. You may have seen them-cameras that are aimed at the newscasters, but that are operated via electronic ...

Before digital printing, there were Linotype operators, or typesetters, who used the Linotype machine to print the written word. The machine was introduced in 1884 using hot metal blocks to imprint ...

James A. Barrack Sr., a retired Linotype operator who served on committees that organized the deaf Olympics, died Friday of cancer at his home in Loch Raven Village. He was 70. Mr. Barrack retired in ...

Sitting behind a keyboard from the age of 15, Stewart Macdonald had to take great caution, or risk getting burnt. There are few people left who can say they have worked on a linotype machine, however ...

The linotype machine, invented in 1886 by Ottmar Mergenthaler, revolutionized typesetting and with it the newspaper industry. The machine operator used a 90-character keyboard to assemble groups of ...

Once upon a time, way back in the 20th century, newspapers were not electronic but mechanical. Last week I reminisced about the mechanical tools used by reporters and copy editors: the standard manual ...