GypsyJournal.net
Title
Gypsy Journal
Description
We are fulltime RVers - our only home is the MCI bus conversion we travel the country in. We produce the Gypsy Journal in our bus as we travel, using a desktop HP Pavillion computer and an HP LaserJet printer. We also use an HP laptop computer as a backup. We have installed a small desk in our bus, and format the newspaper for printing electronically. Photography is handled with an Olympus digital camera. I (Nick) do most of the writing at this time, while Miss Terry handles proofing and editing duties, and distribution. You'll be seeing more and more of her stories as time goes by.
We gather our articles as we travel, writing them as we go. When it's time to produce the newspaper, we find a comfortable RV park or some other place to work and spend a few days putting it all together.
Printing of the Gypsy Journal is done by newspaper production plants close to wherever we may be when it's time to go to press. Different newspapers use different size printing presses, which in turn use different size paper. This means that while we try to retain the format from issue to issue, occasional issues may vary slightly in page dimensions, though we always retain the tabloid format. We feel the tabloid size gives us the most bang for our buck, allows us to get a lot of information in each issue, and is easy for readers to manage. We publish six times a year - January-February, March- April, May-June, etc. Because of our traveling schedule (or lack thereof), and because we have to work with different printing plants, we don't always get printed on the same days of the month. But we try to have the Gypsy Journal in the mail to subscribers by the last week of the month preceding the current the issue date. This is sometimes difficult to do, since we are not on any one newspaper's regular production schedule. We sometimes have to cool our heels and wait for a press opening.
Languages
English
