Deadlines set for 2 holiday papers

Early deadlines have been set for the Dec. 27 and Jan. 3 papers, as the staff of The Albany News works around the Christmas and New Year’s holidays.

According to News editor Melinda Lucas, the deadline for the Dec. 27 issue has been moved up to Friday, Dec. 21 at 5:00 p.m. 

Typically, the deadline is at 12:00 noon on Tuesdays, but because Christmas Day falls on Tuesday, the staff plans to start working on that issue earlier in order to be off for a few days.

The office will be closed on Monday and Tuesday. 

The content for the paper will be completed on Wednesday morning and layout will be done that day as well.  

Lucas added that the News office will be open for the usual hours on Dec. 26.

Next week’s Christmas paper will be available on news stands on Friday, Dec. 21. 

The deadline for the paper after the New Year’s holiday has been set at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, Dec. 31. The only day that the office will actually be closed that week will be on Tuesday, Jan. 1.