Editing Publishing a Newspaper (Guide)

{{GuideFor|Location = Doubt Street|Pages = Cardinal of Conspiracy -#A Flood of Bones#Research on a Morbid Fad#An Editor of Newspapers -#Get those blasted things running#Salacious Copy#Meritorious Copy#Outlandish Copy#Hour before the Deadline#Defender of Truth -#Prophet of the Gutter -#Newspaper}}{{Audience|EarlyPoSI|Evergreen=yes}}[[File:Newspaper.png|right]]
{{ActivitySummary
|Activity=Publishing a Newspaper
|Length=Fixed
|Starting Actions=1
|Progress Actions=11
|Ending Actions=1
|Progress Details=Gain {{IL|Meritorious Copy}}/{{IL|Outlandish Copy}}/{{IL|Salacious Copy}}.
|Output Items=*{{IL|Jade Fragment}}
*{{IL|Journal of Infamy}}
*{{IL|Favours: Revolutionaries}}
*{{IL|An Identity Uncovered!}}
*{{IL|Bottle of Broken Giant 1844}}
*{{IL|Extraordinary Implication}}
*{{IL|An Identity Uncovered!}}
*{{IL|Survey of the Neath's Bones}}
*{{IL|Holy Relic of the Thigh of Saint Fiacre}}
|Boost Items=*{{IL|Scrap of Incendiary Gossip}}
*''{{IL|Elongated Spindlewolf}}''
*''{{IL|Renown: The Great Game}} 40''
*''{{IL|Jericho Locks}}''
*''{{IL|Route: The Bone Market}}''
*''{{IL|Teaching Reputation of Your Laboratory}} 20''
|Raw EPA = 3.87
|Starting Items=*{{IL|Whirring Contraption|1 x}}
}}
==Starting a newspaper==
Once you become {{IL|A Person of Some Importance -|Appearance=A Person of Some Importance}} and reach {{IL|Shadowy}} 110, you'll be able to begin your journey toward being {{IL|An Editor of Newspapers -|Appearance=An Editor of Newspapers}} by [[Your own newspaper|talking with the urchin on your roof]] or by drawing [[The Start of the Day's Business]]. Both starting points will allow you to travel to {{IL|Doubt Street}}, albeit with a fee of 200 {{IL|Silk Scrap}} for each visit until you finish staffing your newspaper.

Once you're in Doubt Street, you will need the following to arrange space to house your newspaper's working space:
*{{IL|Favour in High Places|1 x}}
*{{IL|Comprehensive Bribe|1 x}}
*{{IL|Personal Recommendation|1 x}}

After reserving space, you will need to hire on various employees to write and edit articles.
Hiring professionals will consume items, while friends will require you to have relationships with specific characters.
{| class="article-table" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="0"
|-
! scope="col" |An Editor of Newspapers
! scope="col" |Recruit your friends
! scope="col" |Hire a professional
|-
|2
|{{IL|Intimate with a Revolutionary Firebrand|}} 1
|{{IL|Cellar of Wine|1 x}}
|-
|3
|{{IL|Corresponding Ocelot|}} {{FontFate}}
|{{IL|Ornate Typewriter|1 x}}
|-
|4
|{{IL|Educating Lyme|}} 1
|{{IL|Strong-Backed Labour|1 x}}
|-
|5
|{{IL|Acquaintance: the Wry Functionary|}} 3
|{{IL|Comprehensive Bribe|1 x}}
|-
|6
|{{IL|An Intimate of Devils|}} 5
|{{IL|Portfolio of Souls|1 x}}
|-
|}
Finally, you must give your newspaper a name, and decide why you created it in the first place.

Once you have your own newspaper (i.e. {{IL|An Editor of Newspapers -}} at least 10), you can work on publishing a new edition. Start the process by going to [[Doubt Street]] and [[Get those blasted things running]], which will give you {{IL|Hour before the Deadline|12 x}} (it costs {{IL|Whirring Contraption|1 x}}, which can be  obtained in Wilmot's End by [[Searching out a Missing Woman (Guide)|searching for a Missing Woman]]). See below for various options you can try at different levels of this quality. Based on the options, you'll start collecting 3 types of Copy: {{IL|Meritorious Copy|Appearance=Meritorious}}, {{IL|Outlandish Copy|Appearance=Outlandish}}, and {{IL|Salacious Copy|Appearance=Salacious}}.

Once [[Hour before the Deadline]] reaches 1, it's time to [[Start the presses!]] and choose the type of edition you want to print. The edition types available to you will depend on how many of each type of Copy you've managed to collect.

==Mechanics==

===Storylets===
Each action here drops [[Hour before the Deadline]] by 1.
{| class="article-table" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="0"
|-
! scope="col" width="6%" |Hour
! scope="col" width="14%" |Option
! scope="col" width="26%" |[[Meritorious Copy|Meritorious]]
! scope="col" |[[Outlandish Copy|Outlandish]]
! scope="col" width="30%" |[[Salacious Copy|Salacious]]
|-
|12
|[[The Editor's Privilege]]
|[[The voice of the streets]] (+8)
|[[The predator beneath]] (+8)
|[[Passion in the wings]] (+8)
|-
|11
|[[Send out the Reporters]]
|[[Covering the Bishop and the candles]] (+12)
|[[A travelogue of the Hinterlands]] (+12, Station at {{IL|Jericho Locks}})
|[[Writing today's 'Jack' column]] (+12)
|-
|10
|[[Fresh copy]]
|[[A story about devils]] (+12)
|[[An in-depth report on the Fourth City]] (+12)
|[[A risqué story about spies]] (+12, {{IL|Renown: The Great Game}} 40)<br />
[[A suggestive story about your Elongated Spindlewolf]] (+12, {{IL|Elongated Spindlewolf}})
|-
|9
|[[The Editorial Voice]]
|[[An attack on a rival disguised as public concern]] (+12, {{IL|Mithridacy}} 1 challenge, 100% at 6)
|[[Interview the Manager of the Royal Bethlehem]] (+12)
|[[A treatise on Tomb Colonist poetry]] (+12)
|-
|8
|[[The Meeting Room]]
|[[A Disgruntled Naval Officer]] (+12)
|[[The Hell-Scarred Gondolier]] (+12, {{IL|Hell-Scarred Gondolier}})
|[[A Gossipy Lecturer]] (+12)
|-
|7
|[[Wading through the Slush Pile]]
|[[Something worthy about a philanthropic endeavour]] (+12)
|[[Something unlikely about the Home Secretary]] (+12)
|[[Something steamy about life at the University]] (+12, {{IL|Teaching Reputation of Your Laboratory}} 20)
|-
|6
|[[Photographs and Letters]]
|[[Palaeontological illustrations]] (+12, {{IL|Route: The Bone Market}})
|[[Letters from Downside]] (+12)
|[[Photographs of the Gardens]] (+12, Rare Success gives {{IL|Inkling of Identity|12 x}})
|-
|5
|[[The Centre Page spread]]
|[[An exposé on the dangers of Absinthe]] (+12)
| -
|[[The scantily-dressed rituals of the Southern Archipelago]] (+12)
|-
|4
|[[Filling in before the Sports Pages]]
|[[An alarming lack of leadership from Parliament]] (+12)
|[[An interview with a colourful character]] (+12)
|[[A column revealing certain facts about an acquaintance]] (+24, Social Slight, requires 5 {{IL|Scrap of Incendiary Gossip}})
|-
|3
|[[Deadline Approaching]]
|  -
|[[Spirit photography]] (+12)
|[[The Captivating Princess and her honey den]] (+12)
|-
| rowspan="3" |2
| rowspan="3" |[[The Temptations of Power]]
|[[Dishonest outrage]] (+12)
|[[Do you have insufficient balderdash?]] (+12)
|[[The interception of scandal]] (+12 and {{IL|Sulky Bat|2 x}})
|-
| colspan="3" style="text-align: center;" |[[Honest, no matter what]] (+3 to each type, {{IL|Scandal|-1 CP}}, and {{IL|Steadfast|+3 CP}})
|-
| colspan="3" style="text-align: center;" |[[Employ a little theatrical accountancy]] (-3 to each type, gives {{IL|Piece of Rostygold|Appearance=Rostygold|500 x}})
|-
|1
|[[Start the presses!]]
| colspan="3" style="text-align:center;" | -
|-
|}

===Research on a Morbid Fad===
With 60 Meritorious copy, one may instead [[Publish an Expose of Palaeontology|make an edition on bones]]. This requires {{IL|Research on a Morbid Fad}}.

For acquiring all possible research, you need:

*150 Watchful
*University Laboratory
*Your own stall at the Bone Market
*{{IL|Debonair Palaeontologist}} or {{IL|Buccaneering Palaeontologist}}
*The opportunity card [[A Public Lecture]] (requires access to the bone market)

All options in total provide 6 research with a potential reward of 98 {{IL|Survey of the Neath's Bones}}. In addition, you will earn several bones.

===Rewards===
In addition to the below rewards, all of the editions requiring 60 or 104 of a specific type of Copy (except the Expose of Paleontology) will give 1 CP to [[Defender of Truth -]], [[Prophet of the Gutter -]], or [[Cardinal of Conspiracy -]].

'''While reading the table below, please note:'''

*Some Newspaper editions '''require specific qualities or companions to maximize the payout'''. If that is the case, two reward values are listed in the last column:
**The '''Min''' reward is the best result you can achieve without any of the required qualities or companions.
**The '''Max''' reward is the best result you can achieve if you unlocked all required qualities and companions.
*When calculating rewards '''that require Salacious Copy''' '''it is assumed that:'''
**At {{IL|Hour before the Deadline|4 x}} we always use [[A column revealing certain facts about an acquaintance]] (the option costs 2.5E to use, but adds 6E to reward). Make sure you have  {{IL|Scrap of Incendiary Gossip|5 x}} and an acquaintance or an alt to slight.
**At {{IL|Hour before the Deadline|2 x}}:
***If we're making 104 x {{IL|Salacious Copy|Appearance=Salacious}} edition ([[The tawdry secrets of the famous laid bare!]]) we use [[Employ a little theatrical accountancy]] to get {{IL|Piece of Rostygold|500 x}}.
***Otherwise, we always use [[The interception of scandal]] which gives {{IL|Sulky Bat|2 x}}.
* EPA is calculated assuming '''18.5 actions are required to make a newspaper''' (11 / 2 to earn one {{IL|Whirring Contraption|1 x}} at Wilmot's End, 13 to print a newspaper).
** Tier 2 PoSIs can obtain {{IL|Whirring Contraption|1 x}} from [[Hearts' Game (Guide)|Hearts' Game]] via [[The assemblage of ticking brass]]. This increases the carousel to 19 actions, but awards an additional {{IL|Brass Ring|1 x}} worth 12.5E, which adds around 0.56 EPA to even the most profitable editions.

{| class="article-table mw-collapsible"
|+Repeatable options
! width="22%" |Requirements
!Edition
! width="31%" |Rewards
! width="23%" |Echo Value / EPA
|-
|n/a
|[[A rather poor edition]]
|{{TableList|{{IL|Jade Fragment|4500 x}}|{{IL|Scandal|+2 CP}}}}
|'''45 E / 2.432 EPA'''
|-
|{{TableList|{{IL|Meritorious Copy|Appearance=Meritorious|24 x}}|{{IL|Salacious Copy|Appearance=Salacious|24 x}}|{{IL|Outlandish Copy|Appearance=Outlandish|24 x}}}}
|[[A balanced edition]]
|{{TableList|{{IL|Journal of Infamy|Appearance=Journals|({{IL|Salacious Copy|Appearance=Sal}} + {{IL|Meritorious Copy|Appearance=Mer}} + {{IL|Outlandish Copy|Appearance=Out}} - 16) x}}|{{IL|Making Waves|+5 CP}} (up to 15)}}
|{{TableList|'''59.9 E / 3.238 EPA'''|{{=}} 62E in {{IL|Journal of Infamy|Appearance=}}|+ 0.4E in {{IL|Sulky Bat|Appearance=}}|- 2.5E in {{IL|Scrap of Incendiary Gossip|Appearance=}}}}
|-
|{{TableList|{{IL|Meritorious Copy|Appearance=Meritorious|34 x}}|{{IL|Salacious Copy|Appearance=Salacious|34 x}}}}
|[[Publish a seditious edition]]
|{{TableList|{{IL|Scrap of Incendiary Gossip|Appearance=Gossip|({{IL|Salacious Copy|Appearance=Sal}} + {{IL|Meritorious Copy|Appearance=Mer}} - 28) x}}|{{IL|Favours: Revolutionaries|1 x}}|{{IL|Suspicion|+1 CP}}}}
|{{TableList|'''58.1 E / 3.085 EPA'''<ref>1 action required to cash in the revolutionary favours is accounted for in EPA</ref>|{{=}} 53.5E in {{IL|Scrap of Incendiary Gossip|Appearance=}} |+ 4.2E in {{IL|Favours: Revolutionaries|Appearance=}}|+ 0.4E in {{IL|Sulky Bat|Appearance=}}}}
|-
|{{IL|Meritorious Copy|Appearance=Meritorious|60 x}}
|[[An edition of edification and pleasing truth]]
|{{TableList|{{IL|Journal of Infamy|Appearance=Journals|(8 +  {{IL|Meritorious Copy|Appearance=Meritorious}}) x}}|{{IL|Making Waves|Appearance=MW|+5 CP}}|{{IL|Austere|+1 CP}} (to 5)|{{IL|Defender of Truth -|+1 CP}}}}
|'''Min: 50 E / 2.7 EPA'''
'''Max: 62 E / 3.351 EPA'''
|-
|{{IL|Salacious Copy|Appearance=Salacious|60 x}}
|[[A gossipy and tantalising edition]]
|{{TableList|{{IL|Journal of Infamy|Appearance=Journals|(8 +  {{IL|Salacious Copy|Appearance=Sal}}) x}}|{{IL|Making Waves|Appearance=MW|+5 CP}}|{{IL|Hedonist|+1 CP}} (to 5)|{{IL|Prophet of the Gutter -|+1 CP}}}}
|{{TableList|'''Min: 59.9 E / 3.238 EPA'''|{{=}} 62E in {{IL|Journal of Infamy|Appearance=}}|+ 0.4E in {{IL|Sulky Bat|Appearance=}}|- 2.5E in {{IL|Scrap of Incendiary Gossip|Appearance=}}|'''Max: 71.9 E / 3.886 EPA'''|{{=}} 74E in {{IL|Journal of Infamy|Appearance=}}|+ 0.4E in {{IL|Sulky Bat|Appearance=}}|- 2.5E in {{IL|Scrap of Incendiary Gossip|Appearance=}}}}
|-
|{{IL|Outlandish Copy|Appearance=Outlandish|60 x}}
|[[An edition brimming with entertaining nonsense]]
|{{TableList|{{IL|Journal of Infamy|Appearance=Journals|(8 +  {{IL|Outlandish Copy|Appearance=Out}}) x}}|{{IL|Making Waves|Appearance=MW|+5 CP}}|{{IL|Cardinal of Conspiracy -|+1 CP}}}}
|'''Min: 50 E / 2.7 EPA'''
'''Max: 62 E / 3.351 EPA'''
|-
|{{IL|Meritorious Copy|Appearance=Meritorious|104 x}}
|[[An edition brimming with truth and wisdom]]
|{{TableList|{{IL|Journal of Infamy|Appearance=Journals|118 x}}|{{IL|An Identity Uncovered!|4 x}}|{{IL|Making Waves|Appearance=MW|+5 CP}}|{{IL|Steadfast|+3 CP}} (to 10)|{{IL|Heartless|-3 CP}}|{{IL|Defender of Truth -|+1 CP}}}}
|'''69 E / 3.73 EPA'''<ref name="midgame">This edition is not achievable without late mid-game qualities</ref>
|-
|{{IL|Salacious Copy|Appearance=Salacious|104 x}}
|[[The tawdry secrets of the famous laid bare!]]
|{{TableList|{{IL|Journal of Infamy|Appearance=Journals|118 x}}|{{IL|Bottle of Broken Giant 1844|4 x}}|{{IL|Making Waves|Appearance=MW|+5 CP}}|{{IL|Heartless|+3 CP}} (to 10)|{{IL|Austere|-3 CP}}|{{IL|Prophet of the Gutter -|+1 CP}}}}
|{{TableList|'''Min: 66.9 E / 3.616 EPA'''|{{=}} 59E in {{IL|Journal of Infamy|Appearance=}}|+ 10E in {{IL|Bottle of Broken Giant 1844|Appearance=}}|+ 0.4E in {{IL|Sulky Bat|Appearance=}}|- 2.5E in {{IL|Scrap of Incendiary Gossip|Appearance=}}
|
'''Max: 71.5 E / 3.865 EPA'''|{{=}} 59E in {{IL|Journal of Infamy|Appearance=}}|+ 10E in {{IL|Bottle of Broken Giant 1844|Appearance=}}|+ 5E in {{IL|Piece of Rostygold|Appearance=}}|- 2.5E in {{IL|Scrap of Incendiary Gossip|Appearance=}}}}
|-
|{{IL|Outlandish Copy|Appearance=Outlandish|104 x}}
|[[The finest kind of madness]]
|{{TableList|{{IL|Journal of Infamy|Appearance=Journals|118 x}}|{{IL|Extraordinary Implication|4 x}}|{{IL|Making Waves|Appearance=MW|+5 CP}}|{{IL|Nightmares|-1 CP}}|{{IL|Cardinal of Conspiracy -|+1 CP}}}}
|'''69 E / 3.73 EPA'''<ref name="midgame" />
|-
|{{TableList|{{IL|Meritorious Copy|Appearance=Meritorious|60 x}}|{{IL|Research on a Morbid Fad|Appearance=RoaMF|2 x}}}}
|[[Publish an Expose of Palaeontology]]
|{{TableList|{{IL|Survey of the Neath's Bones|Appearance=Surveys|[20 + 13 × {{IL|Research on a Morbid Fad|Appearance=RoaMF}}] x}}|{{IL|Holy Relic of the Thigh of Saint Fiacre|Appearance=Holy Relics|2 x}}}}
|'''Min: {{IL|Survey of the Neath's Bones|Appearance=Surveys|46 x}}'''

'''Max: {{IL|Survey of the Neath's Bones|Appearance=Surveys|98 x}} (with {{IL|Debonair Palaeontologist|Appearance=}})'''

'''Max: {{IL|Survey of the Neath's Bones|Appearance=Surveys|85 x}} (without {{IL|Debonair Palaeontologist|Appearance=}})'''
|}
<references />

NOTE: Some options only available with certain story choices, such as one during {{IL|Ambition: Heart's Desire!}} and during {{IL|A Survivor of the Affair of the Box}} are not listed here. The seasonal [[Publish a Whitsun Edition|Whitsun edition]] is also not listed.

{| class="article-table mw-collapsible"
|+Non-repeatable options
! width="22%" |Requirements
!Edition
! width="31%" |Rewards
|-
|{{TableList|{{IL|Meritorious Copy|Appearance=Meritorious|60 x}}|{{IL|Rumour of the Upper River|Appearance=Rumours|30 x}}|{{IL|Corrective Historical Narrative|Appearance=C.H.N.|1 x}}|{{IL|Mithridacy|Appearance=Base Mithridacy}} 5|{{IL|Involved in a Railway Venture|Appearance=IiaRV}} 50}}
|[[Publish an edition in Defence of the Railway]]
|{{TableList|{{IL|Making Waves|Appearance=MW|+20 CP}}|{{IL|Mithridant Studies|Appearance=Mithridacy cap is raised to 6}}}}
|-
|{{TableList|{{IL|Salacious Copy|Appearance=Salacious|60 x}}|{{IL|Rumour of the Upper River|Appearance=Rumours|30 x}}|{{IL|Revisionist Historical Narrative|3 x}}|{{IL|Mithridacy|Appearance=Base Mithridacy}} 6|{{IL|Involved in a Railway Venture|Appearance=IiaRV}} 50|{{IL|Mithridant Studies}} 1}}
|[[Elaborate upon your Defence of the Railway]]
|{{TableList|{{IL|Making Waves|Appearance=MW|+20 CP}}|{{IL|Mithridant Studies|Appearance=Mithridacy cap is raised to 7}}}}
|}
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