Post by lattsyrck on Oct 17, 2006 0:04:37 GMT -5
The Daily Prophet is the most popular newspaper in the wizarding world. It was established around 1883 and has been a "reliable" source of the latest and greatest news for the magical community.
The Daily Prophet is published every morning. Evening editions are available and can be printed and delivered quickly with breaking news.The evening edition is called The Evening Prophet and the Sunday edition is called The Sunday Prophet
Subscriptions can be paid for in advance or upon receiving the paper each morning. The basic cost per issue is 7 knuts. (5 sickles & 18 knuts for a 365-day-each-morning subscription)
Each issue contains:
-Current Events
-The Quidditch section contains rankings where each team is ranked by total number of points scored so far in the league.) Forthcoming matches are also listed by team. Then follows various articles related to Quidditch.
-The Letters Page where readers can write in and each issue has one letter singled out as the 'Star Letter'. Some letters get editorial responses, as well (editors write back in italics).
-Classified Advertisements: Jobs, For Sale, Lonely Hearts, Births, Deaths, etc
-The Problems page: experts in various fields try to answer readers' questions on a variety of topics like medical queries, emotional dilemmas, legal problems, and everyday magical problems.
-The Fiendishly Difficult Crossword appears occasionally in The Daily Prophet
-On Wednesdays The Daily Prophet offers a zoological column.
KNOWN PERSONNEL:
Barnabas Cuffe, editor
Zamira Gulch, addresses magical problems for the Problems Page
Winkus Oddpik, columnist
Rita Skeeter, reporter & special correspondent
Professor Helbert Spleen, of St. Mungo's but also addresses medical queries for the Problem Page
Dempster Wiggleswade, of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement but also addresses legal problems for the Problems Page
Bozo [surname unknown], Rita's photographer partner
(((info gathered { www.hp-lexicon.org/wizworld/prophet.html }from The HP Lexicon )))
The Daily Prophet is published every morning. Evening editions are available and can be printed and delivered quickly with breaking news.The evening edition is called The Evening Prophet and the Sunday edition is called The Sunday Prophet
Subscriptions can be paid for in advance or upon receiving the paper each morning. The basic cost per issue is 7 knuts. (5 sickles & 18 knuts for a 365-day-each-morning subscription)
Each issue contains:
-Current Events
-The Quidditch section contains rankings where each team is ranked by total number of points scored so far in the league.) Forthcoming matches are also listed by team. Then follows various articles related to Quidditch.
-The Letters Page where readers can write in and each issue has one letter singled out as the 'Star Letter'. Some letters get editorial responses, as well (editors write back in italics).
-Classified Advertisements: Jobs, For Sale, Lonely Hearts, Births, Deaths, etc
-The Problems page: experts in various fields try to answer readers' questions on a variety of topics like medical queries, emotional dilemmas, legal problems, and everyday magical problems.
-The Fiendishly Difficult Crossword appears occasionally in The Daily Prophet
-On Wednesdays The Daily Prophet offers a zoological column.
KNOWN PERSONNEL:
Barnabas Cuffe, editor
Zamira Gulch, addresses magical problems for the Problems Page
Winkus Oddpik, columnist
Rita Skeeter, reporter & special correspondent
Professor Helbert Spleen, of St. Mungo's but also addresses medical queries for the Problem Page
Dempster Wiggleswade, of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement but also addresses legal problems for the Problems Page
Bozo [surname unknown], Rita's photographer partner
(((info gathered { www.hp-lexicon.org/wizworld/prophet.html }from The HP Lexicon )))
