You know technology is changing --- for that matter, you know news economics are changing --- when one of England's most storied titles takes the view it can do without 80 sub-editors and have its reporters file directly into templated pages.
The Daily Express and Sunday Express are changing the way in which reporters and editors function. The pages will be drafted by editors and designers, reporters will be assigned space and told to fill it. Their work will be reviewed still by rewriters (former subs) and lawyers, but the process handled by sub-editors is disappearing.
