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Two weeks ago, The Buffalo News had an unexpected (and unprecedented) problem: We worried we wouldn’t have enough paper to print the Sunday newspaper.
Across the United States, newspapers are scrambling to find newsprint. A week ago Monday, three truckloads of newsprint failed to arrive at The News’ downtown printing plant. We usually have 900 rolls of newsprint on hand, according to Dave Pickens, The News’ director of production. As I write this, we have 56. It takes 20 rolls to print a typical weekday News. You do the math.
We found enough paper to print The News two Sundays ago and every day since, but it hasn’t been easy. That week, we reduced the number of pages in the newspaper. We begged suppliers to speed up deliveries. We got help from newsprint suppliers we don’t usually use.
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