English question (asking for a friend)

[karohemd]

What do you call the different departments (politics, economy, sports etc.) of a newspaper organisation (not the physical newspaper)?
In German it's the rather obscure "Ressort".

ETA: Thanks to all who commented, they're called desks.

Comments

[spencerpine.livejournal.com]

They're desks. The news desk, the sports desk.

[karohemd.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the confirmation.