Where do the speakers work?

W: I understand that the art and news section was assigned to Jane, and the sports page to Tom. What’s your responsibility?
M: I have the editorial to write, as well as several book reviews.

M: We’ll be here in London staying in a newspaper office or teaching in a classroom full of chalk dust.
W: Well, Tom, you’d be able to go out in the sunshine sometimes. You are a journalist. I am the one who has to stay in the classroom. Remember.