A common sentence between journalists says that news does not have a right time to happen. It may be in the morning, in the afternoon, at night or overnight. Many professionals have to work while most people sleep in order to find stories that could be out of newsroom eyes. Overnight reporters – journalists with low status inside and outside newsrooms, but with a major role on a newsroom daily routine – are the object of this project. The focus is to understand which practices these professionals assume, the productive routines of their works and the strategies used to face challenges related to the time. In this search, we have done field research using ethnography techniques and in-depth interviews with journalists from Rio de Janeiro. The journalistic field, the power relations inside this field and theories that try to explain how journalism works take part of this literature review, as well as the steps of making news process. We have seen that, during overnight, the process of gathering information demands work outside the newsroom. In many companies, professionals have more than one function. Overnight is a synonym to difficulty: journalists have to handle with restrictions on news verification and also on their own security. These issues enhances fellowship between competitors. There are important differences in routines and practices of overnight reporters if we compare with ones that work on daytime.