The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-04-21
MODERN JOURNALISM.
How ihe Leading New York Newspapers
 are Produced.
New Orleans States.l l

HOT of the New Nofk ME. attef resting rom the fatigucs of his journey to the
 South, and enjoying the picturesque sight and halmy breeze of the Crescent
 City fot several dayS was in me cond,-
 ton yesterday to talk on suhlee, of rare
 fascination. Speaking of the newspapers
 of to-day, Mir. Dana gave some interest
 ing glimpses of loura aiisai. work and ex-
 per,enee. which IS faithfully reproduced
 ln the following interview
 "Wha, does Il cost Ia tnn hrst-clasS
 New York newspaper
 "lt costs gtrat deal more than It did
 ten ~ twenty ycars age. There ,s great
 improvement in the intellectual quality ef
 the newspapers of New Notk city. and
 they are better furnished ai,h talent ih
 every department. and spen. great deal
 more money tor adequate contributions
 than they used ,o furnish htecen years
 ago. The cos, ot white paper formerly
 made up full, enc-halt ot the whole e>-
 pense ot the newspaper, now tt makes up
 aheu, one-sl quarter then. paper cost from
 twelve ,e fifteen cents per pound, now Il costs from s,> to seven cents per pound
 Owing ,o this great reduction m the cost of paper. the wcll.estahltshcd ncwspa.
 pefs in New York city a,e all of them
 making money. and even the Oihasf. which has been way down hy immense investments in real estate. seems at last ,o have gei through wah the effect oi thls misfortune. and has commenced Ia ,le more than pay ,,s expenses.
 X h,st-rate newspaper of New York will require abou, ten editorial writers. whose duty daily Is 10 furnish leading as- t,lcs and editorial paragraphs. Many of these writers will have ,hc,r special duties. and there mus, always bc five or six men who are able ,o tusn their hands to subjects of any description. as they
 happen to come up. A competen, writer oficaders will he paid from stoo to Siso
 pct week and no man tit ,o supervise them. and perform the functions of cd itof- ln-ehlcf, can he had Tor less than from yiSo to f,oo per week. The re- portets are of two classes first, those .l tho regular stah who arc paid by the week. a. rates varying tsa,a sie Ia ta-a
 These perform no, only the routine duties of reporting. hn, arc always prepared ta hc sent att upon special service, ln which case thcit railroad iafes. carriage htts. hotel bills. and other eNpeases are pad by the office,
 Then. there arc a number ui reporters who are atta.hed Ia each paper who are paid Aee eatilng ta the work ihey petiorn and without has,nR any pfeseIihed nns tons, and should t,c in teadincs. to da whatever may he necessary Some of these gentlemen ate men oi talent and learning.
 and ,s .ae all make theu NY into the iron, rank as wfttctS and editors. know several men who. without having icgniat salaries. will average from fSo to t7S week. pf these Two classes ot reporters. a iifst-rate paper mus, employ abou, htty Next. there arc the correspondents. both at home and abroad. and these ate like wisc divided into sw" classes. those who are employed upon regular salaries, and ,hose who are paid as ,heis contributions arc printed In N .shlnlJnn. for instance, ca, h newspaps, ha. need at regular ,ef- respondents ot reporters. and of ocea- sional contributors, and inc diiteten, pa pris differ as to the respes tive numbets oi these i've elasacs. In Albany, each New York paper must have iis regular siad devoted to thiA service ln the other spiials. ot su,h States az New iriscy. iennsylsania, ohio and Mssssehuse,ts. they arc served by u,casional cores pondenis, Ainsc ,hc news oi these mofe distant pla, es is, ioi Ihe most pat. not enough in New Natk tn be constantly reported there. In Europe. also. every leading paper has is regular staff ot correspondents here must be a correspondent in London, and one ln Paris, who fep'rr, constantly, either by pos; or hy cable,
 L., ,t. ..f ineni papers of New York city. there is always cable dispatch. summing up the news oi the week, and reporting interest ing polite d, social. artistic of literary events, nn whI,h the reporters of the AS. sociaied press. whose ,elegtama arc for s arded every day, do rot ordinarily dwell Thus ,he expenses of tha snrs If papers NC are considering vary fos the mos, part, rnainly. according as they prin, large or small editions. the chiei difference being made iB ,hen eonsuInp- 'ion of white paper. Of tbss. the WetaM usrs more than any other journal On sunday. espes laiiy, is advertising sheets arc many. and on ,ha, day Ii ~,!l some. times print oue hundred and thirty col. umns of adve,iIsemeu,s alone, so that the an our, ot white paper i, uses is enet- fpous.
 ' Eat, assde from ihis iiela. shc expenses ,f one of these papers Nlil bc, for lhc ed tofiai department, including .fiiefs. re- ponefs, and correspondents, from four so Hvr ih"usaad dollars per week, and its telegraph b,ils, including the coat oi spet i4i eables from Europe. ~til asefage prthalss, from sesrn hundred io one ,lr,la- sand coiiafs week its composition bIlis ~ilI vary from one in two thousand iollars as pabliea,ion department siii .ost from one to ESQ thossznd dollar ss stereotype wiII be perhaps i've hun fred dollars, and its eeilaneoas cx- ,enses from one ,o two thousand dollars, making total of from nine 70 tweise thou and dollars a week. OfcoaTse. these fig- ifes will be l.ttie less in dull times. shen there IS little sc'egraphing. and no 'ecasion for special expenditures. than shen there is great public excitement. uch as Presidential canvass, Of great