Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-04-02
FOREIGN AND AMERICAN JOURNAL
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! comparisons bI tHt F2IIpuS :rSSsSuS y!
| journalism in use in the various capitals ot
| the world are rather interesting, because
| they are widely different from each other.
III England political matters arc the only
ones upon which great money is spent by
the newspapers. In France the papers do
not want new: Of any Kind, and prefer TO
give tAcr readers bright essays or smutty
stories. IN tas country if II paper has Il
pressure oI advertising it appears with an
extra sheet IN London The overflow adj
vertisements are held until there il room for
them.
IN al interview with the editor OF an i'm
p0riant London newspaper, the writer was
given SOME insight into y condition Of jour
ua!isn that vii! seem extraordinary 10
Americas newspaper people. When asked
Why the London iailie5 paid So little &iten-
ton 10 American affairs, the editor SAID it
was because there WAS 10 English interest
in that topic Informed that more than
three quarters OF the people il Grcay Brit
ain had relatives il America, and mus:
Of necessity find more Or les; interest in
american affairs, be said the English pa
pcrs had never gone in for this kind OF news
and ;Touii hardly change their Old traditions
.: this :;,lo day. That is the whole theory
O.; English Journalism. What was good
enough Tor the English grandtathers is good
enough for the English generation Of the
present day. In makeup, III character of
news. and in general directions, the English
paper Of to-day is Just what j; was fifty
years ago.
The London papers pay great de:;l OF
money for the materials they want. The
Times pays It's Paris correspondent $4,000
g wear, and gives him an allowance besides
for handsome entertainments 10 diplomat!s;s
nrd other usctu! people. This man Il ex-
pac,ed 10 keep thoroughly posted on all
l.,rop@aa politics, and ~ hobnob with all
important i;G-aonagcs. The -News pays It's
leader writer vino * on the Manchester
Gvuiiun, $4,000 year 10 telegraph an
editorial every night. Sala receives $4,000
. wear from he Illustrated NcuS, and a re-
taining Gc" Of $1,000 . year from the IcIc-
graph. Whieh, b@yond this sum, pays him
S25 :, c0lulGc for all he writes. The average
London editorial is meant to turn the
column. and if ii is lnuch shorter than that,
lis worth IS considered TO be :auch i'm
paired The NcrS has gone in for head
lines ans: short editorials; :: good deal II the
past three years under the urgent arguments
Of LaDouchcrc, who is ono 0t the o"ners,
and who is very mUcn taken with the
American system CT journalism.
1t is not n@a:?y madeup however, and
looks veyy ragged and bloicEy, The habit
Of all tine London papers Of printing their
advertisements on the first page, gives them
an unsightlE appearance.
None OF The London Gai!ies have Sunday
editions. The only important Sunday pa
per is the Ob&Grer Il heavy thing which
sells lor nine cents q copy. It's understood
to he the Intention Of Messrs. Chamberlain
and Ives when their Paris papers, the Morn
ing N.,es, and La !Hatis, are firmly cstab
lshed. 10 20 over TO London and start = pa
per there ON the American principle, print
ing seven editions Il week, ali Of them on
the brisk, newsy, and terse idea which has
made tncir Other papers successful in the
French capital. There Is unquestionably q
fine field for an American newspaper in
London, aud whoever starts one there and
runs it upon an intelligent plan will make q
great dea! OF money. Engshmen like the
American notion in Journalism, but cannot
ge, ii, because the editors are determined TO
give nothing excepting what their forfathers
gave. some bright young man will get in
one OF these fine days and revolutionize
them J. Journalist.