Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-04-25
MAKING NEWSPAPERS.
THE WORK OF THE CITY EDITOR OF
METROPOLITAN DAILY.

A METROPOLITAN DAILY.
Labors of the ErporterS-Important Bu-
reau of New--Gathering Fires, Acct
dents. Criminal News Reporters Who
Do General Work"
The work Of the reporter is given him by
the chief Of the 10 al new d-partm mt Of
the journal with which he /, ronnecte
who IS known Is the cily editor III
duties Of this e.IItOr require uutiIIng energy
and the utmost dlhgence and application
lie must see that h.s paper EI.e- all the I'M
lortant and mtei est NJ news Of tile lty
AMI VI InIty while It Is yet frssr ami, #
PpssIl l.. hrforr II has teen publish. IN any
other pap~T Eternal yIgIIan"e = the price
of his Fu1ItIOn Ltery I'M, Ur'ant ami uu
important event in IOuti,s, finance, so
cIety and crime hr must follow. and see
that the reporters under him investigate
and present promptly for the next ed,t.on
Of hi paper. The cIty eiItOr Of great
daily has the whole city under observation,
as vell as the All JUnIng country for My
III les around He assigns one reporter u
each police cuurJ Men are also Ie ailed u
"a h uf tn" other courts civil ami yrIm
inal rom the district courts to the supreme
beach
An important bureau OF news gathering
Is the b. 'adquartrrs Of The police irpart-
meHt Two meu from ca n newspaper are
kept watching the returns Of tins drpart-
ment day and night Ii a murder or a
crime Of any kind, 5 committed IN any part
of the city. II l. at once T-pOrt 4 Ly the
police ohcer IN whose pat Ol 1t occurred to
the poll, station cf his precIn.J Thence
it l. at Once telegraphed T. ppli had
quarters \ re Ori Of every event OF TINS
3 kind IS made on a u ott..r IN the reporter
=, om at headquarters The moment this
Information - ubtaIned, the reporter starts
out TO hunt up the facts
FInE~, An,IuENTs RIdINAL NEWS.
Whenever a hr- breaks out in any part Of
New York city, or an accident occurs. an
ALA III - at on sent To police head quarters
The same traI SIM son strikes a similar
alarm in the eport"rs buIL,ing, opp site
Ten *, OIds af er It ha- sounded he It mid
day or midnight twenty men, rrPrr>entiny
all the paper, IN the city, burst uut Of the
door and uisapp,ar IN the direction Of the
nTe They get there often before ths
engines II Ih vIrtim uf an accident /,
carried 10 tine spItli. the reporter visits
tue place where he sufferer was injured,
an a-ccltuIus how he was hurt and tn
go-s t. tn ho>pltaI and learus his cOud.
,IOn-
Another i'm. ortant hur.au Of crimina
news Is the curp ~ oitCe- Any sU de.
death uud. r >u-pl iou> or extraordinary 80
Gums. auCe, l. al once reported to tue %
nrr, and registered Tor the reporters
cover that oil. =. They investigate every
case for themselves, OF report |, TO thirr
city ed tors for their Judgment So nu-h
for tine news pDtaIned through the depart
meuts Of u>tIc.
Each Newspaper has also a reporter who
calls dairy at the Offices OF all the riJy o.
Gals, from the mayor AMI controller do. n,
ami learns o. any important news thu
occurs IN their DEPARTMENTS Another vI-I.
the sheriff tie district attorney, and ILr
,Ounty OH IalS, and on ZeaIOusly wat,
tue city hall \ reporter covers the o
office and tie feIvrLl ruurts and obtain a.
in, q! tant Jews there Another speuIs
lay among III exchanges and brO,-T-. I
keep the public posted on financial aifair~.
and one .nal.'s sole duty Is to keep a IOoA
out ON the wat,r front for marine
news Of any k.nL Other report
ers visit tbs various municipal l.
partmenJs. Another visits the tleatr-s
each night. not to cTiticIse ths play-tha
com : under another departm, n OF IL
PAPER ut To learn Of any import
chang IN the cast o. a performance, o
tam any inter- sting information IerLa.
ing TO the stage The reporters also vi.
ali the eadIng hotels, TO get the names o
prominent men from all over the wo Iu
fIOm the hotel registers From a grea
many Of Ihes. places no information worth
printing Is taIned once a year, but a
newspaper takes no risk Of being left Oh
any matter Of news
THOSE WHO Do GENERAL WORK"
But all these are merely the routine re
pOrters, who do the same work ea day.
Besides thesa, there are the men who uu
general work, as it Is called who are sent
to religious me. tings and pri e-tghts: who
interview great men an women: who al
tend funera who Obtain obituary sketche-
OF men of pro oEitence, wht rIer living Oh
dead; who write Sketchs of street Occur
FENCES attend important trials in tn
courts re "rt sermons, and lectures, an
hangIngS investigate rumOrs, and do a
thou and ami one other HI. ..ds Of work
IL a well-known citizen is dangerously i'll,
a reporter is sent to some friend or relative
OF the su ering man. to obtain the main
facts OF his life, for an obituary sket b IN
case the man should die. II the sicA man
recuvrrs the sketch l. written and put il.
type. with blanks lett for tue date of hi
death, wh,n it occurs at some future day
Then a proof sheet OF the article is filel
away in the obituary deparJme Mt of the
paper, known among newspaper men
the graveyard AMI retained until the
prominent citIL, n does die
The qualifications of good reporter must
be al owe those Of the average ' young men
He must b,. Ergely endowed with the
Shrewlne-s and lis ght which make the su =
cessful detective, Tut a1Oye all h. must be
gifted with what new paper men cal! news
sense smother qualifis alton is the faculty
of rapid writing Not unfrequently, indeed,
an emis,ary from the composing room
stands al his side to take the pages of his
manuscript from him as fast as be concludes
the last " I'd o. the leaf Reporters come
10 think nothing Of writing their articles on
railroad tra ins. IN street cars and rOw-boatS,
in telegraph Offices, streets, saloons and res
tauranJs, in all ,Onceivable places, and un-
der every circumstance ami degree Of in
convenience and discomfort
The reporter and the country telegraph
operator are instructive foes ami it requires
every species Of threat and Irite to induce
the latter 10 stay late at night to send long
press dispatch. Re- porters have been obligeu
to go into a Nillag. ball room at midnigh,
and tear an unwilling telegraph operator
from his partner TO get an important dis
patch tn! ouSh to his paper Oh time.-P
Marshall White.
Ready to Show Her sympathy.
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