Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-03-06
SUCCESS IN JOURNALISM.
lA<Rviss to the Ambitious Bsginper-Nsws-
papers More Expsnsivs Than Ever,

sF@ w
pspers More Expensive Than Ever.
This is the golden age OF journalism in
New York. Never in the history Of
n~ewspaper making in the city was SC
much money made by newspapers, and
nsver was ~ much paid BY newspaper
proprietors 10 thess who make them.
Journalists are better paid now than ever
before. Good articles from special con.
tibutors are more eagerly sought after
and more literally paid foi than at any
tine since journalism became a profess
non. First class editors aud reporters
command nearly double the pay they did
fftten years ago.
Journalism has finally become . well
paid and disniled profession, . profes.
non that brings a. many rewards and
moluments as any profession in the
land. And it needs new recruits. Ii
needs new life and new blood, and men
and women with originality and new
ideas. How 70 begin is the great prob
bm. 1t was with the view Of getting the
opinion OF an expert, 4 man who has
made = phenomenal success in this city
that I called up'x Mr.. Joseph Pulitzer,
The editor OF Tn, New York World. and
asked linn some pc, aneut questions. The
6nst one was this:
'.What chance has q young mar, with
nothing but brains and pluck, Of getting
ON in journalism"
"There never was a better chance in
Journalism for q man with brains than
just now. Brains, however. is not
enough. To rise to a commanding posi-
ton it nus be accompanied by character
and persistent work. Any man Of brains
and pluck and principle is sure to suc.
ceed."
''What course would you advise u be-
ginner to pursue?"
ITO work and work. 10 think and
think and think. II he will do both, and
have some original ideas, he will not have
70 wait long to become both prominent
and prosperous"
''Is it necessary for a success Jul jour-
nalist TO have q college education?"
''The hest college Is the college Of the
world-the school Of life--the university
of actual experience knowledge is high
ly desirable and a college education val
liable, but it is no. indispensable. The
history OF our coultry and the history Of
the mos successfi,l men in America con-
elusively establish the possibility .. self
cultivation and ell education. Fe af
our greatest men, even in politics and ~
intellectual pursuits, were college gradu-
ates. Self ma o men are generally self
educated men"
'What branch OF the newspaper pro-
Session brings the highest honors and
smolumcnts?''
This is rather a hard question as you
put it. There is no particular branch Of
any paper Of mine which commands
higher honor than another. 1t is the
mar rather than the department. II is
dmply the capacity. character and time
Ct service which influence me in fixing
either the highest honors or highest
epolument among my associates. Time
Of service influences me almost as much
"a capacity, because time Of service in.
wolves the test and reward Of loyalty,
originality and integrity OF character. IL
Q man stays with me ten years he will GER
tainly be better of the tenth year than the
6rst, or | should not want him to lie with
me that length Of time at all, and he
would have very little sense il he ex-
pected to be as well off the first year as
the tenth"
newspapers are more expensive now
ahan a few years ago, are they not::'
newspapers are very much more ex.
pensive TIN they ever were before, and
the tendency is irresistibly that way.
There 10 hardly a paper in the country, ]
should judge from my own experience,
Che expenses OF which are not increasing
year by year, and this in spite Of a reyo-
: hutton in the cost Of white paper. which
b much less now than / ever thought it
possible to be a few years ago."
'In most newspaper Offices there IL
conflict between the editorial and the
business Office. Which do you consider
4e most Important"
''There is no such conflict in my Office,
sever was and never can be. That is
one reason why l have always main
tanned absolute control Of my papers. IL
was not on account OF the pecuniary
element involved. but simply because OF
Che supreme necessity that there should
be one head, and that have absolute con-
troll over every department. New York
Mail and Express.