Telegram-herald., 1888-01-28
A REPORTERS WORK
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- express as ceasleslsns. Granted and
Tiers = not ga q 81 hslnz Bho pll say
thss he G07s got ao,t ,As gpini0ns expresed
Ia as Ell s7sials bas II tts trasA were xnosu
is s0ud - fouai fhat kls lEdiyld1al ard
private oFtlion Is far ~ advance q that
glieh L1 expresses in print Many eli-
teritls are es remarkable for v ka- thev ogait
AS Tor v lal IleY actually do 81 Journal
$50 Is las the 0oly fed however, whose
tei.ers are ofIsn .w.ss as ssTgenEs ssa harrl-
leas as doves sn4 vino temper pI.aeiFls with
policy
.'fhs duties of a reporter are sinl-iy cler-
lcak lie i - make clear. true statement
q shat facts ke l.uds. all4l ia nine eases cut
~ ten /. j. a. dsvol4 ~ comment as 4 frog Is
q hair Comment and the editorial ''we7
ere the preFosat.sss OF an eiitor, and II is
better 50, as reporters have responsibilities
enough without IL.
"Anolhe TACT wSsch = not pleasing rev
el3f on g. a young reporter is that his time IS
never bis ouR lie does nor work given
number ~ hours, or regular heiirs. as is the
csse Ia almost every other trERch % indus
trv. x pceasicn requires it, be must work
tssaty fear sOgrs cut Of th- t~snty-four.
aHd to ready q repeat il tle next day. The
wprk ol reporting Is regular only in itsirreg-
u-ar.ty itesul4r Ec1rs FOR meals or for sleep
must be dearslsd. sn1 cftcn % snit tie
r.erest ~hlcis 81 iua.vid1ab Many can rot
stand tAe physical strain. while many others
give ~ snt seek work IN other fields On
the morning pepers, as a rsls. tie reporters
rise ~ nrUa, 20 to work q. 30 or p. m,
worS aHfl diancr tine, which is any time
before . p ~. returning 10 work imme-
disieiy ef-erwzrl. and containing until 30
or q. IA. vixen the paper goes 70 press,
then writing letters 70 correspondents and
laying ont work f5r the next day. Supper
consists II coll lunch intended TO be eaten
az rsEasbt. but osfeusr never touched until
the dsy's work Is done. II lucy, TIE re-
porter rc.s % bcl ct 5 =. IN, @ sleep till
noon, t1en rerest the sarle prugran.nc.
"li d. IS callel % 90 oat OF town 70 report
atrial IN eclrt or n morning sermon in church,
he ma-t riss ~ . 2. 10. ard thereby lose three
hours 0f slesp. On an afternoon paper the
hours ere no shorter. ~ worA from : a. ID.
o 10 and Il p. N, afternoon newspaper re
porrers fare 20 pctser, and as thc.r busiest
hour IS ~ noon, they oftsn DO no. get their
diansr until p. ~, after the paper has goss
% prsae. II yoa should ind this mass OK de-
tatl ualrts-es-ing. ire apo,ogy mas. be that
tnis sketch was written IN hours which right
filly belong 10 sleep. The great diversity Of
tie work i another feature which is at to
prove = stumbling block in tho path OF a
young reporter. That It is necessary for him
todsno.T what Ia IS writing about is self evi-
dent Neither his education nor his brief ex-
pefirrce ia ths practical Affairs OF life can
have teen Sufficient 10 make k.m familiar
With TIRE n.auy ssibject On which no IS called
10 write
in regard 70 whs. appears the most
attractiFe in reporters posilOn-the
loaves and ishcs-let ne say, once for oil,
there IS not single, honest. Eslf-respecting
reporter who does not wish from the bottom
a. his EeaI-t they were abolished altogether.
To be freely admitted to q dramatic enter
tai1rlent la consideration of the fact that
you writs q notice for It, may seem high
privilege TO some: yet even such sordid
natures can undeTstand that in a case where
the reporter knows beforehand that the en-
tertaiamen. viii be inferior or n0t suited TO
his tastes, the duty Of attending becomes
punishment lie attends and does his work.
bus with no moro enjoyment than the hired
singers az funeral, the musicians at the ball
or tho walters a. the banquet. u Is C matter
Of J1s.ness. thai IL ell. ~ a means Of earn
ing q livelihood newspaper work is far less
renunerativs than - generally believed. lt
Is very CALLING 20 many newspaper writer's,
editors as well IS reporters, TO know that
they are working for les money than the
! COmpositors who put their articles in type.
''Trom ths facts thus given in regard to
Newspaper work il would appear anything
but attractive or rsmunerstivc, yet that IL
has substantial charms canrot be denied
'Krovie6ge i power. and there il great
satisfaction in newspaper work. because one
adds % his stock OF knowledge every day.
From continued experience and habits OF
close observation reporter comes to SEQ
/ things as they ere from be inside from be-
/ hind tho scencs, and no. as they appear TO
tbs world outside Ilfes tragedy and com
Z edy bs sees mingled about him every day.
and his work IS made Interesting by its con-
tras.s. which are often startling. Many
things which hs prints may lie interesting.
/ bat tas things he dos not print would often
/ be more SO. Auburn ~ ~ Dispatch.