The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1891-04-30
NEWSPAPER WORK IN ENGLAND.

Active Reporters In the Small Places
Male Pretty Fair Wages
The most important perquisite for re
pOrten is that known a. lineage
Daily newspapers, for example. have
recognized correspondents in nearly ev-
cry town Of any importance throughout
the country. A reporter living In one OF
these places. and connected with local
newspaper. may be appointed CORES
pendent for a dozen or even more jour
mails. All events Of Importance have, Of
course, 10 be attended for his own paper,
and should anything occur Of sufficient
interest TO justify notice in the papers
he represents, he writes . report and for
wards II by telegraph or by train.
From each paper he receives the cost
Of the telegram and Il paid for his re-
port at - much per line. varying in diff
ferent towns between one penny and
twOpence per line. Some Of the London
papers pay as much as threepence per
line. and in the cns- Of matters Of IN
usual impOrtance OF yalLe the leading
provincial newspapers will sometimes
pay q lika amount BY this means IL is
no unusual thing for u smart man TO
make rs much a. five pounds in a single
night.
In good district q reporter looks for
warl TO doubling his weekly income by
Lineage" alone. Even when not the rec
ognized correspondent Of any paper. he
makes q considerable addition to his
earnings by Lineage" Take, for ex-
ample. an interesting event coming TO
the knowledge u the reporter some
morning. He writes out a Geographic
message and wires 4 paragraph to the
principal evening papers. A special re-
duced charge il made for press messages.
Up to 0 o'clock in the evening seventy
five words can be sent over the wires for
one shilling. and one hundred words
after o'clock for the same amount.
Every repetition Uf the message costs
twOpence.
From each paper which inserts his
paragraph the enterprising scribe re
ceives half crown or three shillings
and sizpence, usually the latter sum.
81, taking il that he sends his news 10
twelve NEWSPAPERS. the cnSt II the tele-
grams wOuld be three shlllings and ten
pence, and il the r'pOrt were used by
nine out % the twelve papers he would
receive taking rs q moderate estimate
that he would bc paid hall a crown by
EACH 81 2s. Gl. Deducting the cost Of
the kilograms il will lie seen that he
clears nearly sovereign by the trims
action The risk j. small, for any spicy
item II news told i2 an interesting way
Is always welcome, f. the evening pa
pers especially. II only two papers were
to insert and pay for his r.purt he would |
still be a gain,F
In the large cities and Towns there arr |
men known ~ ''p'nny a-lin@rs, uncun- |
nected with any particular NEWSPAPER,
who make decent inrume 10y keeping |
watchful eye for items Of news which |
may esCaIe che observation Of the ur'li |
nary rrp1rter. Any terrible calamity in
n district Is n golden harvest To the
scribes. A railway accident, cOlliery
explosion or startling mnr,ier means
pounds. slillinss and pence to the re-
porter.
Another soarrn Of profit 10 the
knights Of the Pencil" is shorthand
writing in the local law courts. In many
towns the reporters arr the only cumpe.
tent Shorthand writers and to their lot
fall the shorthand notes which frDm time
to time are required by solicitors and
other peoPle.-Londun Tit-Bits.