St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-07-31
"JoURNALIsM AS A CAREER"


"JOCRNALISM as A CAREER"
The August Forum contains paper
under the above caption which will be
read with aVidity by newspaper men.
and all newspaper readers who are in
terested in knowing something of the
manner, methods and motives which
produce the contents of the daily pa
pers. 1t is reproduced in this issue of
the GLOBE almost entire.
The article was written by j. w. KEEL
LER, the able managing editor of the
New York Recorder, who is also presi-
dent of the New York Press club. From
the opportunity we have had during the
past year to investigate journalism in
New York city, we can testify to the
correctness of the description given of
the way newspapers are made IN the
metropolis. Many, but happily not all,
of the same methods are applicable
throughout the country.
The United States is the great home
of Journalism. There are but a little
over 10000 newspapers in the world,
and of these over $1,000 are published
in the United States. 1t is this en0r-
nous newspaper force which has made
the development of the country so great
and rapid, and it is the journals ranked
in the minor class which have accom-
plished the real advancement of the
country.
The papers in New York and the
larger cities of the country are conduct
ed for the personal ACKNOWLEDGEMENT of
the proprletors. regardless of the per-
sonal interests of those who make the
name and fame of the papers by their
brains, and only bowling to public inter-
estS in so far as those interests affect the
cash income of the journal.
The career of GEORGE w. TURNER,
the successful publisher Of the paper of
which Mr.. KELLER is managing editor.
is striking Illustration of the disregard
OF employees. Mr.. TURNER was the
business manager OF the World, and
proved genius in his department,
the ill-health of Mr.. PULITZER giving
him almost the entire responsibility.
But banquet was given at which Mr..
TURNER was recognized as a factor in
the success of the World. A reporter
innocently recorded the compliment to
Mr.. TURNER, and an assistant city ed
itor of the World passed the copy.
When ii appeared in print there was a
hullabatoo in PULITZER and Brother-in-
law DAVIS circles. The offending re-
porter and city editor were promptly
given tickets of leave, and not great
time elapsed before the resignation OF
Mr.. TURNER himself was accepted.
The result was different from that which
usually follows when great paper cuts
the throat of faithful employee, for,
instead of remaining sqnelched, Mr..
TURNER purchased the Recorder, and
has made that paper a power in New
York journalism.
Col. JOHN A. COCKERILI. the man.
aging editor of the World. was also
found to be gaining too much personal
prominence, and his resignation was
also accepted. Like Mr. TURNER, he
purchased newspaper. and is now at
the head of the veteran evening Com
mercial Advertiser, with Morning Ad-
vertiSer as new feature.
These two men were absolutely "mak-
ing" the World as employees, and their
success as prOprietors merely shows the
exception to the rule which Mi. KELLER
depicts when he describes the ruthless
treatment accorded the newspaper
maker in the great city. This expert
ence of the World led il to adopt the
plan of being conducted by a council,
which meets daily in the tower at the
noon hour to consider the destinies of
the earth. By this device there is no
opportunity for personal fame, and the
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT of the proprietor,
though he lives in Europe, is complete.
Contrary to the usual judgment of
those VINO have never published news
papers, MIR. KELLER takes this position:
'To attain pre-eminent success in
journalism today man must have an
acute appreciation and competent
knowledge of both the business end
and the editorial end He must be
able to combine the two. His mind
must be broad enough to grasp all sides
Of Journalism, versatile enough to
change instantly from one phase to
another, and subtle enough to under
stand the minuteSt Details"
And this view the GLOBE most cor
| daily Endorses. There cannot be a
counting room and an editorial view in
opposition TO each other, and the paper
Prove a success. If one man does not
combine the knowledge of both ends,
the two men in charge Of the respective
departments must be in perfect har-
mony, their work blending as COM
pletely as if guided by one mind, or else
it will be the old story of the house di-
vided against itself.
Perhaps the most instructive lesson
of the paper we are considering is the
tendency it will have to produce con-
tentment among newspaper workers
who labor in the smaller fields. They
acquire an individuality and a per
manency which the great city never
affords, ana personal influence which
| is felt and respected.
ImperSonal journalism is the demand
of newspaper proprietors who, having
the means, wish to gain fame by the
purchase of brains; but their papers
carry less weight than those occupying
far more limited field, where heart,
brains and individuality combine to
make their impress upon a community.
MIR. HALLS SCHEME.
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