The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-05-01

know he cannot tell. and il is only Tue
subjects with which u man Is lall'l.u'
that he can readily write about WIN
credit to himself or profit to his rcaucF'
| would further advise young men
who aim at success in the feid ol new
paper writing to master the useful
though somewhat difficult art OF short
hand writing. There Is no occupation
of our day in which the ability TO rapid
" fake down the exact words Of n
speaker. is more valuable. l do not
mean by this that II is at nj essehtlii'
for newspaper writer or editor to be-
q verbatim stenographcr AS II matter
of fact there is very little verbatim re-
porting done in the daily press, but
there are one hundred and one emcf-
gencics in newspaper writer $ life ~
which the ability to make shorthand
notes rapidly is extremely useful, ana
gives him decided advantage over the
man who has to trust either to his I'M
aided memory, or to such longhand
notes rs he can hurriedly jOt down. |
might instance in this connection the
work of the interviewer who seeks out
Il citizen of prominence and desires to
obtain full expression Of his views on
some important public question. lie
may be able to make IL fair and toler-
ably accurate report Of the mans re-
marks by the help of his memory and
his lOnghand notes only: but if he is Il
good shorthand writer, he can make
the interview photographicalIy correct.
Moreover. if he is called upon to hastily
make literal copy Of some document
OF which ne can only have possession
for short time-pOssibly at a consult
ing library-it is easy to see that he can
bring his shorthand writing into service
with great effect. 1t seems to me, also,
that there is a large and growing field
of special newspaper correspondence III
foreign countries in which brilliant and
highly paid work is called for, i'll the do
ing of which knowledge of other Ian
guages than English is Indispensable.
would advise the ambitious young man
who is thinking that he has in him the
making of a good foreign or war cores
pOndent to acquire Il workable knOwl'
edge of French. Spanish and German.
Beyond these things, the successful
newspaper writer needs to cultivate Tho
art of making friends. He must learn
most, after MI. from men, not books. II
is very important to him to gain the
confidence of public men, official and I'm
ofiicial-of all sorts of men and women
who have news to give and information
to impart To this end he must learn
the meaning Of the little word tact.
1t requires tact above all things to win
the personal confidence OF people and
obtain from them the assistance that is
constantly necessary to be obtained in
gathering news and preparing articles
for the daily press.
| do not know that ! can say anything
more of practical value to young men
who intend to try their chances on the
reportorial and editorial side of journal
ism. | may add, however. that the same
solid qualities of character which helu
men to success in other fields of work
will help them in this. The man Of good
habits. who keeps his head clear, his
stomach sound, and his general health
good. will have at least three chances
of success TO every one that the man
who is physically unfit will have. News
paper work is arduous and exacting,
and if any young man is thinking of Il
newspaper career as an easy and gentle
occupation into which he will not uced
TO put as much hard labor. both physi-
cal and mental, as into any other adj
wise him to keep out of it altogether;
for he is entirely mistaken.
CHARLES Ii. TAYLOR.
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