Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1916-09-22
5. GRISWOLD,
Press Chairman

Club press reporters are often
chosen because they have been heard
to say that they liked to write COM
nositions when they were in school.
They fail to realize that writing
compositions and news items are two
separate and distinct fields in liter
ature Accordingly, they send to
club editors notices which begin like
old-fashioned fairy tales, "Once upon
time" Of course these very words
are not used, but in many cases
notices do read, Friday, September
22nd, there will be meeting of the
X-Ray Club"
Ten clubs may meet on Friday
and the woman who is looking for
the notice of the X-Ray club may
have to read through all the other
notices which begin in the same man
ner. II the correspondent had said,
THE X-Ray club will meet Friday,
September 22nd." she would con
form with newspaper rules and
would also save the readers time
few suggestions embodying the
elements of journalism can not help
but be of value to the correspondent
and would make life easier for the
club editor.
II you are press correspondent,
90 to the club editor of your paper
as soon as you are elected and ask
her for suggestions. She can tell
you when your notices should be in
for Sunday. She will probably tell
you that she prefers having these
notices typewriter. At least she
would rather not take them over the
telephone-not because she wants
to do as little work as possible-but
because she can avoid making mis-
takes The letters f and S sound
alike over the telephone, so do T
and P. She will tell you not to
write on both sides of the paper.
All papers are ANXIOUS to have
names correct. The club editor
should insist upon having initials.
Mrs. Smith may read a paper on
Child Labor" but Mrs. Smith has
no Identity until she becomes Mrs.
A. B. Smith.
m
The club editor will tell you that
news is news, and that the report of
meeting hold last Monday is not
news today. To have the report in
the first issue following the meeting
is the thing which club reporters do
not understand. They must wait
until Sunday. Just as the city editor
insists that his reporters get each
gays happenings, so the club ed
'or depends upon the interest of the
cub correspondents to see that the
ciuD news is brought to her while it
Is still fresh.
Club reports need not be the min
utes OF the m Meeting. To say that the
meeting adjourned is not necessary.
All meetings adjourn. Everything
mat happened from the opening to
ene close need not be mentioned.
only the vitality interesting points
winch were brought up-those that
you would be glad to hear about
from another club-are the things
"ortn reporting. Don't say that MI
Drown made an interesting speech.
everyone will take it for granted
mat 1t was interesting, but it is your
uuty to tell the interesting points.
another thing, don't ask the club
editor to say that the club has
secured Mr.. Brown as a speaker.
Il you do, it will be changed. You
ean secure tent stake or a prisoner,
out never a speaker.
from this 1t should be plain that
mere are certain rules and regula-
nohs In newspaper office which are
leiigiously followed out. A club ed
''or Is hired because she knows these
.0quirements or can adapt herself
/" them. She is there to write, and
"nen you call her over the tele
pnohe and say. 81 want this notice
" go in just as I have it," the
shances are you have secured q
.peaker," have planned ION interest
.ns program" and urge "all members
F" De present." The notice is print
- 30 that all members may see 1t
nat should be sufficient to call 1t tc
'asir minds that they should attend