The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1920-09-17


hat pertains to The civic, education
Il, religious, industrial, moral, busi-
less ard social life, development and
:elfare.
To those who are students. or ac-
lively engaged in journalism, the idea
to have every news story summa-
lied in the first paragraph, for the
,eason that if. crowded for space
very other paragraph can be omit
ed, and yet the gist of the news
>e presented to the public.
Questions that every news story
supposed to answer correctly, full
and Interestingly are: What, who,
When, where, how, and if this is
Lone in 80 cases out of 100 every
question arising in the mind of the
cader will be answered. There
night also be the question, why, bu
hat is Of so speculative nature that
might impair the impartiality OF
he news article, and result IL
l2arges of unfairness.
In the gathering of news the care
ul newspaper worker does not &C
ept the version of any event of just
ne person, for it is known human
aiiing that no two or three, or {
oxen people, can see the same thing
nd have all the details correspond
xactly, and so journalists to have
orrohorative evidence seek to ge
acts from at least three people, anc
hen try to write from IAN entirel!
:nbiased viewpoint summarizing theil
arious statements into one harmo-
.ious word picture.
Often there are charges made
gainst newspaper of inaccuracy OF
.nfairness or impartiality, when as a
natter Of fact every effort has beer
,ade to avoid the possibility of suci
harges and statements, by givin:
that others have sincerely believed
be the absolute truth about al
flair.
There is a mistaken conception il
ne minds of many as to what is rea
ews, and one of the hardest task
the news editor at his desk, is tx
liminate entirely from news storie
whatever relates to personal com
aent, criticism, suggestion and wha
OF, for anything that savors of tina
which has no relation to the new
tory, is considered. decidedly ba'
orm in journalism. Of course
1ost newspapers there is a depar'
lent for articles in which CORE
ondents give their views on diffe'
Mt subjects, but such phases of cor
espordence must appear in distinct
v separate articles, and not b
lassed as news if the editor doe
OF wish to be regarded as one VIII
'ces rot really understand his bus:
less.
Another important thing abor
:ews is it's timeliness, and tn:
,romrtress with which it is given t.
he public. Something may have :;
reat news value, but if it become
enerally known and does not appea
n the public print until say month
lapse. al it's news value is lost,
my rate, with a progressive people
uch as are patrons Of newspapers to
lay.
When in a newspaper you see Wha
rou think a misstatement, remem
,er perhaps that you do not know al
he sides of the subject as we'll a.
he news editor. Again it may be tina
he compositor, the man who put
.ews into type, may omit a lette:
rom a word, or put letter in the
yrong place, which may or may no
,e caught by the proof reader, anf
which may or may not be corrected
~ the compositor, and which ma.
.hange entirely the sense Of tn
whole sentence. Such errors cause
:reat chagrin to the editor and his
workers, even more so than to the
public at large, for if there is any.
hing that real newspaper worker
owes above all else, it is to give new:
,ully, interestingly, accurately ant
without typographical errors, so thai
'eading the printed page will be {;
pleasure because of it's neat makeup
md appearance, as we'll as for the
entertainment and information it at.
lords.