Evening star., 1926-10-31
RADIO GOSSIP AND NEWS

American correspondents and re.
porters have recognized the radio re-
porter as a full brother in their pro-
fession of disseminating news. Graham
McNamee Of WEAF' is the first to re-
ceive this recognition. He has just
been elected O. member of the National
Press Club. Although he. Is "a non.
resident member, his standing is none
the less that Of full and active re-
porter. His reportorial services dur
ing the past three years at the micro
phone covering athletic games and
many other events of national interest
have qualified him az bona 1de
member Of the journalistic profession.
To be sure, he has written, but little
personally. save a comprehensive ar
ticle on radio broadcasting in a poou-
lar weekly. but in debating to the
whole country detailed, eyewitness ac-
counts of world series games, foot
ball and flstic encounters he has shown
the ability Of a veteran sports reporter
and also has qualified as a valued cor.
respondent at political gatherings,
inauguartions and in other reportorial
fields
Reporter McNamee's actual pro.
nouncements from his microphone in
the press box at all the recent world
type and published, as far as that goes.
A New York paper ran daily stories
of the games. starting on page one
and running for about three columns
inside. Stenogra piers stationed at a
receiving set in the newspaper of1ce
took down his story word by word
and transcribed their notes into run
ming story Of the game. Phillips Car
Inns accounts also were similarly
printed.
In these days Of typewriters and tel
ephone dictation there are many re-
porters who might be said to write
nothing. as far as the actual putting
Of type or pencil to paper goes. Many
seldom touch either, but pick up a
telephone and dictate stories to typists
or rewrite men in the offices. In this
respect many sports writer's dictate
their running stories to their telegra
piers from the press box or ringside
and never write anything-except in
their minds. So with McNamee; he is
a radio reporter, graduated to this new
rank in the journalistic profession
from the relatively new profession of
broadcast announcer extraordinary.
When the National Press Club was
organized in Washington in 1903 the
thought Of broadcasting news by radio
constitution, which included as active
members only reporers. correspond
ents. editors and wrttera.l as well as
some men on the business end Of print.
ing and publishing newspapers and
magazines. The words Of the constitu-
ton, however. failed to bar McNamee.
the first radio reporter. since he Is a
reporter in every sense of the word,
and he Is now a. member of the Ma
tional Press Club.
Radio reporting by broadcasting also
is recognized by the press associa.
tions. The Associated Press permits
it's members to pick up any Of it's
broadcasts and publish them as regu-
lar "a. P" copy, just as If it came
over the leased wires. This is a great
advantage to some of the smaller
papers not served by regular tele-
graph, but relying on pony tele-
phone service. Another news service
has announced that such of its press
matter as is broadcast may be used by
it's subscribers.
Radio reporting Is an established
fact, and several other broadcast stars
are probably entitled to similar recog-
milton as that just extended to Mr..
McNamee. Many regular reporters
have utilized radio broadcasts from
national functions they could not at