New Britain herald., 1927-02-16
HARVESTING NEWS
 FOR A. P. SERVICE
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day several pages Of information of what has happened since you rolled out Of bed in the morning. and puts into black and white a story picture of the activities of men and women the world over, and what has hap pened in business, finance, and gov ernment which may alter your des- tiny and the destinies of a nation, or pass you by. The story may be full of sunshine or streaked with the grimness Of death.
 No business or profession labors so hard to get accuracy into it's out put as the newspaper editor. In nothing else does the man who does he work have to depend so largely upon the truthfulness and the honesty of motive of those who yield what we call the news. A newspaper is produced amid the greatest seem- ingy hurly burly. in a race against time and competitors. Getting out a newspaper is great and grand un- dertaking. The greatest error on the newspaper editors list is the being beaten out on a news story. If there IS a news story the newspaper must not only have it but must get 1t to the reader and get 1t to him first.
 Making History.
 Tn making such a picture for the newspaper reader The Associated Press is the largest single organiza- ton. What it is doing, what it has been doing, has well been called the recording of history in the making. In the future when writers want to know what went on in this day of ours they will turn back to the newspapers of today Of necessity as there is no other record, just as we turn back to newspapers of past years to find out what went on from day to day. If the newspaper todays does not fairly report what is going on the man of the future will be misled.
 How does the Herald get all this? It may be bit puzzling. The great est agency in world coyerage Of news is The Associated Press. It has done the work many years but no one knew much about 1t. Lately, the label A. P. has followed the date line of an item as a mark of the source of the item. its assurance of quality. The Associated Press does 1t. utmost to have the story of the news happening accurately told.
 "The Associated Press Is 8 mutual, cooperative organization composed of more than 1900 newspapers in this country, with members in our island possessions and in South America. It has working agreements with other news organizations Tn other countries It serves as a clear ing house for news for it's members. and as an organization goes out to cover the world on the spontaneous happenings of the day. Each mem Der Is obligated to make available to the Associated Press it's own regional news for the benefit of all other members. Herein is the CO., operative feature. It is always on the watch. knowing no holidays, no Sundays. no end of time on the clock. It's circuits are working semewhere all the time,
 "The Associated Press has no capital stock, pays no dividends. gives away no news, collects, and distributes news solely for it's mem- bership, and in writing the news gives no opinion on the subject mat ter nor knowingly colors the word ing to an extent which would bias the facts. Its intent is to give facts and let the reader think for himself.
 Cost $7,OOO.oOO Last Year
 The Associated Press has been described as the greatest cooperative effort in the world and it has noth- ing to sell and no profit to make. It cost more than s7,eo0,noo last year to collect and distribute the news to it's members.
 Wire 48, 300 Miles Long
 Tn the world series of 1925 we had 8 telegraph line from the base hall parks which was 46,500 miles long and on which 800 operators copied the play by play story as dictated to the sending operator. All these newspapers were sight unseen on the ball park stands. As com pared with radio this may not seem such a great feat but the A. P. wire was carrying a story in written form. On the radio you heard the crack of the bat and the umpires call and the batter of the announcer But all this was but flash in the air and If you wanted to read about | the game you had to get a paper. | Editors sent the copy from our wires to the compositors and rush. | cd the story to press so that the | crowds in the ball park had scarcely | risen in their seats at the end of | the game before millions all over the country were reading the story. And so it is with other great sport l ing events, football especially which ! makes so great an appeal to the | people that games are covered on a | play by play basis.
 60 Words \ Minute.
 One of our daily circuits is 1915 | miles long on which are automatic printers, and 1t runs from New York | to Washington, Atlanta, Jackson vile, Key West and Havana carry ing news report at a rate of GO | words q minute. Some of our trans continental circuits to the Pacific coast from Chicago go by various routes so as to embrace newspapers in the cities on those routes.
 
 "A New Britain story which the Herald files on our wire may be worth half column 10 every Con- uecticut paper but worth only a para graph to the rest of New England | and the rest of the country. Yet if Ehl were in the west that short para g&ph of q New Britain incident Houii he of interest &s a means of inicrHing Eou of something back