Simplify the following text for a Grade 5 native English-speaking person.
Original: Following his graduation , he worked from 1898 to 1900 as a newspaper reporter in New York City , but returned to Richmond in 1901 , where he worked several months on the staff of the Richmond News .
Simplified: Cabell worked from 1898 to 1900 as a newspaper reporter in New York City . He returned to Richmond in 1901 .