| Show I The Deseret N News I wrol at aft after A er a long days das work stopped from the offices o of his sheet to tho there thero to walt wait for tor a ear car to take hIm to U tl place where a 0 pair of slippers warmed and for hIm In front of IL rosy and cheerful fire One of the tho first things that greeted him was the Cl cry of n a newsboy papers only n a nickel a half holf halfa n a dime dim you read In for some Gomo time Every Evory afternoon for ninny many days this somo lad had tho air wIth ills cry delighting In Its rhyme whIch b by the tho way ny ho protested d was a good rhyme made all 1111 by himself The Tho news newspaperman frame was In a pessimIstic of oC mind and revolved several matters In his mind To think that more than a dozen men hlo havo been n working hart harl all da day not to mention the wires from every corner of tho globe the prInters stereo pressmen and others concerned In getting the tho worlds newS to the tho peo pie of oC the world and that when nil Is Iss said s d and done the result of all 1111 that labor an n be bought on the street for u 5 cents He mused even more and more and and asked hImself the tho question Ju How Howman man many people know how n a newspaper Is made He answered It himself and then re reflected reflected on tho popular conception of the daily dall grind ot of the The man or woman thinks he re reflected footed that a newspaperman is s a mys mysterious sort or of personage who lives a BohemIan life accepts an item itom of newS when It comes his wa way meanders along alon the tho thoroughfare carefree happy haPP and ot at complete peace with the world saunters through the tho swinging doors of the tho theaters and opera houses calls statesmen by their first names and In Short hort lives n a life different from that of the ordinary mortal who pays pas ns as ho he goes gocs and struggles with hIs fellow man manIn manIn In seeking tho survival that Is to be the portion of the tho fittest All this brings up the story of the tho making of a great newspaper telling the tho news of the day dayto to be read on the da day It happened by byth bythe th the man from the office tho shop the store and all as lie he sits with ills his family about him In the tho evening Methods of afternoon and amI morning papers are not very VCr except that In the tho shifting of hours there Is a 11 corresponding shifting of various processes proc esses To 0 show that a 0 newspaperman earns his Ill living In much the same Mme wa waa way waya a that pursued b by human beings In general he reports at his if iC en J on nn an afternoon rl fore the tho It stores aro open and leav leaves s it as thc they are Ille closing If on a morning paper r ho reports for tor work about noon and works ork through that day and three hours Into n o the tho next quitting his work after the ca cats have nil all gone to the tho barns n a trick or of iii 15 hours every day In the week wee frith Sundays and holidays as his busiest t days daysOn daysOn On the he Quarter Deco Deck At th the forefront stand the editor and business s manager each cach directing lh the affairs of the paper In its two principal al 11 departments Its business d department and Its editorial department It Is the function of oC the Ule bUl business manager to direct the business policy or the tho paper its powers or In iii gen Een general eral terms the conduct of Its affairs from a commercial standpoint Direct Directly ly h under his control II Is the business s of oC lice 1100 where matters pertaIning to cir circulation of oC the paper at homo home and abroad advertising purchases of sup supplies supplies plies and WId other items of strictly busl busi business n ness g nature are attended to The circulation circulation lation manager is II a 0 busy man Ho Hohas Hohas has under his dIrection the tho newsboys who sell the paper on the tho street the thu carriers who take the tho paper to the tho thousands of homes each day and time the malting mailing clerk cleric who hurries the tho riper raper Into the marls maIs for Cor circulation through throughout out tho world The advertisIng mana manager manager ger too Is In the catalogue of hustlers and has about him him a stair staff of men who lOa make It their business to get lag Ins for their paper from firma at homo home broad abroad not to forget the woman who ho wants a servant the tho man manono ono has a hou house to sell a sun gun to trade Ill or who trio wants to know who found the dot dog his children lost all of which are known as LS classifieds and time the Tit P epic ople well ell who know how to use thorn them this In brief tells tho story or of the theL L Jl department o of a 11 newspaper The rho editorIal department Is that do de concerned In gathering the nl and preparing It for Cor the tho readers of J the paper At the tho helm stands the editor who directs the news policy polle of th the paper comments on passing events through the tho medium of the editorial page Then there Is tine the staff an ar art array t ray of specialists whose business It ft Is ism IsI m I hunt for news Jt At the head o of this staff Is the tho managing editor whose bJ It Is to execute the editors will In policy polle matters matte to see that overy department Is doln doing Its own particular work In the tho wa way It should be done that the news Is being gathered from far 11 and near and ana who decides the tho many p questions that arise eVer every d c every ery question lL a different o n e for tor each day brings up an alto aHo p gr her Jer new series of situations The News Gatherers Next down the line Uno Is the city editor who Is the captain ot of the boat In all allmut mutters mut ers ot of local news It Is he who di directs directs the tho reporters makes make assign assignments ments suggests special everything a reporter writes from Crom a personal Item of one line or more to toan toan an article dealing with the tho days murder or the visit o of a prince Is call called called ed b by the fraternity a story ston The word 18 re reserved cred for time tho use or of the tho is 15 not claim d b by newspapermen as n a brother and the manuscript o of the reporter Is known by the shorter and uglier word copy A piece o of paper with writing typewriting or printing on It that Is ultimately to appear In the tho thos days s paper is copy COP pure and and n nothing more Time reporters copy being turned in to t time city editor 1 dt t t Importance t is dl passed 8 d by 1 him 1 and l q prominence to be given It In the tho gaper diaper Indicated when It passes to n a l ader who carefully reads reas It perfects tl liB its construction and sees secs that tp o of most Importance Is told first firs tt t writes its HII heading and sends It to composing core osing room loom where It Ith h rumen JOlin hands only to dud Into time the printed paper Toh gra h lb Is gathered d from Cram the tho tout b un io persi the world by the tho vast and cRr s o of news gatherers the Press From the tho remote t m 1 corners o of the globe the days das Important Important tant are arc cabled to the United States Slates and then telegraphed broadcast to every overy city where Its Hs subscribers are aro located The coll cony Is handled b by the tho telegraph editor In the same way that local copy COP Is handled The Tho telegraph edItors task eel every day doy Ig to set before the renders readers of the paper papel the history of the tho world He Is n a man who In his dally task acquires n a knowledge of events event from every quarter of time tho globe globo and b by reason of this comes to be known In every newspaper as the tho per perambulating perambulating ambulating encyclopedia There are few questions ilo ho cannot answer but ho he takes It as a matter of course and Is often given to wondering W wily l others do donot 0 not remember ns as well ns as he heThe heThe The Country Ever Every town In the stale slate and In neighboring states Is coveted covered b by a correspondent Most remarkable ble men menara aro ara the they In their respective towns tho they are aro as men amen of marked Importance for they cnn can get tle Gu good things and the other things Into print and they are nrc men whoso whose friendship Is Isto Isto to be cultivated They gather the news of their towns and people und and tele telephone phone or telegraph It to their popes paper Arrived In the It Is cared for fOl b by bythe the tho state e editor who sorts the Im important from the tho unimportant recon reconstructs It and In many man cases kills It The Tho wastebasket Is the grave of killed news and the test of the state editor Is to know what to print and what to kill Correspondents ent are arc not trained experts such as aro the ho themen homen men of the local staff starr nod their nose nofle for news Is not developed to the tho point where everything they the write Is news All AlI the foregoing Is to tell how slews is s handled when It Is turned ill in b by the reporters The gathering of news is the tho real of the profession And AmI regarding news thero are many man people who think that n a paper Is conducted to contain time tho news about other peo people pIe but not about themselves People who happily or unhappily como be before tore fore tho pUblic In situations whIch are comfortable or uncomfortable depend depending Ing upon cIrcumstances Importune the elt city editor not to print that Item as asIt asit It Is unimportant At the same samo line lime If the particular Item referred to some somebody bod body else they would search eagerly for tor It In the news columns In thIs case as In mossy many others forsooth It depends whose ox Is gored The news newspaper paper when offering Its dull dally Issue for sale on the streets or through the malls or b by carrier makes nn an Implied and bind binding In contract with the public to furnish It the news of the da day be beIt beIt It pleasant or unpleasant By reason of this condition It would be as reason ablo for a man to ask a 11 bank to ox ex extend tend a loan without Interest or at a 0 real estate plan man to house im wIthout ask asking ing IlIg rent as to seek seele out the tho city editor and ask not to have an Item of news published It Is the business of the bank to charge Interest of oC the real estate man to require the payment of rent of the newspaper to print the tho news Truc there are man many stories about persons which contain only slight news Interest and In many ma cases time the publication of the stor story might In Injure Injure jure a business enterprise Or a reputation reputation tion and nt at the same time servo no good end perhaps to furnish the tho wagging tongue of oC gossip with a morsel There arc reasons for fOl and ad for not In all cases and the tho elt city editor Is always found approachable and open to argument on such matters but If In Ills his Judgment there thero Is news that the tho public should have In the given case time the star story will be printed This I is a anile arule rule nile prevailing wherever newspapers are aro prInted and I is one of the traditions of the profession lon held In the highest esteem A Always on the Jump Wo 0 now como corno to the reporters a brilliant arra array of active men ever evor pur pursuing pursuing suing the elusive news Item That hat they pursue the even tenor or of their way along alons lines laid down from day to da daIs day dayIs Is not genera generally 11 believed but the tho read reading In ing public as a rule believe tile he ro re reporter porter to he be the tho say gay Bohemian referred to before who has some mysterious sixth sense ense which leads him to news or leads news to him Only In part Is this true Time good reporter must bt be gifted wIth a nose for news und and gift may be Inborn or cultivated The matter o of gatherIng news has crone come to the tho plane of an exact science Exp rl enco has hns shown flows to Inhabit certain certain tain quarters and these are the points poInt most watched hed though the reporter has his eyes open ODon and his ears alert ever every minute of oC the thc day to catch a glimpse of a fleeting Item And time the good re reporter reporter porter will tr try twice ns as hard to lo get geta a news Item that Is hard to gel d as ho he will to get one that comes hl his way naturally In thIs wa way the tho story that tries hardest to Ii hide 0 Its light Is tau I surest to set get Into Print What hat Is news Is a question fre frequently asked It Is Q a question that Is s hardest of oC all to answer for the tho cub reporter who Is the Infant o of the pro just entering upon the sphere where everything that happens Is noses news Important or unimportant To judge as asto asto to which class belongs a certain hap happening happening pening Is IH the tho constant puzzle of oC the tho cub In Its Instructions to correspondents correspondents dents an old and well known dally daily newspaper of oC New York gives n a II list It which however It states Is Incomplete olete o of happenings which are print printable able ablo news The list Includes Crimes fires births deaths marriages public gatherings discussions accidents busl busi business ness changes sales o of property court trIals visits of at prominent persons ar arI arrests rests sporting events social functions proceedings ot of the stock exchanges I conditions In the tho markets official acts o of public officers charity workers ac activIties activities changes o of weather public Im hn planned progress or of build buildIngS buildings IngS settlement or of new country opera operations of mining companies eta ete The list 1151 could well be multiplied by a 0 num number her ber of figures A rule laid down downIn In another large larSe eastern paper for tor Its reporters reads read An Any happening which affects the tho happiness or unhappiness of oC an any man or beast is II news Get the particulars ns as fast Cast as you ou con can conand and turn In the story It will bo be print printed ed s Newspaper Runs To follow out this last rule rulo Is unless system be followed System I must be followed and hero Is the tho system system tem Each reporter on a paper Is assigned to cover Q a particular field o of He Is held rIgidly responsIble for everything happening In this field and 1 If a 0 rival taper Paper has hIlS an item Itom from his run which ho tailed felled to get he has was been scooped and he Is certaIn to hear from Crom It and excuses are arc not net worth much In a 11 newspaper office To scoop a 0 rival paper Is the constant aLn and delight of oC the newspaperman Limo he mining reporter who Is often styled time tho mining editor Is assigned to cover the mines mills smelters and stock exchanges Ho He visits every day the tho offices of time tho larger mining com coin companies panics and when ills his for scents a story in one ODO of oC the camps eam h I ho telephones or wires a correspondent or wino official for the flews of time tho thoda da day covers the sessions of the stock exchanges and when there Is a 0 flurry up or down In a particular stock ho Immediately seeks out the tho cau cause o All these happenings are news new Items Remus If lie rule rul of the eastern paper is 18 con considered considered for In most cases they affect In Inno Inno no unmistakable terms the tho happiness of oC man manTho Time Tho sporting editor puts pills before the reading public a page pago of much ister est cst He Is assigned to cover coer all local state and worldwIde events of the diamond mat rinG gridIron track and what not He must mist know worlds of dog and man In all sorts orts of performances and tell the pea plc pIc what Is du day b by da day amon s and professional lIe calls at schools colleges college clubs sporting goods stores and almost everywhere where there ther aro men Inter Interested e ested In sports who know something of current cUrlent events lac He like nil others other on the tho staff starr Is 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