Article Title |
How to Get Employment on a Newspaper |
Type |
article |
Date |
1892-01-26 |
Paper |
Provo Daily Enquirer |
Language |
eng |
City |
Provo |
County |
Utah |
Page |
2 |
Creator |
Coates, Foster, 1860-1914 |
Contributors |
Mail and express (New York, N.Y. : 1881) |
OCR Text |
Show to get employment on a newspaper it is safe to say that half a hundred men and women a day make a tour of he new york newspaper offices trying 0 o find employment A good many of these are beginners who have not the engh test idea of what newspaper work Is they think it anite easy to writer and are ready enough to do what they are told if employed is a weary march up and down stairs with always the sama answer nothing to do the amateur becomes discouraged and goes away heartsick and wear of ithe effort but what shall I 1 do once said a young man to after tell ing the editor of the world how well h coald write and how faithful h would be mr answer always struck me ag a good one 1 I do not need writers ha said writers are plentiful enough they can be fondd anywhere what I 1 need fire young men of originality and idea that will boom the circulation of ma paper young men of progress who can see ahead and who licin make their own positions by doing better work than any one else in their line A good idea is better than a letter of introduction do not go into newspaper office empty banded unless you have something oos to sell keep away try to apt up some original unique ideas that will create a stir in the paper that is the only way to succeed nowadays foster coa tes in new york mail and express |
Reference URL |
https://newspapers.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6tf11hz/1442375 |