| Show SUCCESS IN journalism advice to tho beginner l news papers papera more expensive than ever this is the golden ago age of i journalism in in new york never in tile history of newspaper making in the city was so much money made by newspapers and never was so BO much paid by newspaper proprietors to those who make mak them journalists are arc better paid now than ever before good articles from special contributors tribu tors are more eagerly sought after and more liberally paid tor for than at any time since journalism became a profession first class editors and reporters re command nearly double the pay they did fifteen ears ago journalism has bas finally become a well paid and dignified profession a profession that brings as many rewards and emoluments as aa any profession in the land and it needs new recruits it needs new life and new blood and men and women with originality and new ideas how to begin is the great problem it was with tho the view of getting the opinion of an expert a man who lias has made a phenomenal success in this city that I 1 called upon mr joseph pulitzer PuH tzer tho the editor of the new york world and asked him some pertinent perti neut questions the first onedas one was this 1 what chance has a young man with nothing but brains and pluck of Ket tins on in journalism the there never was a better chance in journalism for a man with braina brain than just now brains however is not enough to rise to a commanding position it must be accompanied by ciTar character acter and persistent work any man of brains and pluck and principle is sure to succeed 11 what course would you advise a beginner to pursue to work and work to think and think and think if he be will do both and bm hao 0 some original ideas idea lie be will not have to wait long to become both prominent and prosperous la Is it necessary necess necessary arr for a successful journalist to have a college education the best college is the collego college of the the school of life the university of actual experience knovs knowledge ledge is highly desirable anil and a college education valuable but it is not indispensable the history of our country and the history of the most successful sf al men in america conclusively clu establish the alie possibility of self cultivation and self education rew few of our greatest men even in politics and the intellectual pursuits were college graduates self scalf made men are generally self educated men what branch of the newspaper profession brings the hig highest h est honors and emoluments this is rather a hard question a as s you ut it there is no parti particular oular branch of any paper of mine abi which c corrip ands higher honor than adoth another or it is tile the man mail rather than the department it is simply the capacity character and time of service which influence me in fixing either the highest honors or highest emolument among among my associates time of service influences me almost as much as capacity because time of service involves the test and reward of loyalty originality and integrity of character if a man mail stays with me ten years years he be will certainly be better off the tenth year than the first arst or I 1 should not want him to be with me that len lenth length th of time at all and he would have very little sense if he expected to be as well off the first year as the tenth I 1 newspapers are more expensive now than a few years ago are they not newspapers are very much more expensive alin they over ever were before and the tendency is irresistibly that way there is hardly a paper in the country I 1 should hould judge from my own experience the expenses of which are not increasing year by year and this in spite of a revolution in tile cost of white paper which is much less now than I 1 ever thought it possible to be a few years a ago 0 o ain in most newspaper offices there is a conflict between the editorial and the business office which do you consider ill the most important there is no such conflict in my office never was and never can be that is is one reason why I 1 have always maintained absolute control of my papers it was not on account of the pecuniary element involved but simply because of the supreme necessity that there should be one head and that have absolute control over every department new york mail and express |
