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1、THEREPORTERWHOMADEHIMSELFKINGTHEREPORTERWHOMADEHIMSELFKING1THEREPORTERWHOMADEHIMSELFKINGTheOldTimeJournalistwilltellyouthatthebestreporteristheonewhoworkshiswayup.Heholdsthattheonlywaytostartisasaprinter'sdevilorasanofficeboy,tolearnintimetosettype,tograduatefromacompositorintoasteno
2、grapher,andasastenographertakedownspeechesatpublicmeetings,andsofinallygrowintoarealreporter,withafirebadgeonyourleftsuspender,andaspeakingacquaintancewithallthegreatestmeninthecity,notevenexceptingPoliceCaptains.Thatistheoldtimejournalist'sideaofit.Thatisthewayhewastrained,andthatis
3、whyattheageofsixtyheisstillareporter.Ifyoutrainupayouthinthisway,hewillgointoreportingwithtoofullaknowledgeofthenewspaperbusiness,withnoillusionsconcerningit,andwithnoignorantenthusiasms,butwithakeenandjustifiableimpressionthatheisnotpaidenoughforwhathedoes.Andhewillonlydowhatheispai
4、dtodo.Now,youcannotpayagoodreporterforwhathedoes,becausehedoesnotworkforpay.Heworksforhispaper.Hegiveshistime,hishealth,hisbrains,hissleepinghours,andhiseatinghours,andsometimeshislife,togetnewsforit.Hethinksthesunrisesonlythatmenmayhavelightbywhichtoreadit.Butifhehasbeeninanewspaper
5、officefromhisyouthup,hefindsoutbeforehebecomesareporterthatthisisnotso,andloseshisrealvalue.HeshouldcomerightoutoftheUniversitywherehehasbeendoing"campusnotes"forthecollegeweekly,andbepitchforkedoutintocityworkwithoutknowingwhethertheBatteryisatHarlemorHunter'sPoint,andwiththeideatha
6、theisaMoulderofPublicOpinionandthatthePowerofthePressisgreaterthanthePowerofMoney,andthatthefewlineshewritesareofmorevalueintheEditor'seyesthanisthecolumnofadvertisingonthelastpage,whichtheyarenot.Afterthreeyears--itissometimeslonger,sometimesnotsolong--hefindsoutthathehasgivenhisner
7、vesandhisyouthandhisenthusiasminexchangeforageneralfundofmiscellaneousknowledge,theopportunityofpersonalencounterwithallthegreatestandmostremarkablemenandeventsthathaveriseninthosethreeyears,andagreatfundofresource2THEREPORTERWHOMADEHIMSELFKINGandpatience.Hewillfindthathehascrowdedth
8、eexperiences
