. Sigma Phi Epsilon Journal . m a reportorialstandpoint, the liberty ends. Full many a good story has beenkilled because it was contrary to the interests of some largeadvertiser. Tips without number have been filed away with-out comment in a city editors brain, because some stockholderwould be involved in the story which would ensue. And thenthere is the B. O., or business office, inevitable and invincible,which places an iron glove over all, and firmly dictates the policyof the paper. Occasionally one finds a publication owned by anindividual or a set of men who conduct it with malice towardn
. Sigma Phi Epsilon Journal . m a reportorialstandpoint, the liberty ends. Full many a good story has beenkilled because it was contrary to the interests of some largeadvertiser. Tips without number have been filed away with-out comment in a city editors brain, because some stockholderwould be involved in the story which would ensue. And thenthere is the B. O., or business office, inevitable and invincible,which places an iron glove over all, and firmly dictates the policyof the paper. Occasionally one finds a publication owned by anindividual or a set of men who conduct it with malice towardnone and charity to all. But the charge of a subsidized press isoften too true, and the statement is even made that influence isbrought to bear on the American press by a European nation tosuppress the details of the Congo Free State horrors. Thisexplanation is given, not to dampen the ardor of any of thereaders who may be aspirants for newspaper honors, but to clearthe atmosphere, if possible, of a much misunderstood •Xv CONTRIBUTIONS, 143 In newspaper work the field is large. Upon the newspaperitself one may find men engaged in the reportorial or streetwork, in the desk or copy-reading department, in the editorialwriting division, in the executive positions, and in the businessoffice. Lack of space forbids a discussion of the duties andsalaries connected with each of these ranks, except that the lattervary from the cubs $10 a week to the managing editorssalary, which sometimes reaches $10,000 a year. The religious?trade, and technical publications are also quick to recognizetalent of the right quality. To discuss the preparations to be undergone by one whoexpects to enter the newspaper field is not easy. Of course, agood common school education, with a liberal sprinkling ofEnglish and its uses, is an essential, as in other lines of with this, equipped with a willingness to learn, andarmed with a goodly supply of what is known, in twentiethcentury ph
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