Great Inventions and DiscoveriesPiercy, Willis Duff
History
Great Inventions and Discoveries
Piercy, Willis Duff
Inventions
One of the greatest wonders and triumphs of civilization is the great
modern daily newspaper. It occupies a giant "sky-scraper" as its home,
employs a small army of workmen, spends vast sums of money in obtaining
and printing the news, and is sold for a cent per copy. The head of a
newspaper staff is the editor-in-chief. He is in a general way
responsible to the publishers for the paper. Next in command is the
managing editor who has charge of the actual work of publication.
Subordinate to the managing editor are other editors who have control
over various departments of the paper. The telegraph editor looks after
news sent by telegraph; the city editor has charge of happenings in the
city of publication; the exchange editor clips items from other papers;
the religious editor attends to affairs of religion; the sporting
editor collects and arranges news of sports and games; the commercial
editor works with the markets and matters of commerce and business; the
society editor gives attention to social functions; and the dramatic
editor takes note of the theaters. The city editor commands a company
of perhaps half a hundred reporters, who are sent scurrying daily
throughout the city to bring in the news from its various sources. One
goes to the ball game, another to a funeral, another to the courts,
another to a hotel to interview some prominent person, and still
another goes to a political convention. There are also photographers,
illustrators, and editorial writers.
At the close of the day, special correspondents and representatives of
press associations in every nook and corner of the earth send the
world's news for the day by telegraph and ocean cable direct into the
newspaper office. A king has died; a battle has been fought; storm,
earthquake, or fire has destroyed a city; or there has been some
achievement in science or art. The local reporters have brought in the
news of the city. After all has been quickly written, examined, and
edited, the reports are sent to the composing room to be put into type.
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