Journalism for Women: A Practical Guide to Developing Your Skills and Elevating the Craft

The born journalist comes into the world with the fixed notion that nothing under the sun is uninteresting. He says: "I cannot pass along the street, or cut my finger, or marry, or catch a cold or a fish, or go to church, or perform any act whatever, without being impressed anew by the interestingness of mundane phenomena, and without experiencing a desire to share this impression with my fellow-creatures." His notions about the qualities of mundane phenomena, are, as the majority knows too well, a pathetic, gigantic fallacy, but to him they are real, and he is so possessed by them that he must continually be striving to impart them to the public at large. If he can compel the public, in spite of its instincts, to share his delusions even partially, even for an hour, then he has reached success and he is in the way to grow rich and happy. I—The Secret Significance of Journalism II— Imperfections of the existing Woman-Journalist III— The Roads towards Journalism IV— The Aspirant V—Style VI—The Outside Contributor VII—The Search for Copy VIII—The Art of Corresponding with an Editor IX—Notes on the Leading Types of Papers X—"Woman's Sphere" in Journalism XI—Conclusion