A Good Reporter

This is the image of a man.

He moves quickly and quietly, asks specific questions, even anticipates events, actions, and reactions when it is possible to do so.

He knows the news of the day, diligently reads the newspapers and magazines, and hears the main broadcasts to keep up his background.  He is well-educated and well-read.

He inquires not only into what happened, but also why it happened and what may be expected next.

He is diligent without being a busybody, penetrating without being offensive, persuasive without being a confidence man, perceptive without being a reader of tea leaves, thoughtful without being a pedantic, skeptical without being a confirmed cynic, thorough without being a stenographer, careful without being hesitant, determined without being argumentative, well-mannered without being a doormat.

He does much more than report the news.

Journalism would not be his profession if it were a mere recording network of events.  He is a primary force in our daily life, a force that transmits, explains, and sometimes originates a world-wide flow of current events and ideas.  He exerts a vvast and incalculable influence over the peoples within range of his communication. 

He is no demigod.  He is a reporter on you daily newspaper.

- The Professional Journalist, John Hohenberg