"Listen,” the editor said; he spoke patiently, almost kindly: “The people who own this paper or who direct its policies or anyway who pay the salaries, fortunately or unfortunately I shant attempt to say, have no Lewises or Hemingways or even Tchekovs on the staff: one very good reason doubtless being that they do not want them, since what they want is not fiction, not even Nobel Prize fiction, but news.”
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There isn’t room for literature on this paper because people are looking for short, concise news, not lengthy works of literature. Like Faulkner mentions, literature is often associated with fiction which doesn’t belong in a newspaper because it’s not factual news.
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Literature has no place on the paper because it has a stigma associated with elaborate works of fiction. The paper is not looking for works of that nature but rather news that can grab attention and present facts.
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A newspaper is known for being the destination for quick, enticing, and straight to the point, recent news. There is only so much room in the paper to accompany all the news stories that happen every day or every week, so no paper would give a few pages to one writer so they could produce literature. The editor is implying that if people wanted to read literature they would buy a fictional book, not a newspaper.
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Literature takes time that they don’t have. This newspaper’s priority is facts given in the speediest and most efficient way. Literature would get in the way or muddle the facts instead of educating the reader accurately and concisely.
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There is no room for literature on this paper because when you are conducting news stories the reader does not want to figure out what you’re saying they want to no the facts as clearly as possible. News contains brevity and conciseness literature will take that away
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A newspaper is known to deliver news stories and current events. According to the text, there would be no room for literature on the paper because it would take away from what a newspaper is meant to do which is deliver facts and grab the audience attention.
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A newspaper is known for instant news that contains either facts, statistics, and quotes. They want to report on certain stories that produces a reaction. Literature is known for giving us imagery and perspectives that newspaper editors don’t have much interest in. There aren’t many newspapers that allow a story to go more than one page.
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There is no room for literature in the paper because you must address the facts and get straight to the point without coloring it with metaphors and smilies. People need to understand what happened with simple language rather than spent time searching for meaning and analyzing.
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There is no room for literature because newspaper have to be written in a way where your information and facts as clean and direct as possible. The job of a journalism is to inform the audience
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I think the job of literature is subjective. Also, the job has many functions. Furthermore, it depends on who’s perspective, the author or reader. For example, the writer could produce a piece of literature to free a guilty conscience, or to demonstrate the prowess of his/her writing abilities. In both cases literature serves as a platform for expression. For the reader, literature, for example can be used as a means attaining insight and knowledge, or it can serve as homework assignments.
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Because the paper is strictly written to have objective news; which means that the facts must be true, should not issue an opinion and it have to be verifiable. That is why literature does not have room in the paper because it is more related with abstract concepts and written freestyle.
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Some standards a reporter should adhere to is reporting on the facts. Also, taking out any unnecessary wording. A good rule to follow would be, quality over quantity. I think in literature, one is more able to get away with adding more of the quantity. Furthermore, writing in a way that is informative to the reader.
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Although creativity is used in writing an article, it does in a matter that doesn’t take away from the news that is being presented. Literature has more of a focus on creativity that includes similes and colorful language to bring out the plot.
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News is meant to deliver accurate information in a concise way that grabs the attention of the audience instantly. Literature doesn’t hold a place in the news because it involves the reader to analyze the information more deeply.
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There is no room for literature on this paper, because the owners want solid, actual news stories that get to the point in an appropriate length. Literature has the tendency to prolong the story, foreshadow, build characters, develop a plot. These concepts of literature do not meet the expectations of what the newspaper is trying to produce. It is all based on covering events, as how they happened.
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There’s no room for literature because a newspaper is about the news. Adding anything else to that takes away from what a newspaper’s core essence is.
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It is assumed that when people read the news, they aren’t interested in hearing a story or diving deep into interpreting a story; they want the cold hard facts that are simple to understand (or digest). By writing in this format, people (readers) can glance over at a page, read a few lines, grasp the general idea within minutes and can still consider themselves well-informed.
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I don’t think that theres not room for literature on this paper, but more so they don’t equate news to literature.
Literature has artistic value and news doesn’t. When you want to consume news you’re not looking for symbols, metaphors (literary elements) you’re looking for facts. Also, literature often is expected to be something of imagination. And even though the reporter questions whether or not the editor believes what he is reporting to be true him, he says he doesn’t care.
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There is no room for literature because this paper does not have room for leisure reading. This paper wants news worthy information to grab peoples’ attention
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Based on this passage, I get the feeling that the editors of this paper are interested in news that will sell, for the sake of pleasing the people at the top who own the paper and pay the salaries. They’re not looking for great writers but rather people who can just get the job done.
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The passage suggests that the editors of the newspaper are looking for news that will grab the attention of readers and present stories in a straightforward manner. They are not looking for even the best presentations of fiction but simply news that will satisfy those in positions of power at the newspaper.
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The editors want to trump their competition by providing the biggest and best news stories in the business. In their perspective great reporters are needed to achieve such an effect, not great novelists. They don’t care for any small details that do not directly relate to the news story and won’t interest their readers.
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Most likely the editors are interested in stories that will sell papers, stories that get consumers’ attention and will give them the information as efficiently as possible.
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That the editors are just interested in producing news were the information are newsworthy stories and facts.they are expecting dry clear concise writing that is easy to understand and appealing to the readers. I’m assuming the editors want to be able to reach out to all people where as a Hemingway would only reach the more literature savvy reader.
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Editors of newspapers want journalists to be persistent and original with their work. Covering the biggest headlines by breaking news and getting insightful quotes from the most important individuals of a story appears to be essential for them. A combination of catchy headlines, noteworthy quotes, and factual information would be the biggest elements for an editor.
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Editors only care to get the biggest stories and getting them promptly to sell. It seems they just need to serve to higher managers who pay their checks for making sure there is a paper for the next day with an enticing headline and breaking story that will bring in the money. What the story is about or how its written is not their main concern. They don’t care for literary artists who engage in suspense, drama or mystery. They don’t want people to write novels, they want people to write concise yet riveting news that will make the news company big bucks.
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They are looking for enticing news. Something that can grasp people’s mind and catch their attention. The editor is looking for sensational stories because that’s what people want to read. At the end of the day, Making a newspaper it’s another business, so the editor is looking to engage as most readers as possible.
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Sensation is a component. However, I think people read the news to get better informed about their area. There is a natural need from the consumer to buy. Also, in the business aspect of the paper, I can see how the editor might add some flashy stories to get more people to buy the paper.
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The editor is giving encouragement to the reported to get the news that they want. These news are the ones that will create the difference that will hardly disappear and that will become as famous and popular as the characters that the editor has mentioned.
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The editor is looking for straight-forward, sincere information which reveals the basis of the story in a timely fashion.
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It appears that the editors are interested in news that is easily distinguishable and captures the attention of the reader quickly.
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The editors are interested in non-fiction writing, “What they want is not fiction.” In terms of news and reporting, this can be further interpreted as quality stories that hold merit. For example, I doubt the editors care for a story about how a kid got stuck in a tree, and how it took a whole fire brigade to bring the kid back down safely, even though this could be true. They want a report that involves high profile individuals in a collusion scandal between the big businesses in the town and bank involvement.
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The editors are interested in getting stories that grab the attention of readers. They want something out of this world, not just a regular story that can be covered by anybody.
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The editors of the newspaper are interested in, like I said above, the cold hard facts. No room for lolly gaggling. To be more specific, the editors are looking for credible facts. Something that cannot be argued, or very hard to argue against.
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Based on the passage the editors of the newspaper are interested in writing free of anything but news presented in a straightforward fashion. They aren’t looking for art but daily usage english.
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I think that the editor is so patient with the reporter because he was once in the reporter’s shoes. I assume that the editor worked his way up but was once in the reporter’s position, making him more sympathetic toward the reporter. This might reveal how the editor might not agree with his superiors or the office politics but because of his position, he has to oblige.
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This point is aligned with what I also had in mind. The editor has been there too, he had to undergo the same pressures as the reporter to scavenge for stories that are good enough to sell and at the same time abide to his superiors and do it their way. He is empathetic as he probably sees himself in the reporter.
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He refers to the people who “direct its policies” as separate from himself, which implies that he doesn’t actually agree the notion, but he understands what is expected of him. The editor seems to be sympathetic to the reporter’s literary sensibility and perhaps has his own sensibility.
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Yes this is a good point , describing the separation between him and the policy makers.
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I agree with you. The words, “direct its policies” does give a notion of separation. That statement shows that the editor knows what is expected at the new paper firm. His patient manner with the reporter shows the understanding he has for the reporter, and his efforts to teach the reporter how to produce work as expected.
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I agree with the both of you. When a person is young, they have visions of what their dream job would be like someday. As per usual, not all visions become a reality. Its kind of like being a college student. You may study something and really enjoy the subject but once you start working in that subject’s world, you may come to realize that you don’t actually like it as much as you thought you would. Within that editor could be a lost college student who learned the hard way so maybe he’s being so patient with the young reporter because he’s trying to let the young man down easy.
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The editor admires the reporter’s skill set, and his dedication towards bringing some literary element to the dry, almost mechanized form of writing many papers were built around. But even though he has a soft spot for what the reporter is attempting to do, his main priority is pleasing the newspaper owners and keeping his job. No matter the editor’s personal feelings, he knows that getting overly involved is never a good thing especially when he is only in the second tier of the journalistic food chain.
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The editors voice is “almost kindly” because he understands the sensitivity of the writer and he does not wish to crush his written talents. He’d rather mold them into what the newspaper stature requires.
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The editor is so patient with the reporter because the editor understands The pressures of a reporter and tell it is not simple to satisfy the owners of the newspaper. He describes it as fortunate and unfortunate explaining that he is thankful but at the same time it takes away from the reporters creativity and individualism
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The editor feels sympathetic based on his past experience. A creative mindset is something that he can appreciate from his work ethic. Despite his old preferences, the editor wants him to evolve from his past. Applying the structure of a newspaper story is what needs to be done for the reporter’s development. He is trying to do this in a calming molding manner rather than constantly hampering on his deficiencies.
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The editor said that they need news and there is no one else in the reporter`s position besides the reporter. Meaning that the reporter is the only one that can keep up the good work and get the news that they need. Also is a way to express support and apreciation of the reporter`s job.
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The editor is showing such patience towards the reporter because he has admiration for the dedication that the reporter has, and the amount of potential that has yet to be uncovered. Additionally, I think that the editor can identify with the daily pressures that the reporter faces in order to produce quality work in a short time.
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The editor is patient with the reporter possibly because he is trying to show his professionalism. He may have had the same struggles in an earlier part of his career and is showing compassion. This does not really reveal anything about his own feelings. To a degree it shows that he is supportive and willing to help correct the reporter misunderstanding of what the owners are looking for.
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The editor appears to understand that the reporter has a knack for journalism, even if it’s not exactly what the paper needs. It’s likely the editor has been in the reporter’s shoes at some point in his life and can relate to that.
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The editor was once a reporter, you are always first a reporter then a editor. It’s how you make your way up.
So, the editor is so patient with the reporter because as a writer himself he knows pride in your work stems from your creativity, and ability to display it. This makes it clear that its not the editors choice that there isn’t room for literature, but that its just not how this news paper is run.
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The editor is patient with the reporter because he also sees potential. He’s waiting for the reporter to break through and show his talent
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