IV. The Course Upward

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Preface V
3. Contents IX
4. Part I. Editorial Judgment by Walter B. Pitkin
5. I. Prelude 3
6. II. The Appraisal of News 12
7. III. How Local Interest Influences Judgments of News Value 40
8. IV. News Values as Revealed in a First-Page Make-Up 54
9. V. How Journalists Appraise Rumors 67
10. VI. Intercorrelations Between Various Standardized Non-Journalistic Tests 76
11. VII. Conclusions 88
12. Part II. Factors Making for Success in Journalism – A Study of the Careers of Five Hundred Successful Journalists by Robert Frank Barrel
13. I. Introduction 95
14. II. The Origin of the American Journalist 99
15. III. Entrance into the Profession 104
16. IV. The Course Upward 109
17. V. Education of the Journalist 121
18. VI. Evidences of Maladjustment 135
19. VII. The Future Journalist 141
20. Index 157