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In the Driftway
October 23, 1929 issue

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It is a strange fact that getting out a newspaper or having a job on a newspaper is generally considered to be the most glamorous occupation on earth. As one who has known newspapers pretty well for years, the Drifter has never been able to account for this aberration. If the skies fall the paper must go to press; once it gets to press it must be sold. No, working on a newspaper is not all fun, nor is it all desperate-rushing-to--make-the-edition. Far from having the entry to every sort of excitement, public or private, that takes place in the world, the reporter is often barred out or thrown out without a single peep inside.

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NEWSPAPERS; NEWSPAPER employees; JOURNALISTS; MASS media; PRESS -- Employees; JOURNALISM
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