PROFESSION OF JOURNALISM.
LETTER FROM MR. H. G. WELLS. By Telegraph.—Press Association. London, Oct. 31. Mr. H. G. Wells has written to the National Union of Journalists as Labor candidate for London University: “It goes without saying that I believe working journalists should be organised in such a way as to admit, if the disagreeable necessity arises, of combined action against the employers, whereby I do not mean the editors, but the paymasters, the proprietors. I count our profession as second in importance only to that of teachers, whose work we supplement and carry on. We arc not mere hirelings. Our work is creative and responsible. “The action of rich adventurers in buying and directing the policy of groups of newspapers forms a grave public danger. A free-spirited, wellpaid, well-organised profession of journalism is the only protection against
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Taranaki Daily News, 2 November 1922, Page 7
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138PROFESSION OF JOURNALISM. Taranaki Daily News, 2 November 1922, Page 7
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