The Press: The Press

Anthology

The BEST NEWS STORIES OF 1924— Edited by Joseph Anthony and Woodman Morrison—Small, Maynard ($2.50). He who writes for him who reads as he runs must learn to write as he runs. For the latter's assistance, there is the who-what-where-when-how formula for first paragraphs, with its variations peculiar to various copy-desks. But within the narrow confines of a formula, triteness is escapable only by the unusually agile-minded reporter. The editors of this anthology have selected 70 examples of such agility —straight reporting, foreign correspondence, sport, "features," human interest, interviews and personality...

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