زعيم الصحفيين العالميين .. كتاب معلم الصحافة والإنشاء

Leader of global journalists

Therefore, no one dared to buy it when it was about to go bankrupt in 1908 except the great journalist Nour Kalif. At that time, its circulation was no more than (38) thousand copies, so he made it distribute (318) thousand copies. This man, who raised the status of English journalism to its zenith, began his journalistic work from an early age, when he published a school magazine when he was thirteen years old. Then he participated in editing the magazine (Youth) and wrote in many of the cheap popular books. Then, in the year 1887, he published the magazine (Ansars), which was the principle of his success as a journalistic entrepreneur. Then he bought the newspaper (Evening News), which was in extreme decline and loss, but he turned it into a successful newspaper that made a profit at the end of the year from his purchase of it for fourteen pounds. Then, in 1896, he published the Daily Mail newspaper, in which he was keen to include serial comic stories, forbade the publication of long ones, and created readers for it from all classes, so it reached the record circulation rate for all other English newspapers. One of the innovative ways he used to promote his newspaper was to announce valuable prizes from time to time for some competitions that aroused people's interest.

We greatly admire how Nour Kaleef achieved this amazing success, even though the leaders and masters of the press predicted failure and advised him to abandon it. But it was the determination, perseverance, innovation, and self-confidence that characterized this man that pushed him to the front of the ranks, until he achieved for the journalists who worked with him what no newspaper owner had achieved, namely raising their salaries, determining their working hours, and establishing hospitals for them. The number of editors of his newspapers and magazines in 1921, one year before his death, was seven thousand, and yet his annual profits were more than one million pounds. The best evidence of this man’s superiority over the English press is what he himself pointed out when he said: “Look at me and look at it after me.”

What makes this man one of the greats of journalism is not only his success in improving it and introducing changes to its printing and classification, and his behavior in the ways in which it jumped from weakness to amazing victory, but also because of the frankness in criticism, rigor in dealing with corruption, and integrity in directing public opinion. It happened that Lord Kitchener attacked the War Minister in 1915 in the Times and the Daily Mail in the same day, writing in them: “The bombs used by the army are corrupt bombs that have killed thousands of our men, with the same bombs that were used in the Boer War in 1900.” The masses became angry with him, readers boycotted his newspapers, and companies refrained from advertising, because Kitchener was loved by everyone, and they thought that there was prejudice against him. Nour attacked the commission of all newspapers and directed expressions of blame and rebuke at him. The Daily News newspaper said: We are not concerned with who will form the new government, but we are concerned with what the new government will do regarding Lord Noor Taklif. This man must go, otherwise there will be no government established in the country. The time has come for us to choose between a responsible government and a tyrannical, dictatorial press. Freedom of the press is a great thing, but freedom is not devoid of responsibility. Rather, freedom must be included in appreciation of responsibility.

There may be a time and circumstance that calls for sacrificing freedom of the press to protect the security and safety of the state. Nour Kalif is the enemy of the empire, and she must confront him first so that she can devote herself to her other enemies, Germany, Russia, and Turkey. She was forbidden from entering public libraries and reading rooms, and a number of newspaper sellers refused to carry her.

The Lord remained silent during this storm like a lofty mountain, and did nothing more than say: I am concerned that the circulation of The Times should fall to one copy, and the Daily Mail to two copies a day.. I saw the war as bigger than the Minister of War, and I saw him unable to bear its responsibilities, and hindering the military progress of my country while the people had confidence. I had absolute confidence in him, so I resisted him and attacked him after I consulted one person, namely my mother, about it. She agreed with me in what I did.” The truth became clear to everyone, as a ministerial crisis arose, as a result of which the Ascot Ministry fell, and Lloyd George formed his ministry, which established a war staff through which Britain overcame Her opponents. Then the politicians, journalists, and everyone else knew that the Thames’ view was correct, and that Lord Noor’s mandate was the most powerful man in England ever, because he could refer dozens of social and parliamentary reform projects to the opinion he expressed in his editorials, and he could also overthrow and establish ministries for the sake of This reform.

When will the press in the Arab countries appreciate the greatness of the message it carries, and in its objectives, rise above the trivialities of life and place the public interest of the nation above all considerations, and above all false spoils?