قبل تأليف الحكومة .. كتاب معلم الصحافة والإنشاء

before forming the government

Supposing that we obtained the license in the manner and conditions stipulated in the Publications Law in our country (1), how can we continue our work successfully? We don't care if we started out humble. We print for others, and we support our newspaper with just enough money. But it is important for us to progress steadily, and to make our work complete in every aspect. He has an appreciation for responsibility, honesty, integrity, accuracy, respect for the law and people's feelings, and to work with inspiration District . . Thus, we will remain steadfast in the face of the vicissitudes of time, and the competition of competitors. Then, we must strive at the same time to dispense with the printing presses of others, and buy ourselves a modern printing press of our own. To stock up in our stores the most adequate amount of paper, ink and lead, with which we ward off the evil of crises and continue our progress. Not caring. We must provide the largest capital with which to consolidate the foundations of work, and use it to improve. We must prepare the right building in the right place that allows us to combine the printing press, stores, administration offices and editorial offices in the greatest part of the city. Then we organize it in a decent and comfortable manner with what the work needs of telephones, bells, chairs, tables and electricity. We distribute the affairs of rooms and offices from the work prepared for them. So we make the first floor for the printing press, stores, collection wards, and the like. We divide the second floor into two parts: one for administration and related interests, and the other for liberation and related organizations. And on the roof we stay. Photography where the sun and light. If we achieve this, we will think about the government that is commensurate with the principles of Her Majesty and its constitution. And we chose two righteous people to carry out the task of implementing its message and guiding its affairs:

The newspaper's director (for management) and editor-in-chief (for editing). Then they have to choose the rest of the qualified members who make the newspaper successful.

administration Department

Newspapers go through many circles before they reach the reader's hand, from editing and coordination, to printing, and then distribution. All the work of these departments is due to two main departments: administration and editing. A special department for advertisements may be added to them. If the newspaper has a private printing press, the technical departments are usually under the control of the director. The administration is the commercial artery in the life of the newspaper, and it must stop its financial life and the movement of printing, issuance, sale, subscriptions, accounts, abbreviations, advertisements and intelligence. This department is headed by the director.

newspaper manager

He is primarily responsible for the newspaper's finances, its arrival in the hands of the readers on the set dates, the movement and regularity of the printing press, the conclusion of contracts, the distribution of workers' wages, the procurement of raw materials, and the supervision of all departments. He has to take care of the printing movement, and direct it as the world guides the printing industry and its subtleties. So he appoints a private engineer for her, and he brings her the necessary materials of good quality, such as ink, paper, or anything else. He chooses the active workers, and prepares the collection wards and their workers, and the correction office and its employees. And he has to take care of supervising the financial offices. So he chooses an assistant for him to be a director of purchases and sales, who knows market fluctuations, and masters the art of buying and selling. He shall appoint a chief accountant to be relied upon in financial matters. And the head of the treasury and exchange. and another for distribution. Then change it to subscriptions.

For each of them, assistants and clerks are appointed, as the case may be. He chooses a president who improves the art of advertising, and also appoints assistants for him: one for publishing, a second for drafting contracts and agreements, a third for recording publication dates, a fourth for calculating invoices, and then a draftsman for organizing, perfecting, and beautifying advertisements as much as possible. Since this art has a great value in the life of the financial newspaper, and therefore it needs specialized workers.

There is no doubt that the director of the newspaper, or the director of the department - as it is known in the French newspaper system - who undertakes all these vital tasks in the institution of the newspaper must be of great soundness of mind, financial and economic experience, and wide knowledge of what we have mentioned, which is his competence to supervise and to direct its course accurately and regularly.