میدان الاعمال والمال .. كتاب معلم الصحافة والإنشاء

Business and money field:

In this era, newspapers themselves have become a commercial enterprise to which the laws of industry, buying and selling apply, whereas in the past they were all articles on politics, literature and fiction. Every person has become concerned with the development of the financial situation in the field in which he works, and concerned with the problems that others encounter in other fields in order to benefit from them as lessons and experience. Therefore, newspapers felt obliged to publish as much news as possible about financial business, livestock, grains, insurance, agriculture, large industries, and the like in the fields of business and finance. They appointed specialized informants for this section who were familiar with the general principles that would help them deal with economic issues and link cause and effect. And clarifying the relationship between supply and demand, and estimating the external conditions that affect the local industry, then knowing the conditions of the markets and financial affairs such as bankruptcy, budget, capital, insurance, liquidation, mortgage, etc. Above that, they consult responsible experts, and review special books that provide them with the necessary culture to be able to delve into any topic. Among the following topics: renewing the institution’s policy and expanding the scope of its work, changing the company’s personnel or changing trade laws, decisions regarding working conditions and hours, workers’ wages, and the prices of public benefits and services, new opinions that introduce improvements to the machinery, production, and systems followed by the institution, developing plans for public projects, construction, and financing. Implementing government projects, financial conferences and exhibitions, and financial and tax regulations issued by the government.

The type of article and what it contains of information and technical terms in this field is very much subject to the prevailing and prominent financial, industrial and commercial conditions in the region in which the newspaper is issued. The first feature that should characterize the writing of financial issues is extreme accuracy, especially in numbers and interpretations, even if that requires urgency in referring repeatedly to those who have the facts and data among the trustworthy. Before submitting his article to print, the journalist must review at least three times his decisions, statistics and data, and write it when he writes it with extreme caution, not as a critic, but as a faithful custodian of what he memorizes. And he must present his information of interest to public opinion with accuracy, clarity, and absolute impartiality, and with some vitality and coloration, in order to remove the dryness in the nature of these issues. And let him always remember that the law of defamation is against him, and that it is forbidden for him to publish comments that expose the position of a man or an institution to a financial loss. It also forces him to be patient when speaking about anything of this sort so as not to arouse panic and pessimism in people. However, in the event of fraud or financial scandals, it is not permissible for him to remain silent and not acknowledge what is happening in secret. In any topic related to money, he must carefully simplify the statistics he obtains while being economical in mentioning the numbers without ignoring anything important in them, and he must organize the information he obtains in the form of tables that make it easier for the reader to comprehend them with a comprehensive overview.