Robertson Davies
Canadian novelist (1913-1995)
Herbert Bayard Swope
American journalist (1882-1958)
Herbert Bayard Swope Sr.was an American editor, journalist and intimate of the Algonquin Round Table.
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About the Herbert Bayard Swope
Herbert Bayard Swope Sr.was an American editor, journalist and intimate of the Algonquin Round Table. Swope spent most of his career at the New York World. He was the first and three-time recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for Reporting. Swope was called the greatest reporter of his time by Lord Northcliffe of the London Daily Mail.
4 Quotes by Herbert Bayard Swope
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Don’t forget that the only two things people read in a story are the first and last sentences. Give them blood in the eye on the first one.
Herbert Bayard SwopeAmerican journalist (1882-1958)
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The first duty of a newspaper is to be accurate. If it be accurate, it follows that it is fair.
Herbert Bayard SwopeAmerican journalist (1882-1958)
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I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure – which is: Try to please everybody.
Herbert Bayard SwopeAmerican journalist (1882-1958)
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The secret of a successful newspaper is to take one story each day and bang the hell out of it. Give the public what it wants to have and part of what it ought to have whether it wants it or not.
Herbert Bayard SwopeAmerican journalist (1882-1958)