Descriptive Writing

Since the newspapers began to be more than a daily record of events, since the distinguishing characteristic of journalistic writing ceased to be brevity, it has become more and more necessary every year that the reporter should have a well-developed power for describing what he sees. Conciseness is still demanded, but it is the conciseness of short, suggestive sentences rather than the briefest possible account of an occurrence. The reporter, therefore, who was sent from the Sun office to ...