| Show UTAH PRESS ASSOCIATION greatest loves and its achievements in every endeavor were sources of great satisfaction to him Unlike his brother Ern as friends abbreviated his name had virtually no trace of an accent His pronunciation as well as his command of English was virtually flawless And he operated the typewriter in conventional manner -using all eight fingers and both thumbs Staff members would recall he wasstickler for proper story composition with near-errorless grammar and spelling to match He insisted on concise leads and objectivity and accu racy in reporting Under his guidance Herald news people were frequently accorded journalistic honors by their peers on both the local and national scene Ern often expressed through the printed word the pride he took in his chosen profession and for many years authoredpersonal column Desk Chat He charged the press with heavy responsibility to society -and sometimes criticized other editors for not living up to that standard From time to time he reminded readers that the Herald had no private axes to grind no selfish personal interests to serve and no financial strings leading to any other source of power or influence In an editorial titled Newspapers and Democracy he defined print journalismunique position in these words You can read your newspaper think about what is said criticize it go back and read it again thoughtfully and at your own good time all quietly That is where news papers stand alone as organs of information That is why there is suchdirect relationship between newspaper reading and democracy Ern wasstrong proponent of readers being permitted to express themselves in print and headed this department Forum and Agin Em From time to time he appended this message to the heading The Herald holds that freedom of expression is the most important right offree people This right includes freedom of speech and press Newspaper publishers are merely the custodians of that greatest of rights and 610 Digital image 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah Al rights reserved |
