Ernie's Advice

These clips are from Ernie Pyle's War, by James Tobin. They transcend time. Thanks, Sheeler.



Written by Ernie as a memo to his reporters when he was an editor:



"We have to MAKE people read this paper, by making it so alert and saucy and important that they will be afraid of missing something if they don't read it...We are asleep. Dead...Get alive...Keep your eyes open. There are swell stories floating around your beats every day that you either don't see or don't bother to do anything about when you see them...You can hardly walk down the street or chat with a bunch of friends without running into the germ of something that may turn up an interesting story if you're on the lookout for…