‘There’s a great future for you’: Studies in Crap presents 1965’s ‘Your Career in Journalism’

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Your Career in Journalism

Author: M.L. Stein

Date: 1965

Publisher: Julian Messner, Inc.

Discovered at: Salvation Army, Olathe

The Cover Promises: Permanent, established institutions are not immune to change, so one of these pictures has some chicks in it.

Representative Quotes:

• “The journalist enjoys good standing in his community. He is even likely to be held in awe.” (page 47).

• “The day may not be far off when a city editor will say to a reporter, ‘Check your space gear. You’re going to the moon.'” (page 86).