beginning reporter

As a beginning reporter barely out of my teens, I had to work weekends, and thus drew a Saturday assignment that she might otherwise have given to someone more seasoned.

The section beginning "reporter, business manager" to the end of the paragraph was originally located after a space following the Abraham Lincoln paragraph.

Dunayev makes an average of $1,500 a month, or about six times the starting salary of a beginning reporter, and he earns every ruble.