Rob Reid
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1,484 appearances
4 recordings
1 series
first heard Jun 2026
last heard 23 Aug
Rob Reid’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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And so he observed how hardworking and industrious Joseph Pulitzer was.
And this is how Pulitzer is going to get his start in the newspaper industry.
He says, Pulitzer learned about a job opening at the West Lich Post.
Keep in mind, these are German names, last names, newspaper names.
There's no way I'm pronouncing them correctly.
So this German newspaper is owned by two of the city's most eminent Germans.
Both of these are going to be mentors of Joseph Pulitzer.
And they're looking for a reporter.
And so it says, for Pulitzer, the timing was fortunate.
Not only did Pulitzer know Pretorius, but in recent months, the elder man as president of the German Immigration Aid Society had observed his diligence.
So Joseph is offered the job.
I could not believe it, Pulitzer recalled.
I, the unknown, the luckless, almost a boy of the streets, selected for such a responsibility.
It all seemed like a dream.
And so they're taking a risk on this young kid that has no experience, but they think he's a hard worker.
And they immediately realize they even underestimated how hard he works.
says it took no time to confirm that they had made the right decision in taking a chance on the 20-year-old.
What he lacked in experience, he more than made up for with raw, resolute effort.
Again, at 20 years old, he's going to have this until he dies.
He essentially had one love in his life, and that was his work.
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