Professional Institutions and the Technical Press

Editors of technical journals are usually in a favorable position to note the developments and trends in their field, and to comment analytically and constructively on these trends. Accordingly guest editorials from such editors have been invited. There follows such a presentation from the managing editor of both the Wireless World and the Wireless Engineer, who is also a Member of the Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE England) and a Senior Member of The Institute of Radio Engineers (IRE). It is noted that whilst rivalry between journals of the technical press is essential it would be an unhealthy attitude to encourage as between the press and the professional institutions. These two should be complementary one to the other. The press should persistently aim to maintain and enhance the standing of the professional institution of its industry. The professional institution should guard against usurping the proper functions of the press. There should be little overlapping in the character of matter published by both but each should know his own sphere. The time has come, I believe, when the professional institutions of the radio industry and of its technical and trade press should come together to promote the best interests of both parties and seek to define their respective activities whenever overlapping or rivalry may arise.