Journalism Career
After serving briefly in the United States Navy during World War I, Catton became a reporter and editor for The Cleveland News (as a freelance reporter), the Boston American (1920–1924), and The Plain Dealer (1925). From 1926 to 1941, he worked for the Newspaper Enterprise Association, a Scripps-Howard syndicate), for which he wrote editorials and book reviews, as well as serving as a Washington, D.C., correspondent. Catton tried twice to complete his studies, but found himself repeatedly pulled away by his newspaper work. Oberlin College awarded him an honorary degree in 1956.
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