In 1900 Brown worked for The Times Democrat as a reporter and the Daily States as an advertising representative.Standard History of New Orleans, Louisiana: Giving a Description of the Natural Advantages, Natural History ... Settlement, Indians, Creoles, Municipal and Military History, Mercantile and Commercial Interests, Banking, Transportation, Struggles Against High Water, the Press, Educational ... Etc, Henry Rightor, Lewis Publishing Company, 1900, page 281 By 1908 Brown was a part owner of The Shreveport Times until at least 1915 and acted as its secretary-treasurer. He had transferred from the Daily States where he was its business manager, possibly with Robert Ewings acquisition of the paper in 1908.
