Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A 1944, Curtis ya shiga "Eastern Daily Press" a matsayin mai ba da rahoto, sannan a 1946 ya shiga "News Chronicle". An daukaka shi zuwa Mataimakin Edita a 1953, kuma a 1954, ya zama Edita. A siyasance, ya kiyaye jaridar tare da Jam'iyyar Liberal, kuma ya yi adawa da mamayewar Suez
, shawarar da ta haifar da raguwar rarraba jaridar.