<sod>Arneaux also was on the staff of many New York newspapers, first the ''[[New York World]]'' in 1883 where he worked for one year before taking a position with the ''[[New York Daily News]]''<ref>J. A. Arneaux, Actor and Journalist, Weekly Pelican (New Orleans, Louisiana), Saturday, November 19, 1887, Page: 2</ref> and then the ''New York Sun''. In 1884 he resigned from a position at the ''Sun'' to become associate editor of the ''Literary Enterprise'' which of which he became editor.<ref name="Simmons1887"/> The Enterprise had been formed in 1883 by Lanson, Wilson, and Firman as the journal of the Lincoln Literary Society.<ref>The "Enterprise" Burned Out, New York Freeman (New York, New York) Saturday, December 11, 1886 Page: 3</ref> He then became the owner of the paper and changed its name to ''New York Enterprise''. In the paper he apposed the word "colored" in favor of "Africo-American" as well as other causes, including industrial schools and the creation of an African Historical Society.<ref name="Simmons1887"/> in 1886, the ''Enterprise'' was reputed to have the largest circulation of any African American newspaper and called the perfection of African American journals.<ref>Negro Journalism Lawrence Daily Journal (Lawrence, Kansas) February 12, 1886, page 2, accessed October 18, 2016 at https://www.newspapers.com/clip/7079134/negro_journalism_lawrence_daily_journal/</ref> His office was burned down on December 14, 1886, probably in an accident, and the paper closed.<ref name="Simmons1887"/><eod>
<sod>Arneaux also was on the staff of many New York newspapers, first the ''[[New York World]]'' in 1883 where he worked for one year before taking a position with the ''[[New York Daily News (19th century)|New York Daily News]]''<ref>J. A. Arneaux, Actor and Journalist, Weekly Pelican (New Orleans, Louisiana), Saturday, November 19, 1887, Page: 2</ref> and then the ''New York Sun''. In 1884 he resigned from a position at the ''Sun'' to become associate editor of the ''Literary Enterprise'' which of which he became editor.<ref name="Simmons1887"/> The Enterprise had been formed in 1883 by Lanson, Wilson, and Firman as the journal of the Lincoln Literary Society.<ref>The "Enterprise" Burned Out, New York Freeman (New York, New York) Saturday, December 11, 1886 Page: 3</ref> He then became the owner of the paper and changed its name to ''New York Enterprise''. In the paper he apposed the word "colored" in favor of "Africo-American" as well as other causes, including industrial schools and the creation of an African Historical Society.<ref name="Simmons1887"/> in 1886, the ''Enterprise'' was reputed to have the largest circulation of any African American newspaper and called the perfection of African American journals.<ref>Negro Journalism Lawrence Daily Journal (Lawrence, Kansas) February 12, 1886, page 2, accessed October 18, 2016 at https://www.newspapers.com/clip/7079134/negro_journalism_lawrence_daily_journal/</ref> His office was burned down on December 14, 1886, probably in an accident, and the paper closed.<ref name="Simmons1887"/><eod>