His entry into the public life happened in 1869 in Kalocsa when he published "Poziv Bunjevacah, Šokacah i Bošnjakah na utemeljenje jednog pučkog lista" (A call to Bunjevci, Šokci and Bosniaks to establish a paper for the people). Soon he founded and edited the newspaper called "Bunjevačke i šokačke novine" (Bunjevci and Šokci News) on March 19, 1870. In 1871, he added another paper for literary and linguistic matters called the "Bunjevačka i šokačka vila". The "Vila" split off into a separate newspaper in 1873 (after the "Novine" stopped being published the year earlier), and continued to be published until September 18, 1876.