 After Hoste graduated, he worked shortly for the bar, but soon started working for the newspaper company founded by his father, which published newspapers such as Het Laatste Nieuws, "De Vlaamsche Gazet van Brussel" and "De Zweep" (a Flemish weekly).In 1909, he cofounded the "Liberale Volksbond" of the district Brussels.This organization was founded in reaction to the "Franskiljonism" of the Liberal Party of Brussels.