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Item Name: Journalism 1939 - 1943

Item ID: Journa-C4

Collector Rating: 1

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Requirements March 1931 until December 1941

1. "Cover" satisfactorily the following assignments:

(a) News incident.
(b) Routine club or society meeting.
(c) Lecture, sermon, or political address.
(d) Theatrical performance.
(e) Subject or event to be suggested by examiner.

2. Write:

(a) An editorial.
(b) A publicity article.
(c) A feature, or human interest story.

3. (a) Explain the respects in which the articles in requirement one and two are different; (b) secure the publication of at least one of these articles.

4. (a) Describe the elements of a good lead paragraph; (b) explain the use and importance of headlines; (c) prepare for the linotype operator three good headlines for stories submitted in requirement one.

5. Read and correct proof, using the conventional proofreader's  signs. (Manuscript of two typewritten pages to be furnished by examiner.)

6. Submit four styles of advertising copy for a local magazine or newspaper.

7. (a) Submit suggestions for photographic or cartoon copy; (b) explain briefly the various engraving processes.

8. Prepare a dummy for the printer representing one issue of an eight-page paper, magazine, catalogue, or circular.

9. Produce copy to show what is meant by each of the following terms: linotype, hand-set, galley proof, electrotype, form, mat, stereotype, case.

10. Explain what steps are necessary to copyright a manuscript, and tell what rights are granted by a copyright, and for what period.

11. Serve as a reporter (either voluntary or paid) for local school, farm, club, trade, or other paper for a period of six weeks after becoming a First Class Scout, or until at least six news items shall have been accepted.

12. Present a scrap-book prepared in the customary way to include unpublished copy as well as clippings of published material filed under date and place of publication.

The following requirement may be chosen as an alternative to the above twelve:

Conduct an authorized, chartered amateur publication under the standards set by the National Council, Boy Scouts of America, for at least five consecutive issues. Scouts who are members of the Editorial Staff (editor-in-chief and not more than three assistants)  of an authorized, chartered Local or Area Council publication and who work under supervision of Local Scout authorities may also receive the Merit Badge in Journalism.

 

Requirements December 1941 until January 1952

1. Write stories covering satisfactorily the following assignments, demonstrating that he knows the principles of good new writing, including the elements of a good lead paragraph:

(a) A news incident.
(b) A routine club or society meeting.
(c) A lecture, sermon or political address.

2. Write:

(a) An editorial.
(b) A feature or human interest story.
(c) Review of a play, a motion picture, a concert or a book.

3. (a) Explain how the articles in Requirements 1 and 2 are differ.

(b) Secure the publication of at least one of these articles.

4. (a) Prepare a simple set of headline ;styles which will serve all needs of a small newspaper, indicating type size and approximate count for each.

(b) Using this schedule, write good headlines for the three stories in Requirement 1.

5. Present photographic or cartoon copy, or the suggestions for such copy, as an illustration for a news story, and wirte the caption for it.

6. Read and correct proof, using the conventional proofreader's  signs on manuscript of at least two typewritten pages furnished by Counselor.

7. Show that he knows what is meant by the following terms: point, font, pica, face, case, linotype, handset, galley proof, half-tone, electrotype, screen, stereotype, mat.

8. (a) Explain the steps necessary to copyright a book, magazine or newspaper; tell what rights are granted by a copyright, and for what period.

(b) Explain what is meant by Freedom of the Press and why we have libel laws. What is plagiarism.

9. Prepare a dummy for the printer of an eight-page newspaper or magazine, including the placing of different size advertisements to cover the equivalent of two pages.

10. Explain the process of preparing a modern newspaper for publication, demonstrating a satisfactory knowledge of the various departments and executives, and their functions. Explain the importance of the deadline.

11. Have contributed as a reported, or as editor or a member of the editorial or business staff (either voluntary or paid) on a newspaper or a Local Council, Troop, school, trade, farm, or club publication for at least six issues.

12. Present a scrap book, including unpublished copy as well as clippings of published material, filed under date and place of publication.