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Requirements September 1961 until June 1972

1. Write stories worthy of publication of any three of the following assignments, demonstrating that you know the principles of good news or magazine writing: (a) a news incident; (b) a Scouting event; (c) a sports event; (d) an editorial requiring research on the subject; (e) a feature or human-interest story; (f) a critical review of a play, motion picture, or television show.

2. Do any five of the following: (a) Prepare a script for a five-minute radio or television newscast, using local, regional, or world-wide events. (b) Write good headlines for the three assignments covered in Requirement 1, following a standard head schedule but using different type style and size. Indicate face, type size, and count for each. (c) Take and submit at least one photograph to illustrate any one of the stories covered in Requirement 1 and write a caption for the photograph. (d) Know at least fifteen of the conventional proofreader's or copyreader's signs. Correct a proof or copyread a manuscript, using as many of these signs as necessary. (e) Explain the following terms: font, pica, face, machine-set type, handset, galley proof, halftone, electrotype, mat, copy, flush left, beat, copy desk, streamer, plagiarism, libel, and copyright. (f) Prepare a dummy for the printer of a four-page newspaper or magazine, including several different size advertisements. (g) Visit a newspaper or magazine publishing office. After the visit, explain the processes of preparing a modern newspaper or magazine for publication. Demonstrate satisfactory knowledge of the various departments and executives and their functions. Explain the importance of the deadline. (h) Describe the operation of a wire service. Describe how a syndicate differs from a wire service. (i) Investigate and report on journalism opportunities in the newspaper, magazine, and book-publishing fields, and in radio and television.