PREPARATION FOR JOURNALISM

Evening Post, Volume LXXXI, Issue 23, 28 January 1911, Page 3

PREPARATION FOR JOURNALISM

I SUGGESTED COURSE OF STUDY. REPORT ADOPTED BY UNIVERSITY SENATE COMMITTEE. fBS IBLEGEAPH — E&ESS ASSOCIATION.] CHRISTCHURCH, 27th January. A suggested course of study in pre- j paration for journalism was contained in a report presented by the Authors' and Periods' Committee to fche University Senate to-day. The committee recommended :—: — 1. That a course of study in preparation for journalism be established, and that a diploma be granted on the examination in the course prescribed. 2. That the following be the course prescribed :—(1): — (1) English language and literature as for- B.A. pass. (2) General history as for B.A. pass. (3) Economics as for B.A. pass. (4) Constitutional history as for B.A. pass. (5) Geography as for Bachelor of Commerce. (6) Statistical method as for Bachelor of Commerce. (7) Psychology and logic as for B.A. pass. (8) A paper on the practical work of journalism, the meaning of "news," the respective value of facts as "news"; reporting; the writing of heads and titles; paragraphing and summaries; the economy of words; interviews, preparation of copy, proofreading; the uses of works of reference, dictionaries, ' atlases, encyclopaedias, handbooks, and year books; of history and statistics and quotations ; the proper application of a knowledge of history, economics, and political science to contemporary public affairs ; the relation of a newspaper to the public; comparison of the methods and styles of representative newspapers and journals; ad- | vertising; general acquaintance witn the mechanical processes of printing books and newspapers; the general organisation of a newspaper office. (Note : A candidate for this diploma will be re. quired to forward to the registrar a j certificate from a lecturer on this practical division of the subject that he has had practice for not less than one year in a newspaper office.) After a short discussion the • report was adopted.