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]'' in London, 1944]] ]'' in London, 1944]]

A '''copy boy''' is a typically young and junior worker on a ]. The job involves taking typed stories from one section of a newspaper to another. According to ], the former editor-in-chief of the '']'' who began work there as a copy boy in 1972: A '''copy boy''' is a typically young and junior worker on a ]. The job involves taking typed stories from one section of a newspaper to another. According to ], the former editor-in-chief of the '']'' who began work there as a copy boy in 1972:


<blockquote>]s typed their stories on slips of butcher's paper...then a copy boy ran the story into the neighbouring subs' room, hence the cry of 'copy'. Each slip of the story had about six carbon copies...stapled together and it was the job of the copy boy - or girl - to separate the original and run it to the subs, and then separate the carbons for distribution.<ref name = "Guthrie" /></blockquote> <blockquote>]s typed their stories on slips of ]...then a copy boy ran the story into the neighbouring subs' <nowiki>]'s] room, hence the cry of 'copy'. Each slip of the story had about six carbon copies...stapled together and it was the job of the copy boy - or girl - to separate the original and run it to the subs, and then separate the carbons for distribution.<ref name=Guthrie/></blockquote>

⚫ With the advent of new publishing and printing technology the position is now almost extinct, but in the first two decades after World War II, most editors of medium and large newspapers in the US still considered their copy boys indispensable to "getting the paper out". The position was also considered to be an important entry point for aspiring journalists, many of whom got their start as copy boys.<ref>Grimes, Millard B. (1985). , p. 221. Mercer University Press. {{ISBN|0865541906}}</ref>


⚫ == Former copy boys ==
⚫ With the advent of new publishing and printing technology the position is now almost extinct, but in the first two decades after World War II, most editors of medium and large newspapers in the US still considered their copy boys indispensable to "getting the paper out." The position was also considered to be an important entry point for aspiring journalists, many of whom got their start as copy boys.<ref>Grimes, Millard B. (1985). , p. 221. Mercer University Press. {{ISBN|0865541906}}</ref>


⚫ ==Former copy boys==
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* ]<ref>{{cite news|title=After 60 Years In Sport: 500 Sportsmen To Honor William "Billy" Hewitt|last=Sullivan|first=Jack|author-link=Jack Sullivan (journalist)|date=December 8, 1953|newspaper=Winnipeg Free Press|location=Winnipeg, Manitoba|page=19|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/sports-clipping-dec-08-1953-2975367/}}{{free access}}; {{cite news|title=Sportsmen Honour W. A. (Billy) Hewitt at Dinner Tonight|last=Sullivan|first=Jack|author-link=Jack Sullivan (journalist)|agency=]|date=December 8, 1953|newspaper=]|location=Kingston, Ontario|page=11|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/97010768/hewitt-1953/}}{{free access}}</ref>
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* ]<ref>{{cite news|title=He was Manitoba: Writer, coach, mentor, builder, legend ... he'll be missed|last=Bender|first=Jim|date=August 10, 1993|newspaper=]|location=Winnipeg, Manitoba|page=39|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/92775912/leah-1993/}}{{free access}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://honouredmembers.sportmanitoba.ca/inductee.php?id=18|title=Vince 'Uncle' Leah|year=1981|website=]|access-date=February 1, 2022}}</ref>
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==Fictional copy boys== ==Fictional copy boys==
⚫ *Hap Hazard is "the demon copy boy of the Daily Star!" (], 1940–1947)<ref>.]</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Nevins |first1=Jess |title=Encyclopedia of Golden Age Superheroes |date=2013 |publisher=High Rock Press |isbn=978-1-61318-023-5 |page=127}}</ref>
*Jerry Jones is a young copy boy at a New Jersey daily newspaper who works his way up to reporter in ]'s 1938 ] ''Copy Boy''<ref>Dunbar, Attucks (4 March 1939). . '']'', p. 10</ref> *Jerry Jones is a young copy boy at a New Jersey daily newspaper who works his way up to reporter in ]'s 1938 ] ''Copy Boy''<ref>Dunbar, Attucks (4 March 1939). . '']'', p. 10</ref>
*Virgil Ambrose Jeremiah Christopher 'Scoop' Jones, played by ] in the 1937 film '']'', is a copy boy who is given his "big chance" to become a reporter.<ref name = "Langman" /> *Virgil Ambrose Jeremiah Christopher 'Scoop' Jones, played by ] in the 1937 film '']'', is a copy boy who is given his "big chance" to become a reporter.<ref name = "Langman" />
*Monty Milde, played by ] in the 1926 film ''Atta Boy'', is a copy boy on a large New York daily newspaper who is the butt of everyone's pranks but eventually beats the paper's star reporter at solving a kidnapping.<ref name = "Langman">Langman, Larry (2009). , pp. 28; 91. McFarland. {{ISBN|147660925X}}</ref> *Monty Milde, played by ] in the 1926 film ''Atta Boy'', is a copy boy on a large New York daily newspaper who is the butt of everyone's pranks but eventually beats the paper's star reporter at solving a kidnapping.<ref name = "Langman">Langman, Larry (2009). , pp. 28; 91. McFarland. {{ISBN|147660925X}}</ref>
*] in the 1938–1940 radio serial of '']'' starts out as a copy boy at the '']'' before becoming a cub reporter.<ref>Harmin, Jim (2003). , p. 197. McFarland. {{ISBN|0786485086}}</ref> *] in the 1938–1940 radio serial of '']'' starts out as a copy boy at the '']'' before becoming a cub reporter.<ref>Harmin, Jim (2003). , p. 197. McFarland. {{ISBN|0786485086}}</ref>
*Rudy Rawls is a crime-fighting copy boy on the ''Daily Herald'' who "finds out that fists talk louder than words!" (])<ref>. ]</ref> *Rudy Rawls is a crime-fighting copy boy on the ''Daily Herald'' who "finds out that fists talk louder than words!" (])<ref>. ]</ref>
⚫ *Hap Hazard is "The demon copy boy of the Daily Star!"(])<ref>.]</ref>


==References== ==References==

Latest revision as of 16:39, 16 August 2024

Young and junior newspaper worker
The sub-editors room at the Daily Mail in London, 1944

A copy boy is a typically young and junior worker on a newspaper. The job involves taking typed stories from one section of a newspaper to another. According to Bruce Guthrie, the former editor-in-chief of the Herald Sun who began work there as a copy boy in 1972:

Reporters typed their stories on slips of butcher's paper...then a copy boy ran the story into the neighbouring subs' room, hence the cry of 'copy'. Each slip of the story had about six carbon copies...stapled together and it was the job of the copy boy - or girl - to separate the original and run it to the subs, and then separate the carbons for distribution.

With the advent of new publishing and printing technology the position is now almost extinct, but in the first two decades after World War II, most editors of medium and large newspapers in the US still considered their copy boys indispensable to "getting the paper out". The position was also considered to be an important entry point for aspiring journalists, many of whom got their start as copy boys.

Former copy boys

Fictional copy boys

  • Hap Hazard is "the demon copy boy of the Daily Star!" (Ace Comics, 1940–1947)
  • Jerry Jones is a young copy boy at a New Jersey daily newspaper who works his way up to reporter in Josef Berger's 1938 juvenile novel Copy Boy
  • Virgil Ambrose Jeremiah Christopher 'Scoop' Jones, played by Joe E. Brown in the 1937 film Fit for a King, is a copy boy who is given his "big chance" to become a reporter.
  • Monty Milde, played by Monty Banks in the 1926 film Atta Boy, is a copy boy on a large New York daily newspaper who is the butt of everyone's pranks but eventually beats the paper's star reporter at solving a kidnapping.
  • Jimmy Olsen in the 1938–1940 radio serial of Superman starts out as a copy boy at the Daily Planet before becoming a cub reporter.
  • Rudy Rawls is a crime-fighting copy boy on the Daily Herald who "finds out that fists talk louder than words!" (Headline Comics)

References

  1. ^ Guthrie, Bruce (2010). Man Bites Murdoch, pp. 40; 64–71. Melbourne University Press ISBN 0522858481
  2. Grimes, Millard B. (1985). The Last Linotype: The Story of Georgia and Its Newspapers Since World War II, p. 221. Mercer University Press. ISBN 0865541906
  3. Bosman, Julie (14 October 2013). "Carl Bernstein Plans Memoir on His Cub Reporter Days". The New York Times
  4. Harmetz, Aljean (8 April 1984) "Coming to Terms with Success".The New York Times
  5. Christgau, Robert (7 July 2008). "Game Changer", robertchristgau.com. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
  6. Renton, Don (4 May 1951). "Have you a PM in your pantry?. The Argus Week-End Magazine
  7. Lindner, Emmett (14 May 2023) "A Lifetime of Stories, and Still More to Tell".The New York Times
  8. Singelais, Neil (October 13, 1983). "Obituaries: Tom Fitzgerald, at 71; longtime Globe golf, hockey writing specialist". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. p. 67.Free access icon
  9. Sullivan, Jack (December 8, 1953). "After 60 Years In Sport: 500 Sportsmen To Honor William "Billy" Hewitt". Winnipeg Free Press. Winnipeg, Manitoba. p. 19.Free access icon; Sullivan, Jack (December 8, 1953). "Sportsmen Honour W. A. (Billy) Hewitt at Dinner Tonight". The Kingston Whig-Standard. Kingston, Ontario. The Canadian Press. p. 11.Free access icon
  10. Ignatieff, Michael (22 November 2012). "The Kind of Journalism Worth Defending". Huffington Post
  11. Robson, Ian (22 February 2015). "Rock star Mark Knopfler was a copy boy on the Chronicle in Newcastle". Evening Chronicle
  12. Morgret, Ed Koterba (2016) "Introduction". The Essential Ed Koterba, pp. xlix–lii. MCP Books. ISBN 1634139224
  13. Bender, Jim (August 10, 1993). "He was Manitoba: Writer, coach, mentor, builder, legend ... he'll be missed". Winnipeg Sun. Winnipeg, Manitoba. p. 39.Free access icon
  14. "Vince 'Uncle' Leah". Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame and Museum. 1981. Retrieved February 1, 2022.
  15. Bernstein, Adam (December 8, 2021). "Claudia Levy, Washington Post journalist and advocate for women in the newsroom, dies at 77". The Washington Post.
  16. "Ken McKenzie". Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame. 1999. Retrieved July 8, 2020.
  17. Marquard, Bryan (April 2, 2013). "D. Leo Monahan, 86; Boston sports reporter, columnist". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts.
  18. Severo, Richard and Keepnews, Peter (5 November 2011). "Andy Rooney, a Cranky Voice of CBS, Dies at 92". The New York Times
  19. Marquard, Bryan (January 8, 2012). "Francis Rosa, 91; Hockey Hall of Fame sportswriter". The Boston Globe. Retrieved August 2, 2020.
  20. "Former FP Sports Editor, Maurice Smith, dead at 75". Winnipeg Free Press. Winnipeg, Manitoba. February 21, 1985. p. 51.Free access icon
  21. Posten, Bruce R. (29 January 2009). "Before the fame, literary giant John Updike was just a newspaper copy boy" Archived 2012-03-19 at the Wayback Machine. Reading Eagle
  22. Hap Hazard Comics #1 (Summer 1944).Grand Comics Database
  23. Nevins, Jess (2013). Encyclopedia of Golden Age Superheroes. High Rock Press. p. 127. ISBN 978-1-61318-023-5.
  24. Dunbar, Attucks (4 March 1939). "Books". Indianapolis Recorder, p. 10
  25. ^ Langman, Larry (2009). The Media in the Movies: A Catalog of American Journalism Films, 1900–1996, pp. 28; 91. McFarland. ISBN 147660925X
  26. Harmin, Jim (2003). Radio Mystery and Adventure and Its Appearances in Film, Television and Other Media, p. 197. McFarland. ISBN 0786485086
  27. Headline Comics (May-June 1946). Grand Comics Database

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