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1. What is the correct use of principal and percent?
Be the number one source of news about CITY HIGH!
When the number is under ten.
principal Malcolm Reynolds and 50 percent
'I -' 'We -' 'Our -' 'Us -' 'You'

2. What are the four codes for journalists?
Never - sports reporters should not cheer.
300
People or a single person
Seek Truth and Report It - Minimize Harm - Act Independently - Be Accountable

3. How long should a paragraph be in journalism?
300
Very short
Image - Image Size - 200 PPI
6:00 p.m. or 8-11 a.m.

4. What is the best way to get viewers on to a website?
Mr. Rogers of the Student Press Law Center (SPLC)
Using social media like Facebook and Twitter.
Concision
Never - sports reporters should not cheer.

5. What literary techniques should you use to tell a story?
Public Forum
Character development - Rising action - Dialog - Climax - Conflict
Three or more
Iowa Freedom of Expression Act

6. What obvious words should be avoided in a school newspaper?
title/name/said
The school's name - Many - Really - A - An - The
Real interviews and descriptions of events a reporter has witnessed.
one sentence

7. What can your x-girlfriend or boyfriend do if you make up lies about her in the paper?
A new paragraph
Sue you for defamation
Very short
When the number is under ten.

8. Are facts or stories more important?
Both - Good reporters balance facts and story telling.
Seek Truth - Do no harm - Make a distinction between News and Opinion - Don't Sensationalize
Journalism students do better because they are better writers - better critical thinkers - score higher on AP tests - build their resumes - and work well with others to get the job done!
Specific Nouns and Verbs

9. Should sports reporters or anyone else encourage - congratulate or cheer on a team or individual?
Provide a vision for how the school can be better.
Never - sports reporters should not cheer.
Associated Press Style that is a guideline for correct journalistic style.
A connection to City High or a local angle.

10. What makes a good story from a bad story?
Never in news stories.
A group of twitter sources that you choose that are grouped together to provide an interesting source of information.
Lifeless data - too many facts - not enough stories bad leads - reporters are not attending events and getting good quotes
Real interviews and descriptions of events a reporter has witnessed.

11. Who should lead a high school paper?
The combining of newspapers - internet - video - and all forms of journalism into one.
Students should decide editorial content in a student publication.
Hazelwood vs Kuhlmeir
Dominant graphic or headline

12. Each quote should begin...
A new paragraph
People or a single person
Fun - Looks great on college applications - makes you a better writer - work with new technology - Facebook is a part of the class
Be the number one source of news about CITY HIGH!

13. Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier - the 1988 U.S. Supreme Court decision - gave public high school officials greater authority to censor some school-sponsored student publications if they chose to do so. But the ruling doesn't apply to publicati
Hazelwood vs Kuhlmeir
'I -' 'We -' 'Our -' 'Us -' 'You'
A new paragraph
Click on share and type in an email address.

14. Terseness and economy in writing and speaking achieved by expressing a great deal in just a few words.
Window - Text Wrap
Concision
Knowledge - Attitude - Skills - and Habits
Fun - Looks great on college applications - makes you a better writer - work with new technology - Facebook is a part of the class

15. What is required for people to succeed in social systems such as groups?
Real interviews and descriptions of events a reporter has witnessed.
Yale - Stanford - McAllister - Middlebury and the greatest university of all... IOWA. Go Hawks!
Knowledge - Attitude - Skills - and Habits
Data - Facts and anything that is boring.

16. What is the golden quote?
It is the best quote of the story that usually is after the lead.
Background information on the story that usually contains the who - what - how - where - why and when. It usually comes after the golden quote.
Data - Facts and anything that is boring.
Why - How - Who

17. How should you attribute a person on the first reference?
title/name/said
Fun - Looks great on college applications - makes you a better writer - work with new technology - Facebook is a part of the class
one sentence
Photo captions that are well written with less than obvious information.

18. What do all great writers do everyday?
Read - read - and read some more.
Real interviews and descriptions of events a reporter has witnessed.
A graphic element that lists off facts - figures - and important information in a format other than full text.
Opinions - reactions - and interesting phrasing. They should not contain straight facts.

19. What is the biggest mistake when writing a lead?
Both - Good reporters balance facts and story telling.
Photo captions that are well written with less than obvious information.
title/name/said
Being too broad or generalizing.

20. What do students win for doing great work in journalism?
No - on the rare occasion first person is used.
June 24 or March 30
Scholarships - trips to Disneyland - becoming a published author - dinner at Buffalo Wild Wings - and intrinsic value of doing a job well.
A transition

21. How many pixels per inch does a high definition t.v. have ?
People or a single person
720 or 1080
Dominant graphic or headline
Lifeless data - too many facts - not enough stories bad leads - reporters are not attending events and getting good quotes

22. Most information is not known about individuals in the group. Everything about a person is unknown until you have a conversation. To a great extent - each person controls information about themselves.
Character development - Rising action - Dialog - Climax - Conflict
Description of a person - Description of a scene - Play on words - Anecdote - Startling statement
Closed Groups
Why - How - Who

23. What advantage do high school journalists have to get into events?
Using social media like Facebook and Twitter.
They have access to events and people that most students can't get into or have the ability to interview.
Adobe Bridge
People or a single person

24. Should opinion writing and subjective word choices be used?
The First Amendment protection
A connection to City High or a local angle.
Tinker vs Des Moines
Never in news stories.

25. What are techniques a good photographer uses when taking photos?
Yes or No Questions
June 24 or March 30
Seek Truth and Report It - Minimize Harm - Act Independently - Be Accountable
Repetition - Leading Lines - Rule of Thirds - And mainly avoid taking blurry photographs!

26. What does the opinion section of the paper do?
The green box
Journalism students do better because they are better writers - better critical thinkers - score higher on AP tests - build their resumes - and work well with others to get the job done!
Their rights to Freedom of Speech
Provide a vision for how the school can be better.

27. A.P. Style stands for...
June 24 or March 30
Description of a person - Description of a scene - Play on words - Anecdote - Startling statement
A group of twitter sources that you choose that are grouped together to provide an interesting source of information.
Associated Press Style that is a guideline for correct journalistic style.

28. How many pixels per inch does a newspaper need not to be pixelated?
200
Window - Text Wrap
Image - Image Size - 200 PPI
Report accurate facts and quotes.

29. How do you get text to wrap around an object?
Being too broad or generalizing.
Repetition - Leading Lines - Rule of Thirds - And mainly avoid taking blurry photographs!
Window - Text Wrap
Specific Nouns and Verbs

30. What type of questions should you avoid in an interview?
A graphic element that lists off facts - figures - and important information in a format other than full text.
WHO WHAT HOW WHERE WHY WHEN
The First Amendment protection
Yes or No Questions

31. What does CNTRL B do in InDesign?
Inside of the quotes - 'The Little Hawks are deep and are going to win big -' Rogers said.
The school's name - Many - Really - A - An - The
Adobe Bridge
Format text boxes - add columns - center text in a box

32. How can you get thrown off The Little Hawk staff?
Hazelwood vs Kuhlmeir
June 24 or March 30
Format text boxes - add columns - center text in a box
Making up quotes - Lying to Mr. Rogers about where you are during class - Causing harm

33. Can a student publication be sued for libel - invasion of privacy or copyright infringement?
Making up quotes - Lying to Mr. Rogers about where you are during class - Causing harm
The concept of libel/slander - both of which are referred to as 'defamation -' can be somewhat complex. But in general - all speech is presumed to be protected by the First Amendment with very narrowly-drawn exceptions. One of those exceptions involv
Makes text boxes and allows you to write.
Yes - and occasionally they are. In such cases the individual reporter and the editor could be held legally responsible. Court decisions indicate that a school which does not control the content of a student publication may be protected from liabilit

34. Is a student's choice of dress protected by the First Amendment?
something the person can change.
Yes - in some cases. Courts have recognized that students' choice of clothing can communicate certain messages and ideas - ranging from their stance on political and social issues to their social standing or religious beliefs.
They have access to events and people that most students can't get into or have the ability to interview.
Associated Press Style that is a guideline for correct journalistic style.

35. Why are many high school papers not read?
Fun - Looks great on college applications - makes you a better writer - work with new technology - Facebook is a part of the class
Lifeless data - too many facts - not enough stories bad leads - reporters are not attending events and getting good quotes
Provide a vision for how the school can be better.
It is the best quote of the story that usually is after the lead.

36. Why is journalism the best elective to take next year?
Fun - Looks great on college applications - makes you a better writer - work with new technology - Facebook is a part of the class
Knowledge - Attitude - Skills - and Habits
A guide
In most cases - only when you have obtained the permission of the copyright holder. Each of these works is protected by copyright law - which means others can use them only if they have obtained permission. Publishing a credit line does not take the

37. What does the T tool do in InDesign?
Read - read - and read some more.
Data - Facts and anything that is boring.
Makes text boxes and allows you to write.
principal Malcolm Reynolds and 50 percent

38. What do high school students not lose when entering school?
Background information on the story that usually contains the who - what - how - where - why and when. It usually comes after the golden quote.
Their rights to Freedom of Speech
The combining of newspapers - internet - video - and all forms of journalism into one.
No - on the rare occasion first person is used.

39. If my image is blurred how can I fix it on a digital SLR camera?
Sue you for defamation
Adjust the Tv setting. Increase the shudder speed.
Mr. Rogers of the Student Press Law Center (SPLC)
Lifeless data - too many facts - not enough stories bad leads - reporters are not attending events and getting good quotes

40. Should 'you' or 'I' or 'our' ever be used in a story?
A question that usually isn't planned - but is a result of an interesting comment by the person being interviewed.
No - on the rare occasion first person is used.
Data - Facts and anything that is boring.
'many -' 'some -' 'most -' 'several -' 'a lot'

41. Which one of the following is the AP Style for money?
title/name/said
Journalism students do better because they are better writers - better critical thinkers - score higher on AP tests - build their resumes - and work well with others to get the job done!
$1.5 million or $2500
Concision

42. Supreme Court case that stated that students do not lose their freedom of speech rights in high school. Mary Beth tinker wore black arm bands to protest the Vietnam War.
Window - Text Wrap
Tinker vs Des Moines
Knowledge - Attitude - Skills - and Habits
title/name/said

43. How is something determined to be slander or libel - as opposed to the exercising of freedom of speech?
The concept of libel/slander - both of which are referred to as 'defamation -' can be somewhat complex. But in general - all speech is presumed to be protected by the First Amendment with very narrowly-drawn exceptions. One of those exceptions involv
A connection to City High or a local angle.
Date or Place Leads
title/name/said

44. How do you size a photo in InDesign?
Adjust the Tv setting. Increase the shudder speed.
People or a single person
Right Click - Fitting - Fit content proportionally
It is the best quote of the story that usually is after the lead.

45. Quotes should contain?
16-year-old
Opinions - reactions - and interesting phrasing. They should not contain straight facts.
Scholarships - trips to Disneyland - becoming a published author - dinner at Buffalo Wild Wings - and intrinsic value of doing a job well.
June 24 or March 30

46. What is a sidebar?
16-year-old
The school's name - Many - Really - A - An - The
A graphic element that lists off facts - figures - and important information in a format other than full text.
Makes text boxes and allows you to write.

47. Which one of the following is the AP Style for a date?
Image - Image Size - 200 PPI
Date or Place Leads
June 24 or March 30
Data - Facts and anything that is boring.

48. What program do I use to view photos?
Seek Truth - Do no harm - Make a distinction between News and Opinion - Don't Sensationalize
In most cases - only when you have obtained the permission of the copyright holder. Each of these works is protected by copyright law - which means others can use them only if they have obtained permission. Publishing a credit line does not take the
$1.5 million or $2500
Adobe Bridge

49. What should be avoided in direct quotes?
Data - Facts and anything that is boring.
Great quotes - Strong Lead - Quote Transition - Unique Angle - Description - Detail
Three or more
Inside of the quotes - 'The Little Hawks are deep and are going to win big -' Rogers said.

50. Every single story in a high school newspaper must have what?
Photo captions that are well written with less than obvious information.
The green box
A connection to City High or a local angle.
Lies - Obscenity - Anything that will cause an undue disruption to the school.

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