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Student Journalism

Instructions:

Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What is the rule of thirds?
A compositional rule of thumb in visual arts such as painting - photography and design.[1] The rule states that an image should be imagined as divided into nine equal parts by two equally-spaced horizontal lines and two equally-spaced vertical lines
Lifeless data - too many facts - not enough stories bad leads - reporters are not attending events and getting good quotes
No - unless it needs clarification.
A guide

2. What is the first question of an interview?
How do you spell your name?
Adjust the Tv setting. Increase the shudder speed.
Right Click - Fitting - Fit content proportionally
The combining of newspapers - internet - video - and all forms of journalism into one.

3. How do you size a photo in InDesign?
720 or 1080
Right Click - Fitting - Fit content proportionally
A compositional rule of thumb in visual arts such as painting - photography and design.[1] The rule states that an image should be imagined as divided into nine equal parts by two equally-spaced horizontal lines and two equally-spaced vertical lines
Format text boxes - add columns - center text in a box

4. Should you use a question in a lead?
WHO WHAT HOW WHERE WHY WHEN
Makes text boxes and allows you to write.
Once in your life.
People or a single person

5. How long should a paragraph be in journalism?
The First Amendment protection
300
Read - read - and read some more.
Very short

6. How is something determined to be slander or libel - as opposed to the exercising of freedom of speech?

7. What is a Twitter feed?
'I -' 'We -' 'Our -' 'Us -' 'You'
Associated Press Style that is a guideline for correct journalistic style.
A group of twitter sources that you choose that are grouped together to provide an interesting source of information.
principal Malcolm Reynolds and 50 percent

8. Should sports reporters or anyone else encourage - congratulate or cheer on a team or individual?
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.
The school's name - Many - Really - A - An - The
An infographic presents facts and numbers in an eye catching graphic.
Never - sports reporters should not cheer.

9. When should numbers be spelled out?
16-year-old
Image - Image Size - 200 PPI
When the number is under ten.
300

10. What type of questions should you avoid in an interview?
The green box
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
Fun - Looks great on college applications - makes you a better writer - work with new technology - Facebook is a part of the class
Yes or No Questions

11. What should every object be lined up with in InDesign?
Background information on the story that usually contains the who - what - how - where - why and when. It usually comes after the golden quote.
An infographic presents facts and numbers in an eye catching graphic.
A guide
WHO WHAT HOW WHERE WHY WHEN

12. What are techniques a good photographer uses when taking photos?
Repetition - Leading Lines - Rule of Thirds - And mainly avoid taking blurry photographs!
Yes or No Questions
A group of twitter sources that you choose that are grouped together to provide an interesting source of information.
A guide

13. Quotes should contain?
Makes text boxes and allows you to write.
Opinions - reactions - and interesting phrasing. They should not contain straight facts.
Concision
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!

14. What makes a good lead?
A compositional rule of thumb in visual arts such as painting - photography and design.[1] The rule states that an image should be imagined as divided into nine equal parts by two equally-spaced horizontal lines and two equally-spaced vertical lines
Description of a person - Description of a scene - Play on words - Anecdote - Startling statement
Never - sports reporters should not cheer.
Data

15. Should you use the name of the school or current year?
Dominant graphic or headline
No - unless it needs clarification.
Adjust the Tv setting. Increase the shudder speed.
A group of twitter sources that you choose that are grouped together to provide an interesting source of information.

16. What should be avoided in direct quotes?
Data - Facts and anything that is boring.
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
How do you spell your name?

17. What does the opinion section of the paper do?
A group of twitter sources that you choose that are grouped together to provide an interesting source of information.
Closed Groups
'many -' 'some -' 'most -' 'several -' 'a lot'
Provide a vision for how the school can be better.

18. Why is journalism the best elective to take next year?
Window - Text Wrap
Fun - Looks great on college applications - makes you a better writer - work with new technology - Facebook is a part of the class
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.
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!

19. What type of leads does Bobby Hawthorne and Mr. Rogers want to see?
Background information on the story that usually contains the who - what - how - where - why and when. It usually comes after the golden quote.
Students should decide editorial content in a student publication.
Be the number one source of news about CITY HIGH!
Why - How - Who

20. What advantage do high school journalists have to get into events?

21. What do all great writers do everyday?
The First Amendment protection
CMYK - 200 pixels per inch
Read - read - and read some more.
The green box

22. Which one of the following is the AP Style for age?
16-year-old
Fun - Looks great on college applications - makes you a better writer - work with new technology - Facebook is a part of the class
Background information on the story that usually contains the who - what - how - where - why and when. It usually comes after the golden quote.
Specific Nouns and Verbs

23. What are the 5 Ws and H
Seek Truth - Do no harm - Make a distinction between News and Opinion - Don't Sensationalize
They have access to events and people that most students can't get into or have the ability to interview.
Hazelwood vs Kuhlmeir
WHO WHAT HOW WHERE WHY WHEN

24. What can your x-girlfriend or boyfriend do if you make up lies about her in the paper?
Character development - Rising action - Dialog - Climax - Conflict
Using social media like Facebook and Twitter.
Sue you for defamation
Why - How - Who

25. What first - second or third person words be avoided in journalistic stories?

26. If my image is blurred how can I fix it on a digital SLR camera?
Adjust the Tv setting. Increase the shudder speed.
Specific Nouns and Verbs
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
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.

27. What is a sidebar?
Right Click - Fitting - Fit content proportionally
June 24 or March 30
Provide a vision for how the school can be better.
A graphic element that lists off facts - figures - and important information in a format other than full text.

28. What is the correct use of principal and percent?
Tinker vs Des Moines
Scholarships - trips to Disneyland - becoming a published author - dinner at Buffalo Wild Wings - and intrinsic value of doing a job well.
principal Malcolm Reynolds and 50 percent
A connection to City High or a local angle.

29. What can students not print in a paper?
Lies - Obscenity - Anything that will cause an undue disruption to the school.
Real interviews and descriptions of events a reporter has witnessed.
6:00 p.m. or 8-11 a.m.
Report accurate facts and quotes.

30. If I don't know how much about a DSLR what setting should I have the camera on?
Be the number one source of news about CITY HIGH!
The green box
Three or more
A compositional rule of thumb in visual arts such as painting - photography and design.[1] The rule states that an image should be imagined as divided into nine equal parts by two equally-spaced horizontal lines and two equally-spaced vertical lines

31. Can a student publication be sued for libel - invasion of privacy or copyright infringement?
Lifeless data - too many facts - not enough stories bad leads - reporters are not attending events and getting good quotes
Background information on the story that usually contains the who - what - how - where - why and when. It usually comes after the golden quote.
Read - read - and read some more.
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

32. What does the T tool do in InDesign?
200
Makes text boxes and allows you to write.
Seek Truth - Do no harm - Make a distinction between News and Opinion - Don't Sensationalize
Yale - Stanford - McAllister - Middlebury and the greatest university of all... IOWA. Go Hawks!

33. How many pixels per inch does a newspaper need not to be pixelated?
200
720 or 1080
Seek Truth and Report It - Minimize Harm - Act Independently - Be Accountable
Makes text boxes and allows you to write.

34. What program do I use to view photos?
Adobe Bridge
No - on the rare occasion first person is used.
Yale - Stanford - McAllister - Middlebury and the greatest university of all... IOWA. Go Hawks!
Why - How - Who

35. Is a student's choice of dress protected by the First Amendment?

36. A.P. Style stands for...
$1.5 million or $2500
Associated Press Style that is a guideline for correct journalistic style.
Their rights to Freedom of Speech
principal Malcolm Reynolds and 50 percent

37. How should you attribute a person on the first reference?
title/name/said
A group of twitter sources that you choose that are grouped together to provide an interesting source of information.
The green box
The First Amendment protection

38. What literary techniques should you use to tell a story?
People or a single person
Makes text boxes and allows you to write.
Character development - Rising action - Dialog - Climax - Conflict
Photo captions that are well written with less than obvious information.

39. What is the biggest mistake when writing a lead?
Being too broad or generalizing.
How do you spell your name?
A transition
Repetition - Leading Lines - Rule of Thirds - And mainly avoid taking blurry photographs!

40. 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.
200
People or a single person
'I -' 'We -' 'Our -' 'Us -' 'You'
Tinker vs Des Moines

41. 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
Sue you for defamation
Read - read - and read some more.
Hazelwood vs Kuhlmeir
A group of twitter sources that you choose that are grouped together to provide an interesting source of information.

42. How can you get thrown off The Little Hawk staff?
Format text boxes - add columns - center text in a box
Read - read - and read some more.
Making up quotes - Lying to Mr. Rogers about where you are during class - Causing harm
Background information on the story that usually contains the who - what - how - where - why and when. It usually comes after the golden quote.

43. A student publication is a public forum for student expression when school officials have given student editors the authority to make their own content decisions. A school can do that either through an official policy or by allowing a publication to
something the person can change.
Be the number one source of news about CITY HIGH!
Public Forum
Three or more

44. What are the ways that going out for journalism could improve your life?
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!
Never write directly to the reader.
Open Groups
Provide a vision for how the school can be better.

45. How do I make sure the image size is correct in PhotoShop?
Image - Image Size - 200 PPI
Lifeless data - too many facts - not enough stories bad leads - reporters are not attending events and getting good quotes
Data - Facts and anything that is boring.
Click on share and type in an email address.

46. What is the journalist's code?

47. How do you get text to wrap around an object?
Window - Text Wrap
Photo captions that are well written with less than obvious information.
Report accurate facts and quotes.
Scholarships - trips to Disneyland - becoming a published author - dinner at Buffalo Wild Wings - and intrinsic value of doing a job well.

48. Journalists can use a _____ paragraph?
Report accurate facts and quotes.
They have access to events and people that most students can't get into or have the ability to interview.
'I -' 'We -' 'Our -' 'Us -' 'You'
one sentence

49. What should be the focus almost every story?
People or a single person
Making up quotes - Lying to Mr. Rogers about where you are during class - Causing harm
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!
How do you spell your name?

50. How do you share a GoogleDoc?
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
Adjust the Tv setting. Increase the shudder speed.
Click on share and type in an email address.
CMYK - 200 pixels per inch