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Student Journalism

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What should be used in place of adjectives?
Specific Nouns and Verbs
Associated Press Style that is a guideline for correct journalistic style.
It is the best quote of the story that usually is after the lead.
A new paragraph

2. Should you use a question in a lead?
Once in your life.
Read - read - and read some more.
No - unless it needs clarification.
CMYK - 200 pixels per inch

3. How do photos need to be formatted for the newspaper?
WHO WHAT HOW WHERE WHY WHEN
Tinker vs Des Moines
CMYK - 200 pixels per inch
Specific Nouns and Verbs

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

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5. What does the opinion section of the paper do?
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.
title/name/said
WHO WHAT HOW WHERE WHY WHEN

6. What is the best way to get viewers on to a website?
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
How do you spell your name?
Using social media like Facebook and Twitter.
Hazelwood vs Kuhlmeir

7. What can students not print in a paper?
Lies - Obscenity - Anything that will cause an undue disruption to the school.
Date or Place Leads
'I -' 'We -' 'Our -' 'Us -' 'You'
Read - read - and read some more.

8. Why are many high school papers not read?
720 or 1080
300
How do you spell your name?
Lifeless data - too many facts - not enough stories bad leads - reporters are not attending events and getting good quotes

9. Quotes should contain?
Photo captions that are well written with less than obvious information.
Opinions - reactions - and interesting phrasing. They should not contain straight facts.
Both - Good reporters balance facts and story telling.
Image - Image Size - 200 PPI

10. What makes a good story from a bad story?
Making up quotes - Lying to Mr. Rogers about where you are during class - Causing harm
Date or Place Leads
A new paragraph
Real interviews and descriptions of events a reporter has witnessed.

11. How do you share a GoogleDoc?
CMYK - 200 pixels per inch
Three or more
'I -' 'We -' 'Our -' 'Us -' 'You'
Click on share and type in an email address.

12. Which one of the following is the AP Style for time?
something the person can change.
Hazelwood vs Kuhlmeir
Provide a vision for how the school can be better.
6:00 p.m. or 8-11 a.m.

13. How do you get text to wrap around an object?
Photo captions that are well written with less than obvious information.
$1.5 million or $2500
Window - Text Wrap
Mr. Rogers of the Student Press Law Center (SPLC)

14. What makes a good lead?
Description of a person - Description of a scene - Play on words - Anecdote - Startling statement
title/name/said
Opinions - reactions - and interesting phrasing. They should not contain straight facts.
one sentence

15. Should opinion writing and subjective word choices be used?
Using social media like Facebook and Twitter.
Never in news stories.
300
200

16. What is a nut graph?
Using social media like Facebook and Twitter.
June 24 or March 30
Background information on the story that usually contains the who - what - how - where - why and when. It usually comes after the golden quote.
Sue you for defamation

17. How long should a paragraph be in journalism?
Very short
CMYK - 200 pixels per inch
The First Amendment protection
title/name/said

18. What does the T tool do in InDesign?
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
'many -' 'some -' 'most -' 'several -' 'a lot'
Right Click - Fitting - Fit content proportionally

19. What type of questions should you avoid in an interview?
6:00 p.m. or 8-11 a.m.
Yes or No Questions
Data - Facts and anything that is boring.
Makes text boxes and allows you to write.

20. What do students win for doing great work in journalism?
Hazelwood vs Kuhlmeir
Their rights to Freedom of Speech
Three or more
Scholarships - trips to Disneyland - becoming a published author - dinner at Buffalo Wild Wings - and intrinsic value of doing a job well.

21. Every single story in a high school newspaper must have what?
A connection to City High or a local angle.
People or a single person
It is the best quote of the story that usually is after the lead.
Seek Truth - Do no harm - Make a distinction between News and Opinion - Don't Sensationalize

22. Each quote should begin...
something the person can change.
Provide a vision for how the school can be better.
'many -' 'some -' 'most -' 'several -' 'a lot'
A new paragraph

23. What is an infographic?
Date or Place Leads
An infographic presents facts and numbers in an eye catching graphic.
Students should decide editorial content in a student publication.
Associated Press Style that is a guideline for correct journalistic style.

24. What is the worst word of high school journalism?
Data
Associated Press Style that is a guideline for correct journalistic style.
Provide a vision for how the school can be better.
Lifeless data - too many facts - not enough stories bad leads - reporters are not attending events and getting good quotes

25. How should you attribute a person on the first reference?
title/name/said
'I -' 'We -' 'Our -' 'Us -' 'You'
Adobe Bridge
Yes or No Questions

26. Should sports reporters or anyone else encourage - congratulate or cheer on a team or individual?
Great quotes - Strong Lead - Quote Transition - Unique Angle - Description - Detail
Never - sports reporters should not cheer.
720 or 1080
Click on share and type in an email address.

27. What is a sidebar?
The combining of newspapers - internet - video - and all forms of journalism into one.
A transition
A graphic element that lists off facts - figures - and important information in a format other than full text.
The green box

28. Where do commas go when using quotes?

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29. Should you use the name of the school or current year?
one sentence
No - unless it needs clarification.
They have access to events and people that most students can't get into or have the ability to interview.
Being too broad or generalizing.

30. What program do I use to view photos?
300
Adobe Bridge
principal Malcolm Reynolds and 50 percent
Click on share and type in an email address.

31. How can you get thrown off The Little Hawk staff?
Making up quotes - Lying to Mr. Rogers about where you are during class - Causing harm
Provide a vision for how the school can be better.
Image - Image Size - 200 PPI
Dominant graphic or headline

32. What do high school students not lose when entering school?
Their rights to Freedom of Speech
Click on share and type in an email address.
Three or more
A new paragraph

33. What is the correct use of principal and percent?
No - on the rare occasion first person is used.
Seek Truth and Report It - Minimize Harm - Act Independently - Be Accountable
principal Malcolm Reynolds and 50 percent
Their rights to Freedom of Speech

34. What is the most read part of a newspaper?
Data - Facts and anything that is boring.
Specific Nouns and Verbs
Photo captions that are well written with less than obvious information.
Being too broad or generalizing.

35. Are facts or stories more important?
A question that usually isn't planned - but is a result of an interesting comment by the person being interviewed.
Photo captions that are well written with less than obvious information.
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
Both - Good reporters balance facts and story telling.

36. What is the number one goal of great high school papers?
Public Forum
Be the number one source of news about CITY HIGH!
How do you spell your name?
Why - How - Who

37. What are the ways that going out for journalism could improve your life?
They have access to events and people that most students can't get into or have the ability to interview.
Hazelwood vs Kuhlmeir
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!
Being too broad or generalizing.

38. Why is journalism the best elective to take next year?
The combining of newspapers - internet - video - and all forms of journalism into one.
Yale - Stanford - McAllister - Middlebury and the greatest university of all... IOWA. Go Hawks!
They have access to events and people that most students can't get into or have the ability to interview.
Fun - Looks great on college applications - makes you a better writer - work with new technology - Facebook is a part of the class

39. What are techniques a good photographer uses when taking photos?
Repetition - Leading Lines - Rule of Thirds - And mainly avoid taking blurry photographs!
No - unless it needs clarification.
Seek Truth - Do no harm - Make a distinction between News and Opinion - Don't Sensationalize
Great quotes - Strong Lead - Quote Transition - Unique Angle - Description - Detail

40. When designing a page what element comes first?
Never write directly to the reader.
Dominant graphic or headline
Once in your life.
Lifeless data - too many facts - not enough stories bad leads - reporters are not attending events and getting good quotes

41. Every quote needs what before it?
A transition
No - on the rare occasion first person is used.
Background information on the story that usually contains the who - what - how - where - why and when. It usually comes after the golden quote.
Provide a vision for how the school can be better.

42. What should every object be lined up with in InDesign?
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
A guide
720 or 1080
Opinions - reactions - and interesting phrasing. They should not contain straight facts.

43. What is the journalist's code?

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44. What can your x-girlfriend or boyfriend do if you make up lies about her in the paper?
People or a single person
something the person can change.
Sue you for defamation
Seek Truth - Do no harm - Make a distinction between News and Opinion - Don't Sensationalize

45. How do I make sure the image size is correct in PhotoShop?
They have access to events and people that most students can't get into or have the ability to interview.
Image - Image Size - 200 PPI
Adjust the Tv setting. Increase the shudder speed.
Seek Truth - Do no harm - Make a distinction between News and Opinion - Don't Sensationalize

46. 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.
A new paragraph
Tinker vs Des Moines
Lies - Obscenity - Anything that will cause an undue disruption to the school.
They have access to events and people that most students can't get into or have the ability to interview.

47. Terseness and economy in writing and speaking achieved by expressing a great deal in just a few words.
Concision
200
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
No - unless it needs clarification.

48. What literary techniques should you use to tell a story?
Character development - Rising action - Dialog - Climax - Conflict
Sue you for defamation
Click on share and type in an email address.
Open Groups

49. Can a student publication be sued for libel - invasion of privacy or copyright infringement?
June 24 or March 30
Hazelwood vs Kuhlmeir
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
Provide a vision for how the school can be better.

50. 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
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 - 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
The green box
Hazelwood vs Kuhlmeir