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Student Journalism

Instructions:

Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What makes a good story from a bad story?
Real interviews and descriptions of events a reporter has witnessed.
Knowledge - Attitude - Skills - and Habits
When the number is under ten.
Date or Place Leads

2. Each quote should begin...
Three or more
A new paragraph
It is the best quote of the story that usually is after the lead.
Why - How - Who

3. What should be avoided in direct quotes?
Description of a person - Description of a scene - Play on words - Anecdote - Startling statement
Data - Facts and anything that is boring.
How do you spell your name?
Iowa Freedom of Expression Act

4. How many pixels per inch does a high definition t.v. have ?
720 or 1080
Why - How - Who
Real interviews and descriptions of events a reporter has witnessed.
one sentence

5. Which one of the following is the AP Style for a date?
June 24 or March 30
Open Groups
Report accurate facts and quotes.
Once in your life.

6. 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
Never - sports reporters should not cheer.
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

7. Why are many high school papers not read?
Once in your life.
Lifeless data - too many facts - not enough stories bad leads - reporters are not attending events and getting good quotes
Being too broad or generalizing.
Making up quotes - Lying to Mr. Rogers about where you are during class - Causing harm

8. 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
A transition
Public Forum
Associated Press Style that is a guideline for correct journalistic style.
Provide a vision for how the school can be better.

9. What do students win for doing great work in journalism?
Scholarships - trips to Disneyland - becoming a published author - dinner at Buffalo Wild Wings - and intrinsic value of doing a job well.
Once in your life.
6:00 p.m. or 8-11 a.m.
WHO WHAT HOW WHERE WHY WHEN

10. Which one of the following is the AP Style for money?
Why - How - Who
Be the number one source of news about CITY HIGH!
$1.5 million or $2500
A transition

11. What type of questions should you avoid in an interview?
Sue you for defamation
Yale - Stanford - McAllister - Middlebury and the greatest university of all... IOWA. Go Hawks!
'many -' 'some -' 'most -' 'several -' 'a lot'
Yes or No Questions

12. If my image is blurred how can I fix it on a digital SLR camera?
They have access to events and people that most students can't get into or have the ability to interview.
Repetition - Leading Lines - Rule of Thirds - And mainly avoid taking blurry photographs!
Adjust the Tv setting. Increase the shudder speed.
Never - sports reporters should not cheer.

13. If I don't know how much about a DSLR what setting should I have the camera on?
Makes text boxes and allows you to write.
Associated Press Style that is a guideline for correct journalistic style.
The green box
Once in your life.

14. Should sports reporters or anyone else encourage - congratulate or cheer on a team or individual?
Never - sports reporters should not cheer.
A question that usually isn't planned - but is a result of an interesting comment by the person being interviewed.
Report accurate facts and quotes.
Hazelwood vs Kuhlmeir

15. Which one of the following is the AP Style for age?
Associated Press Style that is a guideline for correct journalistic style.
The school's name - Many - Really - A - An - The
16-year-old
No - on the rare occasion first person is used.

16. Prohibits the Congress from making laws 'respecting an establishment of religion' - prohibiting the free exercise of religion - infringing on the freedom of speech and infringing on the freedom of the press.
Open Groups
They have access to events and people that most students can't get into or have the ability to interview.
The First Amendment protection
Once in your life.

17. 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
200
Hazelwood vs Kuhlmeir
Both - Good reporters balance facts and story telling.
Report accurate facts and quotes.

18. What do all great writers do everyday?
one sentence
Using social media like Facebook and Twitter.
When the number is under ten.
Read - read - and read some more.

19. How long should a paragraph be in journalism?
A connection to City High or a local angle.
200
Very short
'I -' 'We -' 'Our -' 'Us -' 'You'

20. When should numbers be spelled out?
When the number is under ten.
A group of twitter sources that you choose that are grouped together to provide an interesting source of information.
Data - Facts and anything that is boring.
How do you spell your name?

21. Journalists can use a _____ paragraph?
Lies - Obscenity - Anything that will cause an undue disruption to the school.
Repetition - Leading Lines - Rule of Thirds - And mainly avoid taking blurry photographs!
Format text boxes - add columns - center text in a box
one sentence

22. Terseness and economy in writing and speaking achieved by expressing a great deal in just a few words.
300
No - unless it needs clarification.
Their rights to Freedom of Speech
Concision

23. Should you use the name of the school or current year?
Specific Nouns and Verbs
No - unless it needs clarification.
A new paragraph
$1.5 million or $2500

24. How do photos need to be formatted for the newspaper?
Yes or No Questions
CMYK - 200 pixels per inch
Seek Truth - Do no harm - Make a distinction between News and Opinion - Don't Sensationalize
People or a single person

25. What is GQ STUDD?
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
Great quotes - Strong Lead - Quote Transition - Unique Angle - Description - Detail
Lifeless data - too many facts - not enough stories bad leads - reporters are not attending events and getting good quotes
one sentence

26. Should opinion writing and subjective word choices be used?
300
Never in news stories.
Using social media like Facebook and Twitter.
principal Malcolm Reynolds and 50 percent

27. 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
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
Open Groups
A question that usually isn't planned - but is a result of an interesting comment by the person being interviewed.

28. Where do you go for help in legal situations?
Date or Place Leads
Repetition - Leading Lines - Rule of Thirds - And mainly avoid taking blurry photographs!
Mr. Rogers of the Student Press Law Center (SPLC)
CMYK - 200 pixels per inch

29. What is an infographic?
An infographic presents facts and numbers in an eye catching graphic.
Never in news stories.
Both - Good reporters balance facts and story telling.
Date or Place Leads

30. How do you share a GoogleDoc?
Public Forum
200
June 24 or March 30
Click on share and type in an email address.

31. What is a Twitter feed?
A group of twitter sources that you choose that are grouped together to provide an interesting source of information.
No - unless it needs clarification.
Public Forum
People or a single person

32. 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.
Iowa Freedom of Expression Act
WHO WHAT HOW WHERE WHY WHEN
Closed Groups
Never - sports reporters should not cheer.

33. Feedback should be...
Dominant graphic or headline
something the person can change.
Three or more
Date or Place Leads

34. What are the 5 Ws and H
WHO WHAT HOW WHERE WHY WHEN
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.
The green box

35. What can your x-girlfriend or boyfriend do if you make up lies about her in the paper?
Click on share and type in an email address.
Photo captions that are well written with less than obvious information.
Sue you for defamation
16-year-old

36. How do you get text to wrap around an object?
Never in news stories.
They have access to events and people that most students can't get into or have the ability to interview.
Repetition - Leading Lines - Rule of Thirds - And mainly avoid taking blurry photographs!
Window - Text Wrap

37. Can a student publication be sued for libel - invasion of privacy or copyright infringement?
Format text boxes - add columns - center text in a 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
June 24 or March 30
Three or more

38. How many sources must a story have?
'many -' 'some -' 'most -' 'several -' 'a lot'
Three or more
No - unless it needs clarification.
Never in news stories.

39. What words that are not very specific should never be used in transitions?

40. What are the ways that going out for journalism could improve your life?
WHO WHAT HOW WHERE WHY WHEN
Why - How - Who
Adobe Bridge
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!

41. How many pixels does a yearbook or magazine?
They have access to events and people that most students can't get into or have the ability to interview.
Read - read - and read some more.
300
principal Malcolm Reynolds and 50 percent

42. Are facts or stories more important?
Associated Press Style that is a guideline for correct journalistic style.
A connection to City High or a local angle.
Both - Good reporters balance facts and story telling.
'many -' 'some -' 'most -' 'several -' 'a lot'

43. What leads do you want to avoid?
Inside of the quotes - 'The Little Hawks are deep and are going to win big -' Rogers said.
The First Amendment protection
Date or Place Leads
Window - Text Wrap

44. What obvious words should be avoided in a school newspaper?

45. What does CNTRL B do in InDesign?
Their rights to Freedom of Speech
Be the number one source of news about CITY HIGH!
Concision
Format text boxes - add columns - center text in a box

46. How do you size a photo in InDesign?
Right Click - Fitting - Fit content proportionally
Data
Why - How - Who
Iowa Freedom of Expression Act

47. Information is free and available to others. Some information is always open information - like a person's name - where they live - where they work - or their family. People make inferences based on this information - although not in proportion to ot
Public Forum
'I -' 'We -' 'Our -' 'Us -' 'You'
Open Groups
The green box

48. What is the journalist's code?

49. What schools have former editors of The Little Hawk attended?
Lies - Obscenity - Anything that will cause an undue disruption to the school.
Yale - Stanford - McAllister - Middlebury and the greatest university of all... IOWA. Go Hawks!
Specific Nouns and Verbs
Click on share and type in an email address.

50. What is the best way to get viewers on to a website?
Using social media like Facebook and Twitter.
Fun - Looks great on college applications - makes you a better writer - work with new technology - Facebook is a part of the class
Never - sports reporters should not cheer.
720 or 1080