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Student Journalism

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. How many pixels per inch does a newspaper need not to be pixelated?






2. Should opinion writing and subjective word choices be used?






3. Guarantees students their freedom of speech except for speech that is obscene - libelous - unlawful - violates school regulations or causes a disruption to the school.






4. How do photos need to be formatted for the newspaper?






5. What are the four codes for journalists?






6. What do students win for doing great work in journalism?






7. Can I use cartoon characters - song lyrics or another publication's photographs in my publication?






8. What is required for people to succeed in social systems such as groups?






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

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

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11. What should be used in place of adjectives?






12. Should you use the name of the school or current year?






13. What is the first question of an interview?






14. What can students not print in a paper?






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

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16. What does the T tool do in InDesign?






17. What is a nut graph?






18. Should 'you' or 'I' or 'our' ever be used in a story?






19. What is the worst word of high school journalism?






20. Every single story in a high school newspaper must have what?






21. What is the number one goal of great high school papers?






22. What should every object be lined up with in InDesign?






23. What leads do you want to avoid?






24. 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.






25. What schools have former editors of The Little Hawk attended?






26. What is the correct use of principal and percent?






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

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28. What is the golden quote?






29. 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






30. Should you use 'you' in a story?






31. Where do you go for help in legal situations?






32. Should sports reporters or anyone else encourage - congratulate or cheer on a team or individual?






33. Which one of the following is the AP Style for age?






34. Terseness and economy in writing and speaking achieved by expressing a great deal in just a few words.






35. When designing a page what element comes first?






36. What is an infographic?






37. How do I make sure the image size is correct in PhotoShop?






38. Why are many high school papers not read?






39. Can a student publication be sued for libel - invasion of privacy or copyright infringement?






40. Should you use a question in a lead?






41. What should be avoided in direct quotes?






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

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43. What are the ways that going out for journalism could improve your life?






44. What makes a good story from a bad story?






45. Journalists can use a _____ paragraph?






46. What type of leads does Bobby Hawthorne and Mr. Rogers want to see?






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






48. Which one of the following is the AP Style for a date?






49. What type of questions should you avoid in an interview?






50. What is the rule of thirds?