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Student Journalism

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What literary techniques should you use to tell a story?






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






3. What are the two main responsibilities of a reporter?






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






5. Should you use a question in a lead?






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

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7. If my image is blurred how can I fix it on a digital SLR camera?






8. How many pixels per inch does a newspaper need not to be pixelated?






9. How should you attribute a person on the first reference?






10. 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.






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






12. What can your x-girlfriend or boyfriend do if you make up lies about her in the paper?






13. Journalists can use a _____ paragraph?






14. What is the journalist's code?

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15. When designing a page what element comes first?






16. 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






17. What is the best way to get viewers on to a website?






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






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






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






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






22. What is convergence?






23. 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






24. Quotes should contain?






25. What is a sidebar?






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






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






28. Feedback should be...






29. Which one of the following is the AP Style for money?






30. 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






31. What are the 5 Ws and H






32. What leads do you want to avoid?






33. What is a Twitter feed?






34. What is the biggest mistake when writing a lead?






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






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






37. Who should lead a high school paper?






38. What does CNTRL B do in InDesign?






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






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






41. What are the four codes for journalists?






42. What does the T tool do in InDesign?






43. If I don't know how much about a DSLR what setting should I have the camera on?






44. What is a follow up question?

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45. What are techniques a good photographer uses when taking photos?






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

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47. What do high school students not lose when entering school?






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






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

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50. How do you size a photo in InDesign?