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Student Journalism

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. What should be used in place of adjectives?






2. Should you use a question in a lead?






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






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?






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






7. What can students not print in a paper?






8. Why are many high school papers not read?






9. Quotes should contain?






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






11. How do you share a GoogleDoc?






12. Which one of the following is the AP Style for time?






13. How do you get text to wrap around an object?






14. What makes a good lead?






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






16. What is a nut graph?






17. How long should a paragraph be in journalism?






18. What does the T tool do in InDesign?






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






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






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






22. Each quote should begin...






23. What is an infographic?






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






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






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






27. What is a sidebar?






28. Where do commas go when using quotes?

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






30. What program do I use to view photos?






31. How can you get thrown off The Little Hawk staff?






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






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






34. What is the most read part of a newspaper?






35. Are facts or stories more important?






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






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






38. Why is journalism the best elective to take next year?






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






40. When designing a page what element comes first?






41. Every quote needs what before it?






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






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?






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






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.






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






48. What literary techniques should you use to tell a story?






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






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