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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 is a follow up question?

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2. What is a nut graph?






3. What is a sidebar?






4. What is GQ STUDD?






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

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






7. Quotes should contain?






8. 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






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






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






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






12. How many pixels per inch does a high definition t.v. have ?






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






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

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






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






17. Should you use a question in a lead?






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






19. How many pixels does a yearbook or magazine?






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






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






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






23. When designing a page what element comes first?






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

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






26. What does the opinion section of the paper do?






27. 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






28. What leads do you want to avoid?






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






30. What program do I use to view photos?






31. What is convergence?






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






33. Journalists can use a _____ paragraph?






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






35. A.P. Style stands for...






36. Each quote should begin...






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






38. What are the 5 Ws and H






39. What does CNTRL B do in InDesign?






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

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






42. What makes a good lead?






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






44. What does the T tool do in InDesign?






45. Where do commas go when using quotes?

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






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






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






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






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