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Student Journalism

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What is the most read part of a newspaper?
Seek Truth and Report It - Minimize Harm - Act Independently - Be Accountable
Photo captions that are well written with less than obvious information.
title/name/said
Dominant graphic or headline

2. What is the golden quote?
Photo captions that are well written with less than obvious information.
When the number is under ten.
A connection to City High or a local angle.
It is the best quote of the story that usually is after the lead.

3. What literary techniques should you use to tell a story?
Click on share and type in an email address.
Character development - Rising action - Dialog - Climax - Conflict
Opinions - reactions - and interesting phrasing. They should not contain straight facts.
principal Malcolm Reynolds and 50 percent

4. What does the opinion section of the paper do?
Scholarships - trips to Disneyland - becoming a published author - dinner at Buffalo Wild Wings - and intrinsic value of doing a job well.
The school's name - Many - Really - A - An - The
Date or Place Leads
Provide a vision for how the school can be better.

5. 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.
The combining of newspapers - internet - video - and all forms of journalism into one.
Concision
Specific Nouns and Verbs

6. What is a nut graph?
Specific Nouns and Verbs
Background information on the story that usually contains the who - what - how - where - why and when. It usually comes after the golden quote.
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!
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. What is the worst word of high school journalism?
The school's name - Many - Really - A - An - The
6:00 p.m. or 8-11 a.m.
Data
A transition

8. What should be the focus almost every story?
Concision
The school's name - Many - Really - A - An - The
A group of twitter sources that you choose that are grouped together to provide an interesting source of information.
People or a single person

9. Guarantees students their freedom of speech except for speech that is obscene - libelous - unlawful - violates school regulations or causes a disruption to the school.
300
Iowa Freedom of Expression Act
Real interviews and descriptions of events a reporter has witnessed.
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

10. Are facts or stories more important?
Both - Good reporters balance facts and story telling.
6:00 p.m. or 8-11 a.m.
title/name/said
16-year-old

11. What is the biggest mistake when writing a lead?
Being too broad or generalizing.
Description of a person - Description of a scene - Play on words - Anecdote - Startling statement
Concision
Yes or No Questions

12. What can your x-girlfriend or boyfriend do if you make up lies about her in the paper?
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
Three or more
Mr. Rogers of the Student Press Law Center (SPLC)
Sue you for defamation

13. Can a student publication be sued for libel - invasion of privacy or copyright infringement?
The First Amendment protection
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
Using social media like Facebook and Twitter.
16-year-old

14. Why are many high school papers not read?
720 or 1080
Click on share and type in an email address.
$1.5 million or $2500
Lifeless data - too many facts - not enough stories bad leads - reporters are not attending events and getting good quotes

15. What should be avoided in direct quotes?
Description of a person - Description of a scene - Play on words - Anecdote - Startling statement
June 24 or March 30
Why - How - Who
Data - Facts and anything that is boring.

16. 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.
Click on share and type in an email address.
Closed Groups
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!
The green box

17. Which one of the following is the AP Style for age?
Sue you for defamation
16-year-old
Data - Facts and anything that is boring.
Lies - Obscenity - Anything that will cause an undue disruption to the school.

18. Should sports reporters or anyone else encourage - congratulate or cheer on a team or individual?
Making up quotes - Lying to Mr. Rogers about where you are during class - Causing harm
Read - read - and read some more.
Never - sports reporters should not cheer.
Students should decide editorial content in a student publication.

19. Is a student's choice of dress protected by the First Amendment?

20. Where do commas go when using quotes?

21. What program do I use to view photos?
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
Adobe Bridge
Never in news stories.
principal Malcolm Reynolds and 50 percent

22. What is the best way to get viewers on to a website?
A group of twitter sources that you choose that are grouped together to provide an interesting source of information.
Be the number one source of news about CITY HIGH!
Yes - in some cases. Courts have recognized that students' choice of clothing can communicate certain messages and ideas - ranging from their stance on political and social issues to their social standing or religious beliefs.
Using social media like Facebook and Twitter.

23. How do photos need to be formatted for the newspaper?
Provide a vision for how the school can be better.
CMYK - 200 pixels per inch
Data
Data - Facts and anything that is boring.

24. How do you share a GoogleDoc?
Opinions - reactions - and interesting phrasing. They should not contain straight facts.
Click on share and type in an email address.
Adobe Bridge
Image - Image Size - 200 PPI

25. What is the rule of thirds?
Format text boxes - add columns - center text in a box
CMYK - 200 pixels per inch
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
A connection to City High or a local angle.

26. Why is journalism the best elective to take next year?
Three or more
Closed Groups
Mr. Rogers of the Student Press Law Center (SPLC)
Fun - Looks great on college applications - makes you a better writer - work with new technology - Facebook is a part of the class

27. If I don't know how much about a DSLR what setting should I have the camera on?
A group of twitter sources that you choose that are grouped together to provide an interesting source of information.
720 or 1080
The green box
Be the number one source of news about CITY HIGH!

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

29. Terseness and economy in writing and speaking achieved by expressing a great deal in just a few words.
Very short
Inside of the quotes - 'The Little Hawks are deep and are going to win big -' Rogers said.
Description of a person - Description of a scene - Play on words - Anecdote - Startling statement
Concision

30. When designing a page what element comes first?
Never in news stories.
Makes text boxes and allows you to write.
No - unless it needs clarification.
Dominant graphic or headline

31. Should you use 'you' in a story?
title/name/said
A guide
Real interviews and descriptions of events a reporter has witnessed.
Never write directly to the reader.

32. 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 question that usually isn't planned - but is a result of an interesting comment by the person being interviewed.
Public Forum
Lifeless data - too many facts - not enough stories bad leads - reporters are not attending events and getting good quotes
A new paragraph

33. What do all great writers do everyday?
A graphic element that lists off facts - figures - and important information in a format other than full text.
Hazelwood vs Kuhlmeir
16-year-old
Read - read - and read some more.

34. How do you get text to wrap around an object?
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!
Window - Text Wrap
Their rights to Freedom of Speech
Makes text boxes and allows you to write.

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

36. What can students not print in a paper?
A connection to City High or a local angle.
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
Provide a vision for how the school can be better.
Lies - Obscenity - Anything that will cause an undue disruption to the school.

37. What are the 5 Ws and H
Provide a vision for how the school can be better.
CMYK - 200 pixels per inch
Great quotes - Strong Lead - Quote Transition - Unique Angle - Description - Detail
WHO WHAT HOW WHERE WHY WHEN

38. Should you use a question in a lead?
Once in your life.
Background information on the story that usually contains the who - what - how - where - why and when. It usually comes after the golden quote.
Never in news stories.
16-year-old

39. Quotes should contain?
They have access to events and people that most students can't get into or have the ability to interview.
16-year-old
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
Opinions - reactions - and interesting phrasing. They should not contain straight facts.

40. How many sources must a story have?
No - on the rare occasion first person is used.
720 or 1080
Three or more
Image - Image Size - 200 PPI

41. What do high school students not lose when entering school?
A connection to City High or a local angle.
'I -' 'We -' 'Our -' 'Us -' 'You'
Their rights to Freedom of Speech
Concision

42. How many pixels does a yearbook or magazine?
300
An infographic presents facts and numbers in an eye catching graphic.
A transition
Dominant graphic or headline

43. What is convergence?
Using social media like Facebook and Twitter.
The combining of newspapers - internet - video - and all forms of journalism into one.
720 or 1080
When the number is under ten.

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

45. Feedback should be...
something the person can change.
Photo captions that are well written with less than obvious information.
Right Click - Fitting - Fit content proportionally
Lies - Obscenity - Anything that will cause an undue disruption to the school.

46. What type of questions should you avoid in an interview?
No - unless it needs clarification.
Real interviews and descriptions of events a reporter has witnessed.
Lifeless data - too many facts - not enough stories bad leads - reporters are not attending events and getting good quotes
Yes or No Questions

47. Should you use the name of the school or current year?
The green box
A question that usually isn't planned - but is a result of an interesting comment by the person being interviewed.
No - unless it needs clarification.
Concision

48. Which one of the following is the AP Style for money?
Scholarships - trips to Disneyland - becoming a published author - dinner at Buffalo Wild Wings - and intrinsic value of doing a job well.
Right Click - Fitting - Fit content proportionally
$1.5 million or $2500
720 or 1080

49. What are the four codes for journalists?
Format text boxes - add columns - center text in a box
Seek Truth and Report It - Minimize Harm - Act Independently - Be Accountable
An infographic presents facts and numbers in an eye catching graphic.
something the person can change.

50. What should every object be lined up with in InDesign?
A group of twitter sources that you choose that are grouped together to provide an interesting source of information.
A guide
Sue you for defamation
How do you spell your name?